An Australian Battalion Headquarters and Field Dressing Station located in the quarry on the road ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Accession Number E04877
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme
Date made 29 April 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 Australian Battalion Headquarters and Field Dressing Station located in the quarry on the road between Corbie and Villers-Bretonneux. Several soldiers can be seen in and around the heavily sandbagged shelters. Note a motor ambulance parked on the side of the road near a tent (background right).