A working party of the 16th Battalion, cleaning out a Gird trench and digging a deviation in ...

Accession Number E00579
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Gueudecourt
Date made 23 November 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A working party of the 16th Battalion, cleaning out a Gird trench and digging a deviation in order to improve the conditions. Heavy work was undertaken throughout the winter in order to render the trenches habitable.