C00065 Accession Number: C00065

Description

Barbed wire entanglement constructed by Australian troops at the entrance to the gun swept avenue at Carinya Camp, a defence post east of the Suez Canal. The posts are known as screw pickets.

Details

Accession Number
C00065
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
January 1916
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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