A05087 Accession Number: A05087

P00295.494

Photograph P00295.494 South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. LOCATION UNKNOWN. A BRITISH ARMY OBSERVATION BALLOON BEING TRANSPORTED ON AN OX WAGON. NOTE THE SMALL PONIES BEING RIDDEN BY THE OFFICERS IN THE FOREGROUND. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDER

H09354

Photograph H09354 First World War, 1914-1918

France. c. 1917. British Army soldiers moving past a French Army observation balloon which ascended within 400 yards of the advancing German Army. The balloon withstood attack for an hour before being

H13483

Photograph H13483 First World War, 1914-1918

Western Front. c. 1918. A German soldier jumping from his observation balloon. German observers followed this procedure when their balloon was attacked by Allied aircraft. (Donor German War Museum Kog

E00135

Photograph E00135 First World War, 1914-1918

An Australian horse drawn wagon being pushed out of the mud by German prisoners working on a snow covered road.

H15987

Photograph H15987 First World War, 1914-1918

1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THE PARACHUTE OF THE OBSERVER CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE BALLOON (DONATED

H18870

Photograph H18870 First World War, 1914-1918

C.1918. AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS, ONE TOWING AN OBSERVATION BALLOON, ON SUBMARINE PATROL IN THE ADRIATIC SEA. (PHOTO PURCHASED FROM C N KING, CANBERRA)