The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The front of the wrecked Cavalry Barracks when it was used as a depot of the Australian Ordnance Corps. Prior to the Australians capturing Peronne, the Germans used this building as a very large military school. When it was taken over by the Australian Army Ordnance Corps, they found very large quantities of German material, a number of grenades and shells and chemical appliances. Before evacuating the Germans planned its destruction. Large holes were blown through the supporting walls by shells electrically exploded, and buried mines which the Germans left to complete the scheme. The plan did not succeed completely; one mine was discovered and removed by the 1st Tunnelling Company. The front wall and a large number of rooms survived, but the rear wall was absolutely demolished. The GS wagon and the team shown in the foreground belonged to one of the Australian Mobile Field Artillery Brigades. A large gun carriage and limber are awaiting repair by No. 5 Ordnance Heavy Mobile Workshop, a portion of whose improvised workshop is shown in the right foreground. The small field guns shown on the left are German field pieces which had been captured by one of the Australian Divisions, overhauled in the workshop, and are ready to be delivered to one of the Australian units to be used against the Germans. The date of the building is 1833. Note the Australian flag which marks approximately the centre of the Barracks.
The front of the wrecked Cavalry Barracks, in which Corps troops were situated, when it was used as a depot of the Australian Ordnance Corps. Prior to the Australians capturing Peronne, the Germans us
A Type 420 Field Artillery piece used by the Germans during the 1914-1918 war. The gun is mounted on a platform ready for use and two of the shells used are shown in the foreground. The gun crew can b
NIGATA, JAPAN. 1946-09-30. VIEW OF TUNNEL BARRACKS THAT WAS USED BY "A" DETACHMENT, 20TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AS A 30 BED ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. SHOWN: THE BUILDING USED AS CANTEEN, MESS AND RECREATIO
NIGATA, JAPAN. 1946-09-30. VIEW OF TUNNEL BARRACKS THAT WAS USED BY "A" DETACHMENT, 20TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AS A 30 BED ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. SHOWN: OFFICERS QUARTERS (LEFT); ADMINISTRATION BLOCK A
A corner of a Mechanical store at the Australian Ordnance Corps Depot. Fittings left behind by the Germans were used to advantage. The oil strewn in this corner of the store is of various kinds, and l
A mural depicting mine detection, on the wall of a barracks building used by South African engineers.
