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| Keywords: Aust8inchHowitzerWithScotchesVoormezeele15September1917.jpeg An 8 inch Howitzer Mk 6 of the 1st Australian Siege Battery formerly 54th Battery 36th Australian Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery in action at Voormezeele <br>This gun at the time was not on a Vickers platform as shown by the large scotches behind the wheels The photograph was taken at the moment of extreme recoil after the gun had just fired and the blur of the landscape in front of the muzzle is due to the discharge of the heated gas <p>Pictured left to right 684 Gunner Gnr E A M Ray; 118 Bombardier A J Marlin; 286 Gnr H Byars; next two unidentified; 325 Corporal R A O'Brien Croix de Guerre Battery Sergeant Major facing the camera ; unidentified <p>Note the sandbagged area in the foreground E00659 1917-09-15 Photographer PD-AustraliaGov watermark removed World War I forces of Australia in Belgium BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk VI - VIII Black and white photographs | ||||
