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Rifle Brigade sheltering

A New Zealand Rifle Brigade platoon sheltering in the lea of a bank while pausing during their advance near Achiet-le-Petit in France during World War I. Some soldiers fill their water bottles and another drinks from his.
(Achiet-le-Petit is situated midway between Hebuterne and Bapaume.)
Photograph taken 22 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.1


References:

  • Reference No. 1/2-013529-G. Part of Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918 (PA-Group-00051). Alexander Turnbull Library
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