Image:AustraliansLoading9.45inchMortarColouredPostcard1916.jpg

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Colourised postcard of Australian troops loading a 9.45 inch trench mortar ("Flying Pig") near Pozières, France, August 1916. Text on back of postcard read "Tommy's nickname for a trench-mortar is 'flying pig' and this picture shows some of our men loading one of these useful weapons".

Description: Battle of Pozieres Ridge : Australians load a 9.45 inch trench mortar known as a 'flying pig' in fighting around the village of Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme.
AWM Caption : Five members of an Australian trench mortar battery preparing to fire their heavy trench mortar in the Chalk Pit.
The gun crew have been identified, left to right, as Sergeant Daley; Albert Roy Kyle; Corporal Clift; Gunner Lear; Gunner Clive Talbot.
Source

Original image : Imperial War Museum Collection No.: 1900-13 Photo No.: Q 4092
Australian War Memorial holds a copy : ID Number: EZ0149
Date

2 August 1916
Author

Photographer: Brooke, J W (Lt)
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