E02907K Accession Number: E02907K

Description

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Ammunition being unloaded from limbers of the 6th Army Brigade of Australian Field Artillery for the guns newly in position on the right of the Fouilloy-Warfusee Road, near Villers-Bretonneux, and to the right rear of Vaire Wood, the night before the attack on 8 August 1918. Every effort was made to obtain surprise for the operation, and on the night of 7/8 August itself, a large proportion of artillery was emplaced within 2,000 yards of the front line, enabling the advance to be covered by an effective barrage to a depth of 4,000 yards into enemy country. Identified: Driver (Dvr) V. Harris, 6th Brigade Ammunition Column (BAC) (4); Gunner Stevens, 6th BAC (5); Bombardier T. Neill, 2nd DAC (10); Dvr Hughes, 6th BAC (14).

Details

Accession Number
E02907K
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
7 August 1918
Place Made
Villers-Bretonneux
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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