The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A pillbox known as Anzac Strong Post, captured by Australian troops in the attack of the 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions, on 20 September 1917, and on which they hoisted an Australian flag. To this position there subsequently came an enemy messenger dog with messages to a German officer, telling of the Australian attack and instructing him to hold out at all costs. The dog was killed by shellfire later in the day, and the flag was destroyed, for the pillbox suffered many direct hits from the enemy's high explosive shells. This photograph was taken a week later. Note the ANZAC sign and the rifles leaning against the pill box.
Informal portrait of 3133 Corporal James Coull, in charge, with dogs of No. 3 Messenger Dog Section, attached to the 4th Divisional Signal Company, in a railway cutting near Villers-Bretonneux while o
An exterior view of the front of a shell damaged church. The town was heavily shelled at frequent intervals and the church was badly damaged by many direct hits. Continued later artillery fire reduc
An exterior view of the front of a shell damaged church, taken looking out through ruins. The town was heavily shelled at frequent intervals and the church was badly damaged by many direct hits. Con
An exterior view of the rear of a shell damaged church, taken looking out through ruins. The town was heavily shelled at frequent intervals and the church was badly damaged by many direct hits. Cont
An unidentified soldier, silhouetted against a shell hole, looking toward the front of a shell damaged church. The town was heavily shelled at frequent intervals and the church was badly damaged by m
View of the battlefield in the Ypres Sector, showing some of the many pillboxes which fortified this area against the Australian attack of 20 September. Note the thickness of the roof of the one in th
