E01155 Accession Number: E01155

Description

An unidentified soldier using binoculars looks out from the ruins of a house on a prominent point on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, used by the Australian Field Artillery as a Forward Observation Post in November 1917.

Details

Accession Number
E01155
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
4 November 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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