The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An Australian motor lorry speeding along the road towards Hill 63 (in the background), during the shelling of the Anzac batteries concentrated in the sector to take part in the battle of Messines in Belgium, two days later. A battery of the 6 inch Australian guns were at the foot of the eight tall trees and this position was shelled daily by the enemy. A man can be faintly seen running from this battery position (right).
An Australian transport wagon, galloping along the road near Red Lodge, behind Hill 63, in Belgium, whilst the Germans were shelling the batteries of the Australian and New Zealand Artillery concentra
Germans shells bursting among Anzac batteries at Red Lodge, behind Hill 63, in Belgium, during the battle of Messines. On the left the camouflage of a battery of 6 inch guns can be seen burning. The s
An Australian battery position being shelled by the enemy at Red Lodge, behind Hill 63, in Belgium, during the Battle of Messines, on 7 June 1917.
Petit Pont, Belgium. Australians in a motor lorry watching German shells bursting on Hill 63 during the battle of Messines.
View of a damaged motor lorry near Taylor's Dump on the Menin Road in the Ypres sector, showing the results of a high velocity shell which burst off the corduroy track three minutes before the picture
Five unidentified soldiers working on a Daimler motor lorry which has been damaged by shellfire, near Taylor's Dump on the Menin Road in the Ypres sector. The damage was the result of a high velocity
