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Battle of Polygon Wood

The Brothers in Arms memorial to Privates James and John Hunter near Ypres, Belgium. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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Soldiers retrace diggers’ footsteps

30/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2399 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium, WWI, Ypres

On the night he died in 1977, Jim Hunter called for his older brother Jack. CAPTION: The Brothers in Arms memorial

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Final resting place of Private Thomas Hurdis, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, France. Photo courtesy Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Partial remains of WWI soldier reunited with his body

21/07/201828/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3739 Views 0 Comments AIF, Australian Imperial Force, Battle of Polygon Wood, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Private Thomas Hurdis

The partial remains of a World War I soldier who died of his wounds after the Battle of Polygon Wood in

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Corporal Kyle Genner visits his great-great-great-uncle Arthur Genner's grave at Buttes New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
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Corporal Kyle Genner visits grand-uncle’s grave in Belgium

26/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3334 Views 0 Comments Battle of Polygon Wood, Corporal Kyle Genner, Passchendaele

Corporal Kyle Genner is an Army photographer busy in Belgium documenting official commemoration activities for the 100th anniversary of the

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