Brilliant for photos approx. 100 y.o..re the gas masks...my Grandfather died as a result of mustard gas poisoning received in the last big push at 'The Somme'.and at the same last successful 'Big Push', his younger 20.y.o. brother,..my Uncle, was killed at his Artillery position 19/8/1918, 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery shortly before 'Armistace'...tragic days.......................Hoo Roo
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-- Edited by goldfinger on Saturday 14th of May 2016 04:42:10 PM
dorian said
06:13 PM May 14, 2016
Yes, tragic days. It boggles my mind to think of 1 million soldiers being killed in one battle, and in such horrific ways.
BTW, your uncle would have been your grandfather's son, not his brother. Your grandfather's brother would have been your grand uncle.
goldfinger said
01:07 AM May 15, 2016
Weeeeel....I'll be a monkey's Uncle.....I do believe you are right...Reginald William Hartigan was my Grand Uncle....buried at Daours Cemetery, France....near Villers Brettoneaux....Hoo Roo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3443603/Incredible-colour-photographs-Australian-troops-World-War.html
Brilliant for photos approx. 100 y.o..re the gas masks...my Grandfather died as a result of mustard gas poisoning received in the last big push at 'The Somme'.and at the same last successful 'Big Push', his younger 20.y.o. brother,..my Uncle, was killed at his Artillery position 19/8/1918, 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery shortly before 'Armistace'...tragic days.......................Hoo Roo
-- Edited by goldfinger on Saturday 14th of May 2016 04:35:46 PM
-- Edited by goldfinger on Saturday 14th of May 2016 04:42:10 PM
BTW, your uncle would have been your grandfather's son, not his brother. Your grandfather's brother would have been your grand uncle.