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Accession Number | E03247 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area |
Date made | 18 September 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The 45th Battalion digging in under a smoke barrage near Ascension Farm on the second objective ...
Description
The 45th Battalion digging in under a smoke barrage near Ascension Farm on the second objective in the attack made by the 1st and 4th Australian Divisions and British Divisions upon the old British trench lines near Hargicourt and the outpost line of the Hindenburg system. The Hindenburg Outpost Line (the third and final objective in this battle) was about a mile distant at this point. This fight was part of what is known by the British as the `Battle of Epehy', being a phase of the `Battles of the Hindenburg Line'. Identified are: Private R. J. Martin (fourth from the left), and Lance Corporal W. R. Thomson (fifth from the left).