Keywords: 1st Division Pioneers dig out howitzer 1917 Flickr 2867494012 523ed879d3 o.jpg Australian War Memorial caption Members of the Australian 1st Division Pioneers digging out a gun belonging to the 104 Howitzer Battalion sic presumably this should be 104 Howitzer Battery which was trying to haul their gun forward after the advance near Hannebeek in the Ypres Sector <p>Identified are Sergeant Sgt J Howell leaning on a shovel behind the Howitzer second from the left Private Sadler centre foreground beside the Howitzer's wheel Sgt Pallbrook standing behind Sadler Lieutenant McCullagh or O'Toole extreme right smoking pipe <p>Comment The gun is a QF 4 5 inch Howitzer State Library of New South Wales http //acms sl nsw gov au/album/albumView aspx acmsID 423850 itemID 824019 <br>Downloaded from Flickr http //www flickr com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2867494012 <br>NOTE version uploaded here has frame removed otherwise unaltered 1910-10-04 Fralk Hurley Flickr-no known copyright restrictions PD-AustraliaGov File Australian4 5inchHowitzerHannebeek4October1917 jpeg Leoboudv 2011-05-19 QF 4 5 inch Howitzer Battle of Broodseinde World War I forces of Australia in Belgium World War I Photographs by Frank Hurley |