E02876

E02876

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

ID number
E02876
Makers
  • Unknown;
  • Unknown Australian Official Photographer;
Object type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Place made
France: Picardie, Somme, Vaux
Date made
4 August 1918
Credit line
Australian Official Photograph
Collection
Photograph
Description
A German tank captured by the 26th Battalion, at Monument Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, in an operation on 14 July 1918. The photograph was taken after the tank, known as Mephisto, had been salvaged and handed over to the Australian War Records Section for despatch to Australia.
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