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Soldiers walk in the crater left by one of the nineteen large mines blown beneath the Messines Ridge during the Battle of Messines, filmed from above the crater on 11 June 1917. Tunneling work beneath the Messines Ridge began in 1916. At zero hour - 3.10am on 7 June - 19 mines were detonated beneath the German positions in an explosion that killed or wounded thousands of German defenders. You can read more about the battle on our website: https://bit.ly/3YK9ZO9 Film: IWM 197 | Imperial War Museu
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In June 1917, members of the 45th Battalion, AIF fought in the Battle of Messines, south of Ypres in Belgium. Along with many others, these men were killed and were reported to have been buried in a potential mass grave near the road known as ‘Huns’ Walk’. The Burials Officer of the 4th Division, AIF who had been a surveyor prior to the war, recorded the location of these men. Based on reports and these records, the Australian Army’s Unrecovered War Casualties team travelled to Belgium to conduc
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