Photo #12

Over the Top, Neuville-Vitasse

Painted in 1918 by Alfred Bastien (1873–1955)

Bastien was assigned to the famous 22nd Battalion in October 1917. Governor General Georges Vanier later claimed that he was the officer with the pistol.

 

 

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