The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soldiers resting, eating and drinking at the YMCA dugout known as the Christ's College Cambridge dugout. It was sited in a dangerous position on Wytschaete Ridge on the Western Front in Flanders, in June 1917. The label on the verso reads: 'YMCA dugout on Wytschaete Ridge. This is the first Y.M. on the famous Ridge, and was the one visited by King George just after the taking of the Ridge. Always in a dangerous position, it was finally destroyed by a direct hit from a large shell. The Y.M. were then directed to seek a safer position and a new dug-out was made lower on the B. side of the slope. The new one has been occupied in turn by Australians as well as British.'
This view from the dugout at Wytschaete Ridge shows the wooden planks and construction of the dugout. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 20
Drawn from Artillery Ridge during the action. Pearl Ridge is on the skyline and from there it is possible to see the other side of Bougainville island. Air bombing and strafing were followed by artill
Depicts the protagonist and his bearded friend sleeping in a dugout on crudely made bunk-beds. The scene has a cosy atmosphere, due to the artists's enclosing of the characters in a soft, rounded spa
Sketch on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad, depicting a figure in a telephone dugout at the rear of the 9th Battery Observation Post. Benson indicates in his inscription that "it was built just abov
The approach to Artillery Ridge is one that gives defenders maxiumum assistance in the form of a narrow ridge and steep slopes with little cover. The approach was made under a mortar and artillery bar
Sailing vessels in foreground including the Carodoc and the steam ship Duke of Cambridge, with a landmass in distance. This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Mari
