The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the Battle of Hamel, July 1918. Australian Corps were under the command of General John Monash (the Battle of Hamel was his first operational success; the Australians had artillery support of great precision and co-operated enthusiastically with tanks, some of which acted as supply carriers, saving the effort of hundreds of troops; ammunition was dropped by parachute over the forward areas); and this work incorporates a view of approaches to Hamel and Wood in the right distance. German prisoners are being brought back, wounded being attended to, and the officer in left foreground is writing a message with his runner (red wrist band) waiting. In the foreground are a German flare pistol, several German stick grenades, an ammunition can for the belt of a Maxim machine gun and a wrecked 1908 Maxim machine gun, while a biplane fly's over dropping supplies by parachute. In the background the smokescreen that covered the advance lingers.
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 Turkish Army machine gun company moving forward on a road down the Gallipoli peninsula. Each section is made up of three mules, one carrying a Maxim machine gun, probably the model 1909 commercial
Sketch depicting the war damaged ruins of a church at Hamel, Western Front. Hamel is situated near the Somme battlefield and was the scene of significant and strategic Allied victory on July 4 1918. L
The third stage of the barrage in the battle of Hamel, showing the heavy concentration of fire on the right and German flares going up in the centre. 'Hamel was really a big battle reduced to a small
German Maxim MG08 Heavy Machine Gun. Rectangular box section receiver with a water cooled jacket covering the barrel and has an armoured shield plate behind the cone muzzle. The top cover is marked wi
Four illustrations for the 4th Australian Divisional Artillery Commemorative Booklet. The illustrations are mounted on card and they are 'Hamel after July 4th', 'Fritz up, Premont', 'Villers Bretonne
