Image:Shellshock2.jpg

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English: Image from The Great War taken in an Australian Advanced Dressing Station near Ypres in 1917. The wounded soldier in the lower left of the photo has a dazed, thousand-yard stare - a frequent symptom of "shell-shock".
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2007-01-08 (original upload date)
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Photograph taken by Official War Photographer at an Australian Advanced Dressing Station near Ypres in 1917. The wounded soldier in the lower left of the photograph has the "thousand yard stare" indicative of shell-shock.

Given that this photo was taken 90 years ago by an employee of the British Government, I believe that copyright has expired and it is now in the public domain.
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(Reusing this image)

PD-BRITISHGOV.

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Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1958.

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  • 2007-01-08 15:56 Nabokov 600×463×8 (49923 bytes) Photograph taken by Official War Photographer at an Australian Advanced Dressing Station near Ypres in 1917. The wounded soldier in the lower left of the photograph has the "thousand yard stare" indicative of shell-shock. Given that this photo was taken 9

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