| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | E03149 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Anvil Wood |
| Date made | 2 September 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The gap in the tangled barbed wire, through which some of the 53rd Australian Battalion advanced ...
Description
The gap in the tangled barbed wire, through which some of the 53rd Australian Battalion advanced the previous day in the face of heavy machine gun fire. The packs of five wounded men may be seen near the bodies of two of the four men killed; other dead are on the right behind the tangled wire. Note a shell bursting on an old casualty clearing station near Quinconce, between Peronne and Mont St Quentin.