E03888 Accession Number: E03888

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Camouflaged dumps of 18 pounder shells along the edge of the field of ripening wheat, when everything was ready for the advance which opened the following morning.

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Accession Number
E03888
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
7 August 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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