P00037.042 Accession Number: P00037.042

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Mont St Quentin, France. 14 December 1918. Extensive destruction of vegetation and infrastructure in a landscape near the village. Note especially in the middle background the entrance to a former German pillbox in a brick wall. The original caption, by 8932 Driver John (Jack) Oag Mackenzie, 20th Australian Army Service Corps, reads 'After our troops captured it there were about thirty dead Germans & two Australians lying beside it.'

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Accession Number
P00037.042
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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