The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Before taking up front line positions Australian troops were shown a large contour plan of the area over which their attack was to be made. The preliminary bombardment of Messines on the afternoon of 5 June 1917. Artillery observers in advanced posts registering results and telephoning to the batteries. Scenes on the road to Messines. One of the mine craters seen from the top and bottom. Messines after its capture was heavily shelled by the Germans. The Messines road at evening on the day of the battle.
British soldier firing Periscope rifle from a trench. British 12 inch rail gun in action. 55 Siege Battery (later 2nd Siege Battery) 9.2 inch Howitzer in action. 60 pounder field guns firing. Engi
An Australian transport wagon, galloping along the road near Red Lodge, behind Hill 63, in Belgium, whilst the Germans were shelling the batteries of the Australian and New Zealand Artillery concentra
The Battle of Messines, codenamed ‘Magnum Opus’, began at 3:10am on 7 June 1917, after a seven day preliminary bombardment, with the detonation of 19 huge mines that obliterated thousands of frontline
Extracts from News From Home No. 88. 1. (4 min 10 sec) Cassino, Italy is almost wiped out by a concentrated aerial bombardment. 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the town. However the Germans were w
An aerial view of Cordonnerie Farm, British map reference 36.N.10. The heavily shelled farm house is just above the British frontline trenches and inside a reverse L shaped road that touches the righ
Coast scenes. 2 RAR sign. Various scenes of the base at Puckapunyal. Officers leaving hut. Parade. March past by drummer and brass band. Officer watching the parade. RAR badge and Japanese garden feat
