The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A unique photo of a disabled British RE8 aircraft diving towards earth during the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade attack at Vaire Wood in the Battle of Hamel. It was subsequently discovered that the machine had been hit by a presumably faulty shell. The aircraft is possibly either B5073 or C4580 which were both shot down during the Battle of Hamel. Note the outer panels of the upper wing have collapsed and folded back.
A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, when the supply of ammunition to the infantry by means of parachutes was a fea
WESTERN DESERT. GERMAN TANK PANZERKAMPFWAGEN MEDIUM TANK DISABLED BY A DIRECT HIT DURING THE GREAT BATTLE IN THE WESTERN DESERT CATCHES FIRE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Shoulder strap for the 55th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '55'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a pie
A German machine gun captured at a house in Hamel. The success of the battle of Hamel cut out the German re-entrant in the Australian lines between Hill 104, near Villers-Bretonneux, and the Somme at
The remains of RE8 C4580 which was shot down at Hamel Wood, by the enemy, after it had succeeded in dropping ammunition to the forward troops by means of parachutes. One of the parachutes can be seen
BETANO, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-15. THE WRECK OF HMAS VOYAGER LOST WHEN DISEMBARKING MEN OF THE 2/4TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY ON 1945-09-25. DURING THE DISEMBARKATION SHE DRIFTED ONTO A SAND BANK AND BEC
