The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lagnicourt, France. 26 March 1917. A gun of the 1st Battery, Australian Field Artillery, which had been captured by the German Army in the morning and recaptured shortly afterwards. The AIF soldier standing beside the gun is A. Thompson. (Donor W.J. Batchelor)
Zillebeke, Belgium. 31 July 1917. A gun of the 2nd Battery, Australian Field Artillery, that received three direct German Army hits in a position taken up in front of Maple Copse. (Donor W.J. Batchelo
Stirling Castle, Belgium. c. 1917. Signallers of the 1st Battery, Australian Field Artillery, on duty at a signal station where the Signal Officer, Lieutenant Walker, had been killed. From this statio
Depicts the destruction of the 43rd Battery on the morning of the German attack at Lagnicourt. Gun carriages are visible in the foreground, behind one is a soldier on all fours, perhaps wounded from b
GAZA, PALESTINE, C. 1917-12. MEMBERS OF THE 3RD LIGHT HORSE FIELD AMBULANCE BESIDE A CAPTURED TURKISH ARTILLERY PIECE. THE THREE MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF THE GUN HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A NEARBY WELL,
Fampoux Ridge, France. c. 1917. A British Army soldier seated on a German Army 5.9 inch gun which had been destroyed by British artillery fire. (Donor British Official Photograph D1229)
Meteren, France. c. 1917. A British Army soldier inspecting a newly captured German Army machine gun emplacement. (Donor British Official Photograph D2923)
