E00087 Accession Number: E00087

Description

Visiting the front line trenches held by the 39th Battalion at Houplines, are: left to right: Mr H C Smart, Brigadier General W Ramsay McNicoll, and Mr C E W Bean. The party is looking towards the German lines. On the left and behind Mr Bean can be seen the reinforced trenches and the sandbags.

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Accession Number
E00087
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
December 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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