E00468 Accession Number: E00468

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No. 6 and No. 8 Platoons, B Company, 4th Australian Pioneers shifting camp from the Butte de Warlencourt to Fremicourt by light railway. This photograph was taken at a small siding about a mile from the Butte towards Bapaume. The timber on the third truck and the two rear trucks was salvaged from a German Dump at the Butte de Walencourt.

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Accession Number
E00468
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Date Made
19 April 1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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