Summary
One of 185 black and white photographs in an album, taken in France during World War I by Sergeant John Lord. Some pages are blank.
Photographs in the album depict army camps, hospitals, trenches, early tanks, landscapes, cemeteries and graves and groups of posed Australian soldiers. The places Lord mentions in his captions are La Boiselle, Quarry Siding, Pozieres, Albert, Bapaume and Favreuil.
The album was one of many souvenirs brought back to Australia after World War I by John Lord (service # 6252). He donated photograph albums, images, documents and World War I memorabilia to Museum Victoria.
The same scene is photographed in MM 120159 and MM 120161
Description of Content
Two railway truck ruins. A number of soldiers in the background.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Acquisition Information
Donation from J. Lord, 1986
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Photographer
Sergeant John Lord, Montauban-de-Picardie, Somme, France, 1916
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the secondary support on the left side of the photograph: ' 711'. Hand-written in pencil on the secondary support on the right side of the photograph: 'Railway / trucks / left behind / by Germans / + blown / up by / them'.
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
64 mm (Width), 43 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
100 mm (Width), 162 mm (Height)
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Keywords
World War I, 1914-1918, Battle of the Somme (Somme Offensive), 1916
