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| Keywords: 18pounders3rdYpres1917.jpg The 14th Battery of Australian Field Artillery 5th Field Artillery Brigade 2nd Division in action near Bellewaarde Lake in the Ypres Sector Alongside this position was the famous 'Corduroy' a track the only one possible used by all troops moving forward Completely encircling Bellewaarde Lake it was continuously under shellfire and many casualties were sustained by the Australians in its vicinity <p>Identified left to right foreground Corporal Nixon; Gnr Gnr Fosberg placing shell in gun died of wounds a few days after this photograph was taken Unable to verify this name on the First World War Nominal Roll ; http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 257202 29349 Gnr T C Roberts partially obscured ; http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 254868 7090 Sergeant Richard Rickard fitter extreme right with back to camera ; http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 37049 28314 Gnr J M Bruton in background in line with rows of shells wearing shorts <p>Place made Western Front Western Front Belgium Menin Road Area Bellewaarde <br>Comment They are loading an 18 pounder field gun <br>See Battle of Polygon Wood Scanned from The Great War Volume 10 page 520 edited by H W Wilson published 1918 <br> E00920 1917-09-28 Photographer Copyright clear PD-AustraliaGov PD-US QF 18 pounder Battle of Polygon Wood World War I forces of Australia in Belgium Black and white photographs of guns | ||||
