The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of 3rd Divisional Pioneers carting gravel to complete a bridge across Somme between Cerisy and Chipilly wrecked by the enemy and just repaired. All tools and material for this work was salved (mostly from big German dumps near Preyart). This work took six days. Note the filled-in shell holes on the roadway. Identified: Lieutenant James MC & Bar (5); Private (Pte) W. C. Briggs (10); Pte B. Nottage (13). See E02944K for position of those named in this caption.
Model bridge hand crafted from wood, brass and other metals. The model is mounted on a rectangular block of polished wood with a engraved brass plaque attached to the front. The plaque reads 'MODEL OF
Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Members of 3rd Divisional Pioneers carting gravel to complete a bridge across Somme between Cerisy and Chip
Members of the 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion on the Somme Canal, repairing a bridge which had been blown up by the Germans in their retreat. The battalion were issued orders to rebuild the steel gi
A combined smith, carpenter, and general workshop manned by the 3rd Pioneer Battalion at Blangy Tronville. The workshops were erected by the Battalion on arrival at the village. All the machinery etc
Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. A combined smith, carpenter, and general workshop manned by the 3rd Pioneer Battalion at Blangy Tronville.
The constructions sounds of hammering and sawing took over from the sounds of battle in the village of Binh Ba, five miles north of the Australian Task Force, this week. Civil affairs workers and engi
An exhibition of London-based artists' work, including that of Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Streeton, on display at Wandsworth Hospital. Formerly a member of the Heidelberg school of artists in Melbourne,
