E01194 Accession Number: E01194

Description

View of the huge crater on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector. The capture of this position and the Ridge, in which the Australians played an important part, went a long way towards attaining the final objective on the Passchendaele Ridge.

Details

Accession Number
E01194
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
15 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession E01194

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