Lot 237: WWI Australia Contemporary War Photograph of 'Western Front (France), Nord Region, Lys Area (France), Strazeele … 15 May 1918'

Unknown Official Australian War Photographer

20x15cms

Military & Wartime

Photos

628

Collectibles

"The entrance to the 6th Battalion Headquarters (HQ), 2nd Brigade. For a period of over four months, though hundreds of shells fell in the yard and surrounding gardens and fields, the house itself escaped a direct hit. Identified, left to right: 5091 Private (Pte) W. A. Ford MM, HQ runner : 3770 Pte John George Grierson (later awarded Croix de Guerre, wounded 10 August 1918), HQ runner: Lieutenant Neil McLachlan MC (killed in action 10 August 1918 at Lyons), Battalion Intelligence Officer; 3939 Pte J. Sheppard MM, HQ runner" (AWM)

An original photograph with evidence on back that it was removed from a contemporary album collection.