Keywords: Australian18thBattalianStokesMortarPloegsteert20January1918.jpeg A Stokes trench mortar in a front line post of the 18th Battalion near Ploegsteert photographed under wintry conditions <p>Identified left to right Lieutenant A Johnson Captain http //deepthought hass adfa edu au 8080/showPerson pid 116377 W G sic; actually J Graham MC unidentified Place made Western Front Western Front Belgium Messines Area Ploegsteert <br>NOTE This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details E01448 1918-01-20 Photographer Copyright clear PD-AustraliaGov 3 inch Stokes Mortar World War I forces of Australia in Belgium World War I trench warfare in Belgium Flooded trenches in World War I Sandbags as fortifications Brodie helmets Corrugated iron Black and white photographs |