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Photograph E00237 First World War, 1914-1918Part of the trench system evacuated by the Germans during our Somme offensive near Eaucourt l'Abbaye. It was subsequently occupied by the 10th Battalion, AIF, as support lines.

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Men of the 10th Battalion enjoying a hot meal in the trenches, in the line at Eaucourt l'Abbaye, during the Somme advance. To carry the hot stew and tea, petrol tins and hot food containers were used.
Part of the trench system evacuated by the Germans during our Somme offensive near Eaucourt l'Abbaye. It was subsequently occupied by the 10th Battalion, AIF, as support lines.

Dugouts used as Headquarters of the 10th Battalion, near Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France on 27 February 1917.

A German shell bursting just beyond the dugouts used as the 10th Battalion Headquarters near Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France, 27 on February 1917.

A concrete emplacement near Bethlehem Farm, in the Messines sector, used as a cookhouse by the 57th Battalion. Note the dixies (containers) in which hot food was placed to be taken to the men in the f

During Operation Concrete II, members of D Company, 7RAR, line up with their mess tins and pannikins at Night Defensive Position (NDP) Brigid to receive a hot meal from insulated metal containers call

A sick parade at Eaucourt L'Abbaye, during the advance on the Somme in the winter of 1917. 'Trench feet' was the chief complaint. Note the soldier with his legs enclosed in sandbags as a temporary pro
