The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gueudecourt, France, 1917-04-27. Captain Patrick Cockburn, a Medical Officer (MO) probably serving with the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, peers at the dead body of a German soldier lying among water-filled shell holes in a flat and desolate war-ravaged landscape near Gueudecourt. Note the absence of trees.
Gueudecourt, France, 1917-04-27. Captain Patrick Cockburn, a Medical Officer (MO) probably serving with the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, stands beside a box of pineapple bombs abandoned in a captur
Gueudecourt area, France, 1917-04-27. Smoking his pipe, Captain Patrick Cockburn, a Medical Officer (MO) probably serving with the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, stands on the side of an abandoned Ge
FRANCE, 1916. A PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT LINE AT GUEUDECOURT, SHOWING SANDBAG REINFORCEMENT, DUCKBOARDS AND TIMBER BRIDGE OVER WATER-FILLED SHELL HOLE.
Probably GALLIPOLI, TURKEY, C. 1915. THE DEAD BODY OF A TURKISH SOLDIER LYING IN A TRENCH.
A view from Bellewaarde Ridge, towards Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector. Note the water filled shell holes and the abandoned German 105mm Howitzer. A duckboard winds its way around to the left an
A view of the surrounding country taken from the remains of the church. The water filled shell holes are where houses once stood.