The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the ramparts and moat at Ypres. On the left, a signal motor lorry is seen proceeding towards Lille Gate. Ypres faced the invader throughout almost the whole period of the war, and although in a commanding position, it was dominated by the series of ridges which were mainly won from the enemy in the historic fighting of the Third Battle of Ypres.
The ramparts of Ypres near the Lille gate, showing a swan in the moat. Note the shattered trees, an indication of the terrible bombardments to which the city had been subjected since 1917. (From the
A large group of unidentified Australian troops resting along the town's moat and ramparts. The following day marked the entry of Australian troops into the Third Battle of Ypres, with the 1st and 2n
A large group of unidentified Australian troops resting near the famous moat and ramparts of the town. The following day marked the entry of Australian troops into the Third Battle of Ypres, with the
Studio portrait of 59 Sergeant Donald Trevlyn Hood, 2nd Australian Division Headquarters. A clerk prior to enlistment, 596 Private Hood embarked with the 27th Battalion from Adelaide on HMAT Geelong
The Pozieres battlefield, taken from near the strongly fortified enemy concrete redoubt called Gibraltar. This strongpoint dominated the surrounding country and was at the centre of the severe fighti
Two unidentified Australian Lewis Machine Gunners of the 1st Battalion in a place of vantage formed by a shell splintered tree on the Ramparts at Ypres. During the Third Battle of Ypres, the aerial ac
