A German sniper killed in the advance towards the Crucifix at the Calvaire Cross Roads, near ...

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Accession Number E03061
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area
Date made August 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 German sniper killed in the advance towards the Crucifix at the Calvaire Cross Roads, near Bray, where the 9th Brigade experienced heavy fighting on 22 August 1918. The Crucifix marked the approximate objective at this point of the Brigade's attack.