The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified soldier stands beside a crater made by a German minenwerfer (trench mortar) bomb that fell just behind the front trench of the 11th Battalion near the Cordonnerie Farm during the bombardment that preceded a German raid. About 40 men were killed and 60 wounded in the bombardment of a short section of front line.
Water-filled bomb crater in Mohamid Ali Square. During an Axis raid on the previous night a large bomb fell in the roadway, disrupting tram and water services. The size of crater dwarfs the men beside
Three unidentified gunners pose with a German 76 mm Minenwerfer (light trench mortar) that was captured by the 13th Battalion during the Battle of Hamel.
Major A M Phillips, beside a trench mortar captured by the 11th Battalion, at Mont de Merris, in a raid on the enemy a few days before.
A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.
A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.
Empty German light trench mortar shell. German light trench mortar shell [now empty], which fell in the lines of 1st Bn in the Mootenscken- Meteren sector on the night of the 1st- 2nd July, 1918, wo