The Somme, 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 on the Somme battlefield. They would be soldiers in either the 1st or 3rd New Zealand Field Ambulance Medical Corps. 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: Stretcher party at work before the rain came.
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: 58 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, 19246
Other number(s)
19246, 91779
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