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File:Chateau Wood Ypres 1917.jpg

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English: Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, 29 October 1917. The leading soldier is Gunner James Fulton and the second soldier is Lieutenant Anthony Devine. The men belong to a battery of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade.
Note: Photo from the devastated castle park, belonging to Château de Hooge at Ypres (kasteelpark van het Kasteel 't Hooghe, Ieper), where the frontline with trenches moved back and forth 1914-1918. The castle was heavily shelled on 31 Oct. 1914, killing the staff of the three British divisions using it as headquarters and the ruins were conquered several times by each side. Hooge is now a memorial site.
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Frank Hurley (1885–1962)  wikidata:Q958587
 
Frank Hurley
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James Francis Hurley
Description Australian explorer, photographer, war photographer, photojournalist, cinematographer and film director
Date of birth/death 15 October 1885 Edit this at Wikidata 16 January 1962 / 16 February 1962 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Glebe Edit this at Wikidata Sydney Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1908 Edit this at Wikidata–
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  • 03:05, 16 July 2005 . . Lucianod (103335 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
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  • 19:17, 8 April 2005 . . Ian Dunster (298798 bytes) (Lightened and set levels. Removed minor blemishes, right side of picture slightly-faded on original)
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05:51, 16 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 05:51, 16 September 2005800 × 769 (101 KB)Saperaud~commonswikiSoldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, October 29, 1917. The photograph was taken by [[James Fra

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