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| Keywords: StokesMortar7thAustralianLightTrenchMortarBattery10July1918.jpeg Two men of the 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery operate a light trench mortar established in a machine gun post on the new front line <p>From left to right http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 90765 1916 Lance Corporal A J Ellis and http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 171659 2700 Private A Lawler <p>This position was part of a few hundred yards captured from the enemy in a silent daylight raid the day previously by a party of the 27th Battalion The location is just east of Villers-Bretonneux between the railway and the south side of the Amiens-St Quentin main road alongside a position called 'The Orchard' <br>Comment 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery served with 7th Infantry Brigade in 2nd Division <br>Place made France Picardie Somme Villers-Bretonneux <br>Comment The mortar is a 3 inch Stokes Mortar <br>NOTE This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details E02677 1918-07-10 Maker Unknown Copyright clear PD-AustraliaGov 3 inch Stokes Mortar World War I forces of Australia in France Villers-Bretonneux World War I trench warfare in France Villers-Bretonneux Black and white photographs Villers-Bretonneux | ||||
