The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
American Engineers and members of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company building a dugout and machine gun post, in the reserve line. In the back row, left, is Sapper (Spr) Johnson. Standing in the dugout is Spr E.B. Williams. At the tree line is the main Amiens-Albert Road. In the right background is Lahoussoye. Under the tarp is the machine gun pit.
Serapeum, Egypt. 4 January 1916. Members of the 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers, building a landing stage on the bank of the Suez Canal. In the water, left to right: Sapper J. McLean; Spr Geor
Miners of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company excavating dugouts for Battle Headquarters at Hooge Crater in the Ypres Sector. Identified: unidentified (1); Sapper (Spr) H. F. Ferris (2); (3), (4) an
Scene overlooking the battlefield from the sandbagged gun pit on Fire Support Base Balmoral. A M60 general purpose machine gun in the foreground, Centurion MkV/1 tank in the middle ground and the smok
Members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company preparing a machine gun emplacement at the Pont de Nieppe (Nieppe Bridge), near Armentieres. The bridge was also mined for blowing up in case of necess
A detachment of 10th Field Company of Australian Engineers building a bridge across the Somme Canal. Back row, left to right (across the bridge): Sapper (Spr) J. Adams; Spr S. Hibbs; Lieutenant Mahy;
A corduroy bridge, built by the 10th Field Company of Australian Engineers, over the River Ancre, near Heilly. This was one of several temporary bridges thrown across the river by the Australian Engin
