E03022 Accession Number: E03022

Description

A view looking across the fields in front of Hebuterne towards Gonnuecourt. Here, on 26 March 1918, among the old 1916 trenches to the east and south east of Hebuterne, the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, hurriedly withdrawn from the Australian Corps and attached to the 62nd British Division, assisted in checking the enemy advance. They arrived only just in time to save Hebuterne from the enemy.

Details

Accession Number
E03022
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
22 August 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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