The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified soldiers stand amid the shattered buildings in the French village of Lagnicourt, which was captured by the Australians in late March 1917 as the Germans withdrew towards the Hindenburg Line. The Germans heavily shelled the village as they retreated. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.)
The ruined village in northern France. Many of the buildings have been reduced to rubble; fragmentary walls of others are still standing. On the left two unidentified soldiers are visible. Hermies
View of Passchendaele Ridge, towards which the Australian troops moved while fighting the third battle of Ypres. Note the shattered state of the battlefield. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest
Royal Field Artillery moving towards the front line to relieve the Australian artillery after the capture of Pozieres from the Germans. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who ser
The ruins of a chateau near Boursies (now Boursieres). In the early spring of 1917 the Germans withdrew from the line they had held during the winter of 1916-1917 to the shorter, heavily defended Hin
The shattered remnants of Chateau Wood, east of Ypres, the tree trunks showing the effects of heavy shelling during battles between July and October 1917. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Cha
Scene of an attack by the Germans on the Australians on 15 April 1917, with part of a trench in the foreground and the ruined village of Lagnicourt in the background. The Germans penetrated the Austr
