E02944K Accession Number: E02944K

Description

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Members of 3rd Divisional Pioneers carting gravel to complete a bridge across Somme between Cerisy and Chipilly wrecked by the enemy and just repaired. All tools and material for this work was salved (mostly from big German dumps near Preyart). This work took six days. Note the filled-in shell holes on the roadway. Identified: Lieutenant James MC & Bar (5); Private (Pte) W. C. Briggs (10); Pte B. Nottage (13).

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Accession Number
E02944K
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
18 August 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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