The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant Will Dyson (left), Australian official artist, sketching, in the 'Caterpiller', an intersection of two sunken roads. Two other men rest and smoke a cigarette. German lines were less than 500 yards from this point, and ten days before, Australians of the 6th Infantry Brigade had cleared a number of German machine gun posts in stiff fighting.
Lieutenant Will Dyson, Australian Official Artist, sketching in the 'Caterpillar', near Ville-sur Ancre, in France. The 'Big' and 'Little Caterpillars', so called from their worm-like appearance on th
A view near Hyde Park Corner of Ploegsteert Wood, showing a German 5.9 inch shell burst, which effectively covered an area approximately 500 yards in diameter. Note the small white splashes where the
Depicts men of either 1st or 2nd Division at the waggon lines behind the front on 21 September 1917, after the fighting at Polygon Wood on 20 September. 'Stunt' was a common term to describe military
Red and yellow check, cotton fabric, signalling flag used by German Infantry. The flag is crudely made and is supported on two opposing edges by sticks that have broken in the middle. There are two k
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1945-03-19. HIT BY TWO 500 POUND BOMBS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS FRANKLIN HAS HER AFTER PART COVERED IN SMOKE FROM FIRES BURNING ON HER HANGAR DECK AND THE RESULTING EXPLOSIONS OF BOMBS
Depicts the figure of the god of war, Mars, standing astride a canon and tearing up a piece of paper, a deed, on which is written ; 'I, Mars, God of War, hereby do promise To Germany Kingship over all