Soldiers of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion lined up immediately after innoculation. A painted ...

Accession Number P03137.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Place made Egypt
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Soldiers of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion lined up immediately after innoculation. A painted patch of iodine used to sterilise the area is visible on their arms. The original caption reads: All happy but faces changed very much two hours after photo was taken.