The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The position occupied by the 12th Machine Gun Company near Anzac Ridge in the Ypres Sector, where very heavy casualties were sustained. Identified, left to right: 566 Private (Pte) William James Rablin (killed in action13 October 1917); Lieutenant Errol Phineas Congreve Upton; Second Lieutenant Joseph Thomas East (killed in action 12 October 1917); 2674 Sergeant David Lewis (standing); 1794 Pte Carl Harry Rasmussen (seated behind the gun).
The two pillboxes seen in this photograph were situated on Anzac Ridge in the Ypres Sector and were used as an aid post by the 4th Division. A section of the 12th Machine Gun Company also occupied one
Outdoor group portrait of officers of the 12th Australian Machine Gun Company behind four of their Vickers Mk 1 machine guns. Identified, left to right, back row: 1506 Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Berna
Machine gunners of the 12th Company of the 4th Division, cleaning up after a barrage at Anzac. Note the water tube leading down to the shell hole. Left to right: 3727 Sergeant Joseph Thomas East, appo
Australian troops in the support line moving up as a consequence of the advance on 4 October 1917, to Molenaarelsthoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector.
Studio portrait of 704 Private (Pte) David West (Dave) Beattie, 36th Battalion. Born in Scotland, Pte Beattie emigrated to Australia at the age of 24 and worked as a nurseryman in Mascot, NSW, prior t
Studio portrait of 1200 Private (Pte) Harry Conrad Wetzel, 22nd Battalion, of Daylesford, Vic. Pte Wetzel enlisted on 10 April 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 April 1915. On 17 September 19
