E00234 Accession Number: E00234

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Signal engineers of the 3rd Brigade wiring a headquarters near Eaucourt L'Abbaye. They are seen here laying telephone lines in one of the newly captured sandbagged trenches, renamed Pioneer Trench.

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Accession Number
E00234
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
February 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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