File:Australian18pdrKnockedOutMeninRoad27September1917.jpeg

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View of No. 1 (A subsection) Gun of the 16th Battery of Australian Field Artillery 'out of action' in the Ypres sector. The Battery was taking part in the barrage covering the attack by the 5th Divisional Infantry at Polygon Wood on 26 September, and on the following day, during the bombardment of the area by the enemy, a 4.2 hight velocity shell landed in the pit, exploded the ammunition alongside, caused several casualties to the gun crew and disabled the gun.
See Battle of Polygon Wood.
Place made: Western Front: Western Front (Belgium), Menin Road Area Hooge


Comment : This is an 18 pounder field gun.
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