A corduroy bridge built across the River Ancre by the 10th Field Company of Australian Engineers, ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Heilly
Accession Number E01957
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Heilly
Date made c April 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A corduroy bridge built across the River Ancre by the 10th Field Company of Australian Engineers, during the end of March and the beginning of April 1918, when the Australian Corps held up the enemy before Amiens. Left to right: Lance Corporal (LCpl) Mathews; LCpl Darwin; Sapper (Spr) Walker; Spr Alexander; 461 Spr Alex Burnell; Spr H. Barwick; Lieutenant Strom; 10175 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edward Burnell; an unidentified signalman; Major McCormack; Sgt Regan.