The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of a badly war-damaged hilly landscape after the battle of Verdun in 1916, with smashed and burnt trees and a pathway in the foreground. The Germans commenced the year 1916 by launching a massive offensive, attacking the French salient around Verdun, 200 kilometres east of Paris. After a period of six months the French and German casualties exceeded half a million. Paul Mansard was a French artist. This etching was presented to the War Memorial by Sister Constance Adelaide Stone, MBE, RRC, a nurse, who enlisted in November 1914 and initially served with the No.2 Australian General Hospital and spent time in Egypt and Great Britain, before returning to Australia in July 1919. The work was one of a number of aquatints that she gave to the War Memorial in March 1935 as 'war mementoes of an Australian Army nurse'.
A town street in Poziere, with trees and a church. Paul Mansard was a French artist. This etching was presented to the War Memorial by Sister Constance Adelaide Stone MBE, RRC, a nurse, who enlisted i
Depicts an image of the figure of Death, a skeleton, wearing a cloak, riding a dark horse. The figure of Death bears a German standard (flag with Imperial eagle on it) and rides up an embankment befor
Depicted here is the gothic Chaussee gate that takes its name from the road that was established in the 12th century from the right bank of the river Meuse, to the east. Built in 1380, it was one of t
Depicts a thousand small German soldiers marching in the foreground, while above them rises the giant figure of a German officer. He shovels the soldiers into the barrel of gun, which is already gorge
The ramparts at the Battle of Verdun c. 1916 during the First World War. The French soldier standing upright against the ramparts with his arms outstretched and the light directed onto his chest, is a
Verdun Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of a female wearing a French helmet, facing right and holding a sword in her right hand. The inscription 'ON NE PASSE PAS' (They shall not pass) on t
