The Pozieres battlefield seen from the communication trench known as Centre Way. On the horizon ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number EZ0067
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Brooks, Ernest
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
Date made 28 August 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Pozieres battlefield seen from the communication trench known as Centre Way. On the horizon two German shells are bursting in no man's land in front of the Australian lines. In the foreground are a wooden cross marking a grave, wire that was associated with old German trench lines, and debris from a German dugout.