C00064 Accession Number: C00064

Description

Barbed wire entanglements made by Australian troops as part of the Suez Canal defences in the desert east of the canal.

Details

Accession Number
C00064
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
January 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Major M J Herbert
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession C00064

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