C00420 Accession Number: C00420

Description

Frenchwoman Madame Bermesch and Lieutenant Horace Weston Beavis, 1st Battalion, standing outside her house in a village near the Western Front, where he and some other Australian soldiers were billeted.

Details

Accession Number
C00420
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: Half plate (13x18))
Support: Glass
Date Made
April 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor K H McConnell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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