The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ham, France. c. 23 March 1918. An allied storage area captured by the Germans during fighting in the Somme. Munitions and shells are stacked in wooden structures beside which is a railway and train. The volume of abandoned munitions indicates the power of the German push during the spring offensive, causing the allies to leave much behind as they retreated.
Ham, France. c. 23 March 1918. A miniature allied railway captured by the German army during fighting in the Somme. The ruined walls of the citadel are in the background, showing the devastating way i
Depicts a fashionable woman, replete with black hat and fur-cuffed winter coat, leaning over a train carriage door to open it. Albert is a French town in the Somme region, located between Amiens and B
An illustration of the open warfare conditions which prevailed during the offensive along the Somme in August 1918. The picture shows a gun of the 4th Brigade of Australian Field Artillery in action n
Improvised sign constructed of two wooden planks painted black and stencilled with white letters 'THIS WAS VILLERS CARBONNEL.' 'No 27' is hand painted in small white lettering in the bottom left hand
At left, the cookhouse for A Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), at the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) base. On the verandah of the building are large metal trough
Section of German-manufactured purple indelible pencil held in a purple painted wooden casing. Both long joins in the wooden casing have separated slightly. One side is stamped in silver 'MARS STAEDTL
