"The Front Line at Passchendaele" Machine gun post in shell holes in muddy No Man's Land. The official caption is "Personnel of the 16th Canadian Machine Gun Company (4th Canadian Division) holding the line in shell holes during the Battle of Passchendaele". The machine-gunner closest to the camera is Private Reginald LeBrun [47th Battalion]. The Imperial War Museum caption: "William Rider-Rider: Men of the 16th Canadian Machine Gun Company holding the line in a landscape of mud and water-filled shell-holes, November 1917." London born 790913 Reginald LeBrun joined the 131st Battalion, CEF at New Westminster, BC on 11 April 1916. He later transfered to the 47th (BC) Battalion On 28 November 1916 and served in France. His CEF service file is attached with a letter about his actions in the 16th Machine Gun Section.