The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A view of the Mine Rescue Station of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company at Hulluch Tunnels, near Loos. Seen here is 1057 Sapper E. Kelly on duty, wearing the proto-apparatus and carrying a canary (or white mice) used for testing air conditions underground. Owing to the poisonous gas (carbon monoxide) formed by explosions, much of the mine fighting had to be done by men wearing this kind of protective apparatus. The 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company had several such mine rescue stations in their forward subways and also in the Infantry subways for rescue purposes or mine fighting when necessary.
5106 Sapper (Spr) T. Blackburn, and 4518 Spr P. R. Wilson, both cooks of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, preparing dinner in the underground system known as the Hulluch and St Elie Tunnels, nea
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers, possibly members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, in a tunnel in the Hulluch underground system known as 'Charing Cross'. On the left is a pile o
The entrance to the Advanced Headquarters of the Nos 1 and 4 sections of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, in the Hulluch underground system. The Hulluch underground system was a huge subway tha
Near Loos, France. 7 February 1918. A trench excavated by the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company by using explosive encased in steel tubes three feel long and three inches in diameter, laid underground
A view of the wire entanglements behind Loos Tower Bridge, with Fosse 15 and Loos Crassier in the background. The 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (3ATC) were engaged on trench shelter construction
Near Loos, France. 7 February 1918. The 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company blowing an experimental trench with explosive which was enclosed in steel tubes three feet long and three inches in diameter a
