The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ypres, Belgium, 1917. The entrance to the dugout that served as headquarters for mechanics and linesmen with the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF. The remains of some of the city's ruined buildings, damaged by enemy bombardment, are visible in the background.
Riencourt, France, 1917. An Australian soldier, probably a member of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, standing on a rubble-strewn street among ruined buildings damaged by enemy bombardment
Ploegsteert, Belgium, 1917. A snow-covered street lined with ruined buildings badly damaged by enemy bombardment in the town south of Messines.
Ruined buildings badly damaged by enemy bombardment in a street in Loos. Note the remains of a cart in the foreground.
Bapaume, France, 1917. Ruined buildings, damaged by enemy bombardment, situated near the Town Hall. The road has been cleared of rubble.
Bapaume-Peronne area, France, 1917. Ruined buildings along the road from Bapaume to Peronne, damaged by enemy bombardment. The road has been cleared of rubble.
Ypres, Belgium, 1917. A wooden cross in the local cemetery marking the grave of Lieutenant Frederick Ernest W. Ireland of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, who died of wounds received at He
