E00481 Accession Number: E00481

Description

A scene during the Battle of Messines, in Belgium, showing an Australian stretcher bearer (wearing glasses) assisting a wounded German prisoner towards a field dressing station in the St. Quentin Road. Note the German prisoner has shell dressings on his face and around his chest.

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Accession Number
E00481
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
7 June 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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