E00946 Accession Number: E00946

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Returning for a brief spell from the fighting at Passchendaele to Dragoon Farm, near Ypres, the members of the 10th Australian Infantry Brigade forgot the mud and misery of the previous day's experience with the arrival of the Australian mail. Identified, left to right: 163 Private (Pte) T W Dale; Lieutenant H Chamberlain; unidentified (back to camera); 1784 Pte S J Alford; unidentified, obscured and kneeling; unidentified, back to camera; 2034 Corporal C M Columbine (profile view and third from right); all others are unidentified.

Details

Accession Number
E00946
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
14 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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