E01831 Accession Number: E01831

Description

The 24th Battalion occupying a trench in front of Flinte Farm, dug on the morning of 4 October 1917. In the attack which preceded the capture of Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector. The photograph was taken the day after, from the old no man's land, looking towards Flinte Farm. Note the four unidentified soldiers in the dugout in the foreground, and the others further back in the trench.

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Accession Number
E01831
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
5 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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