E00989 Accession Number: E00989

Description

Artillery limbers, loaded with duckboards which were used for making tracks around the gun positions at Westhoek, in the Ypres Sector.

Details

Accession Number
E00989
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Glass
Date Made
17 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession E00989

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