The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Four unidentified Australians pose with some German weapons captured by the 13th Battalion during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918. The weapons are, right to left: a Maxim MG 08/15 light machine gun; a 7.6 cm leichte Minenwerfer N/a (light trench mortar, new model); a Mauser 98c carbine; and a Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun on a sled mount.
View of the trophies captured by the 10th Battalion in their successful engagements around Merris in Northern France. Left to right: MG 08/15 bipod medium machine guns; a light Minenwerfer trench mort
German trophies captured by the 13th Brigade in the battle of Hamel. Left to right: five '08/13 medium machine guns, three on their tripod, in the centre is a Minenwerfer heavy mortar (on wheels), an
View of the trophies captured by the 10th Battalion in their successful engagements around Merris in Northern France. Left to right: MG 08/15 bipod medium machine guns; a light Minenwerfer trench mort
View of the trophies captured by the 10th Battalion in their successful engagements around Merris in Northern France. Left to right: MG 08/15 bipod medium machine guns; a light Minenwerfer trench mort
Three unidentified gunners pose with a German 76 mm Minenwerfer (light trench mortar) that was captured by the 13th Battalion during the Battle of Hamel.
The bodies of two Turkish machine gunners who died at their post next a railway line. Note the empty shells around the Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun on a sled mount that they were using.
