Frank Hurley 1917, 20 September Australian wounded on the Menin Road, near Birr Cross Road on September 20th, 1917
Gelatin silver print National Library of Australia Text from Australian War Memorial website: AWM E00711
A scene on the Menin Road near Hooge, 20 September 1917. The wounded are waiting for clearance to the advanced dressing station further back down the Menin Road towards Ypres. The soldier with his arm in a sling in the centre of the photograph is Major George Heydon, Regimental Medical Officer, 8th Battalion AIF, with members of the 1st Field Ambulance AIF. Shortly after Major Heydon passed this point a shell landed at that same spot killing many of the men on the stretchers.
