The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Snared by a tree trunk and subsequently put out of action by shellfire, this Mk IV Female tank assisted in the operations in the Ypres fighting in September. The tank has ben hit in multiple locations. It is fitted with unditching rails, and carries its unditching beam on its rear deck. The tracks are fitted with removable 'grousers' or 'spuds' which help to give tractions and to decrease ground pressure. No identification number or name is visible in this photograph. It was photographed after it became a derelict, at Clapham Junction in the Ypres Sector. In the rear pack mules can be seen carrying ammunition and rations.
A group of unidentified Australian stretcher bearers, some carrying rolled up stretchers, leaving a tank hole and relay post near Clapham Junction. The soldier on the far right is wearing a Red Cross
Officers of the Tank Corps at Jackdaw Switch, near Chateau Wood (centre, background), in the Ypres sector, consulting their maps as to the course their tanks (right) are to take in furthering the Aust
Two tanks put out of action near Stirling Castle, in the Ypres sector during the attack on 20 September 1917. Taken while the fighting was continuing further forward, the photograph shows an unidentif
Two tanks put out of action near Stirling Castle, in the Ypres sector during the attack on 20 September 1917. Taken while the fighting was continuing further forward, the photograph shows an unidentif
US infantry watching the progress of a British Mark V tank. The tank is a 'male', armed with a 6 pounder gun in the left hand sponson, and is fitted with a crib on its upper hull to allow it to cross
View of six of eight Mark IV tanks stranded tanks at Jackdaw Switch, near Clapham Junction, in the Ypres Salient, put out of action by shellfire or swamped in the mud during the attack on 20 September