The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Grazzanise, Italy. Sherman M4A2 of the 4th County of London Yeomanry fording the river Volturno at Grazzanise. The bridge built by the Royal Engineers over the Vulturno at Grazzanise could not support the weight of heavy tanks. The British tank formations found a sport where the water was no more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) deep and with the aid of a bulldozer to haul them up the opposite bank, they forded the river. Taken by Sgt Mott, No. 2 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA7858).
Torino di Sangro, Italy. A Sherman M4A2 medium tank of the British Eighth Army follows a mule train through the Corso Lauretano, the main street. Taken by Sgt Radford No 2 Army Film and Photo Section,
ITALY. 1943-10-13. THE FIFTH ARMY PREPARE TO CROSS THE VOLTURNO RIVER. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA7600).
CASERTA, ITALY. 1943-10. SAPPERS FROM THE FIFTH ARMY EXPERIMENTING WITH BRIDGING EQUIPMENT ON THE LAKE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE PALACE, JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER VOLTURNO, BEFORE LAUNCHING ITS ATTACK ON TH
ITALY, 1943-10. A MORTAR CREW FROM THE FIFTH ARMY IN ACTION AMONG THE RUINS AT CRAZZANISE SOUTH OF THE VOLTURNO RIVER. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA7708).
ITALY, 1943-10. BREN GUNNERS OF THE FIFTH ARMY IN A DEFENSIVE POSITION BEHIND A WALL ON THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE VOLTURNO RIVER. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA7705).
ITALY. 1943-10. AN EARLY CASUALTY IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE VOLTURNO RIVER IN ONE OF THE ASSAULT BOATS DURING THE CROSSING OF THE RIVER BY THE FIFTH ARMY. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRA
