E00715 Accession Number: E00715

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Wounded soldiers being treated at an advanced dressing station near Ypres. Identified: 4186 Private Albert Doust, 5th Field Ambulance (left foreground); B Barwick [probably 2807 Basil Cecil Barwick, 5th Field Ambulance] (partially obscured by Doust, writing on a pad); Sergeant C W Smith (extreme right background, standing up); F McCaffrey (standing, right foreground, bandaging a patient's left arm); possibly 3109A Private (Pte) Herbert Alfred Hunter (centre, seated behind man with sling). Pte Hunter, of the 5th Pioneer Battalion, a farmer from Wagin, WA was killed in action on 30 July 1918.

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Accession Number
E00715
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
19-20 September 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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