Lot 236: WWI Australia Contemporary War Photograph of 'Western Front (Belgium), Messines Area, Messines … 22 November 1917'

Unknown Official Australian War Photographer

20x15cms

Military & Wartime

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628

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"The area known as Grey Farm, looking north, with Bethlehem Farm and Messines in the background (Messines is on the ridge in the extreme left hand corner). This was captured during the Battle of Messines by the 9th Brigade. When this photograph was taken the 40th Battalion occupied the trenches south of the River Douvre and the Battalion Headquarters was in an enemy pillbox about 150 yards north of Grey Farm. The 34th Battalion, 3rd Division, AIF, captured this immediate area on 7 June 1917. Left to right : unidentified: Lieutenant A Bertram, 40th Battalion: Lt T Cranswick MC DCM, 40th Battalion" (AWM)

An original photograph with evidence on back that it was removed from a contemporary album collection.