The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Timber signboard painted in black with the word 'Tunnelplan' and a diagram showing the layout of the Bellicourt Tunnel complex. The sign is labelled 'Westen' (this end also marked 'Bellenglise') and 'Osten' ('West' and 'East') to orient the viewer, and traces pointing to each room or section in the tunnel explain their functions. The sign is made of two horizontal boards, each approximately 225 x 1500 x 25 mm, joined on the reverse side by two vertical battens (originally three, but the one at the 'western' end is missing). Each batten is attached to the boards with six iron nails. It appears that the sign was attached to the wall of the tunnel by large iron nails, three of which, now hammered flat against the battens, are still present.
The sign was taken from the wall of the Bellicourt Tunnel after its capture by Sergeant Green of the 5th Australian Machine Gun Company.
Bellicourt Tunnel was part of St. Quentin's Canal that ran five kilometers underground. The Australians followed the canal as part of the defensive line and captured the tunnel on 29 September with assistance from American troops. Within the tunnel they also found a German Kitchen at the southern end. St. Quentin's Canal was completed by Napoleon's Engineers in 1812.
Double leaf sketch of Bellicourt Tunnel, likely to be a preliminary sketch for the large painting ART12437 'Bellicourt tunnel'. By September 1918, allied forces had pushed the Germans back to the Hin
On the verso is the left side of a sketch of Bellicourt Tunnel which appears to be a preliminary sketch for the large painting ART12437 'Bellicourt tunnel'. By September 1918, allied forces had pushe
By September 1918, allied forces had pushed the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line. In part, this defensive line followed the route of the St Quentin Canal. Near Bellicourt, the canal ran underground
German, galvanised metal, candle-lantern that has a pair of brass handles on the back and other brass fittings on the side-hinged door on the front. The lantern is well made. Yellow coloured wax has r
A discarded pile of life belts used by members of the 46th British Division in storming the St Quentin Canal near Bellenglise, which formed part of the Hindenburg Main Line. The men jumped into the w
Depicts the entrance to the St Quentin tunnel taking the canal through the hill at Bellicourt near the Hindenburg Line on the Western Front. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of th
