The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant John Kennare firing a Vickers machine gun during training at the 86 Machine Gun Corps Course, along with Lieutenant Hopkins (left) [believed to be Paul William Hopkins, later MC]. Both Officers succesfully completed the course and joined the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company as reinforcements to replace the heavy casualties suffered at the First Battle of Bullecourt. Five other soldiers sit in the trench behind the two Lieutenants.
Lieutenant John Kennare sitting in a wicker chair outside the barracks, writing a letter to his parents on a day off during the 86 Machine Gun Corps Course. He finished the course in sixth position ou
Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company helping two women from a local farm sow beans in fields a few miles from the front line across the border in Belgian Flanders. Identified service per
La Caronne near Vieux Berquin, France. 26 July 1917. No. 1 Section, 4th Australian Machine Gun Company with their four Vickers machine guns and two of their Officers. Back row, left: Lieutenant John H
Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company taking a lunch break during gun practice in old trenches near Estaires. They are en route from Neuf Berquin (French Flanders) to Neuve Eglise (Belgia
Petit Pont, Belgium. 25 July 1917. Informal group portrait of officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company during a period of rest and training after a fifteen day holding operation at the front
La Carone, France. 23 July 1917. Officers of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company enjoying a lunch break during a ten mile route march from their rest camp at Vieux Berquin to La Motte via Foret de
