An old French villager, liberated by the Allied advance, enjoying the luxury of a cigarette given ...

Place Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord
Accession Number E03649
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Cambrai, Busigny
Date made 26 October 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 old French villager, liberated by the Allied advance, enjoying the luxury of a cigarette given him by a member of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, which on this date was repairing a road through the village. Left to right: 3485 Sapper (Spr) J. J. McKinnon; 337 Second Corporal R. J. Tracy; French villager; 3640 Spr A. A. Moore.

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