An Australian signaller repairing a field telephone in Sausage Valley in the forward area. His ...

Accession Number EZ0078
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker British Official Photographer
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

An Australian signaller repairing a field telephone in Sausage Valley in the forward area. His mate is sleeping underneath the wagon. The back of the cover over the wagon bears a rising sun symbol with a numeral 2, representing the 2nd Division, and the word 'Cooee'. There is another 2nd Division symbol on the back of the wagon.

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