The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
France. December 1916. Madame standing in front of her house in Armentieres. The house was used as a billet by members of the 39th Battalion. Its shutters are closed to prevent breakage by concussion and flying fragments, and sandbags are stacked as a protection for the cellars. Also identified is Lieutenant Fleiter speaking with the (Madame) French woman.
The finale scene from a show put on at Stalag VIIA by the French POWs titled “Bon Jour Paris”, showing Madame la France (centre background) with all her colonies represented standing to the left and r
A shell damaged Belgian chateau that was used as a headquarters at different times by different Australian units. Note the sandbags stacked along the walls and a soldier standing near the tarpaulin o
Women volunteers in the ballroom at Federal Government House in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, sorting and packing items to be sent in parcels to troops at the front, sometime during the First World War. F
An unidentified Australian soldier standing at the entrance of an archway built through the embankment of the Amiens Railway. During the fighting in this area in April-August 1918 the tunnel was used
The French countryside between Armentieres, near the Franco-Belgian border, and Bois Grenier to the south. Farmland dominates the image, with some buildings in the middle distance and shell damaged t
The French countryside between Armentieres, near the Franco-Belgian border, and Bois Grenier to the south. Several farm buildings can be seen, surrounded by fields and trees; they are possibly part o
