E00804 Accession Number: E00804

Description

Stretcher bearers of the 25th Battalion Headquarters and an ammunition fatigue party, near Clapham Junction in the Ypres Sector, returning along a communication trench from the new front line established twenty four hours previously, as a result of the Australian advance on 20 September 1917. Identified, from foreground to background, working back: unidentified; Private (Pte) Nowland; next seven soldiers unidentified; Pte S Williams; Pte McCafferty; unidentified; Pte M J Durkin, 26th Battalion; all other men unidentified, except for the soldier in the left background facing camera, on parapet with hands in pocket is, Pte C Tobin, 26th Battalion.

Details

Accession Number
E00804
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
21 September 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession E00804

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