warbooty

A photo of booty at the very same location in the LOC/Bain photostream. Accordingly, the caption should read "Neufmontiers." Interestingly, there's a sapling in the photo with the Turcos that has disappeared in this photo with the French soldiers. Also, there is an impressive pile of rifles in this photo (see lower left side of the frame) that wasn't there when the photo of the Turcos was taken.

Anybody know if the soldiers looking at the booty are German or French? German, I would guess.

A related Bain shot, wounded Germans in the same spot:



Another from the same town:

Thanks TLV 1970 for catching the spelling error. We'll make the correction next time we update the record. I'm not sure, artolog, if the "F" indicates French soldiers. I wish that I knew more about their uniforms. We'll look forward to more information as it comes in.

The same Agence Meurisse photo on Gallica site bears the following caption: Compiègne : un cuisine allemande capturée par les Français à la bataille de Vic-sur-Aisne "Compiègne: a German kitchen captured by the French at the battle of Vic-sur-Aisne" As Bain's photo bears Meurisse's negative number at upper right, Meurisse is the source. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041923t

Thanks artolog for finding the matching image on the Gallica site. We will add the name of the location and the battle to the image description when we update.

the picture says it all...I wonder how many of these momento's he actually got home..

That's Private John "Barney" Hines:

cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E00822

the last times I've seen you on the max show .... lol

You can read a little more about Private Hines in the online version of an exhibiton we did a few years ago called Fifty Australians. He became quite famous because of this photo, which was first published in late 1917.

Liz (admin at the Australian War Memorial)

Thanks, Liz from AWM. That's a good piece about Mr. Hines which you have linked.