The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Power has depicted the 1st Australian Division Artillery battery crossing open ground, with shells exploding nearby. The horses are wearing standard 1912 harnesses, with improvised shadow rolls on bridles. This drawing relates to the Third Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele.
A team of six horses from the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 1st Australian Division Artillery race along, pulling an 18-pounder gun. There are shells bursting nearby and there are ruined war-damaged
Features the 1st Australian Division Artillery during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front. 18-pounder guns are pictured being brought forward by teams of six horses, other guns already in p
The ruins of buildings and blasted trees on a farm near Passchendaele, with explosions seen in the background. During the First World War isolated buildings received more shells than the open ground b
Power had witnessed the opening phase of the Ypres campaign in Belgium during July 1917 and the role of the horses pulling artillery guns into position. Here, he depicts the 101st Australian Battery m
Depicts a war damaged landscape at dawn, part of the front line at Messines, with the remains of trees, trenches and barbed wire visible and shells exploding on the horizon. The 11th Machine Gun Compa
Depicts a war damaged landscape at dawn, part of the front line at Messines, with the remains of trees, trenches and barbed wire visible and shells exploding on the horizon. The 11th Machine Gun Compa