E00833 Accession Number: E00833

Description

Supporting troops of the 1st Australian Division walking on a duckboard track near Hooge, in the Ypres Sector. They form a silhouettte against the sky as they pass towards the front line to relieve their comrades, whose attack the day before won Broodseinde Ridge and deepened the Australian advance.

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Accession Number
E00833
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole-plate negative
Date Made
5 October 1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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