E04840 Accession Number: E04840

Description

Daours, France. A double bridge built across the Somme River. Three unidentified soldiers are walking along the bank (background, far left) and another soldier is standing guard on the bridge (centre, right).

Details

Accession Number
E04840
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
24 May 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Accession E04840

More like this

E01007A

Photograph E01007A First World War, 1914-1918

The battlefield of Pozieres as seen from the cemetery. An unidentified Australian soldier is walking along Church Road Junction (centre, right) and another soldier is standing in the back of a motor l

E04786

Photograph E04786 First World War, 1914-1918

Two unidentified Australian soldiers standing outside a dugout (right). Another soldier (left) is walking amidst the wire netting and brambles which camouflage one of the guns of a battery of the Aus

E04838

Photograph E04838 First World War, 1914-1918

A dummy 'bridge', made of camouflage netting strung across the Somme River. These dummies were placed at intervals along the canal and effectively served their purpose in confusing German aerial obse

E02424B

Photograph E02424B First World War, 1914-1918

The countryside near Bussy-les-Daours, showing the village of Blangy-Tronville (right) and the Somme Canal in the background (centre). A group of unidentified Australian soldiers on horseback are tra

B03190

Photograph B03190 First World War, 1914-1918

A street scene showing the railway station. A Model T Ford is parked on the left hand side of the road and on the right parked outside the station are from back a motor truck, two horse drawn carriag

E04858

Photograph E04858 First World War, 1914-1918

Blangy-Tronville, France. An unidentified Australian soldier, with his back to the camera, standing outside one of the dugouts, built into a terraced hillside, occupied by Australian Pioneers and Tun

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 17 December 2025 - 2.13 am