Turk Lane, stretcher bearers
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Production date
Sep 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows three stretcher bearers standing in Turk Lane, a 2 metre deep artery that gave men moving to and from the front line a degree of cover. The photograph has been glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary. Above the photograph Leo has written, On the Somme in 1916. Underneath are the words: Bearers waiting in Turk Lane, Mac, Cooke.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, September 1916.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, September 1916.
Production date
Sep 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph. Glued onto paper in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 62 x 40mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Sep 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19243
Other number(s)
19243, 91776
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