The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the swamps of Zonnebeke on the day of the First Battle of Passchendaele. This photograph indicates the general condition of all depressions on the battlefield on the day of the main assault upon Passchendaele by the 3rd Australian and the New Zealand Divisions, the 4th Division attacking on the flank. During the attack of 26 September, the 1st Division experienced hard fighting over this area. In the background on the right are the ruins of the Zonnebeke Church.
A line of concrete shelters (pillboxes) in the swamp of Nonne Bosschen, taken by the 1st Division, showing the condition of the depressions on the battlefield even after several weeks of dry weather.
The shell damaged church (centre) and other ruined buildings in the main square of Beaurevoir. On 5 October the village was stormed by the 25th British Division, with Australian troops attacking on t
The Messines Ridge, in Flanders, was attacked on 7 June 1917, the II Anzac Corps forming the right of the British attack. (The New Zealand Division took Messines, the 4th Australian Division continuin
Looking over the brick kiln at Zonnebeke, in the Ypres Sector. Showing the ruins of Zonnebeke Church in the rear. The brick kiln was the German objective on the morning of the Australian attack on 4 O
Ruined buildings in the main square of Beaurevoir. On 5 October the village was stormed by the 25th British Division, with Australian troops attacking on the flank. Note five British troops gathered
View of the ruins of the soda water factory at Zonnebeke, in the Ypres sector. This position was a prominent landmark in the fighting of the previous month.
