An outpost of the 51st Australian Battalion, 13th Platoon, D Company, established above the Somme ...

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Accession Number E03084
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Somme Canal
Date made 13 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

An outpost of the 51st Australian Battalion, 13th Platoon, D Company, established above the Somme Canal before Bray. The burst of an enemy shell can be seen on the right. Identified on the left are: Lieutenant E. Wicks MC (back), and Private G. Chaplin (in front of Wicks). The other men are unidentified.