An unidentified Australian soldier chats to two village children and fills a bucket with water ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number EZ0036
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker British Official Photographer
Place made France: Ile-de-France, Yvelines, Sailly
Date made c June 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

An unidentified Australian soldier chats to two village children and fills a bucket with water from the pump while his mate pulls the pump handle. The two were billeted at a farm south of Armentieres. In the left foreground is the edge of a manure pit that occupied the centre of the courtyard.

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