The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
225 Private J Johnson (left), and 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), both members of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, typical Australians, greet the photographer through a shell hole in one of the ruined houses of Armentieres. This house was situated at Rue Belfort, 15 Armentieres. Bricks and rubble were salvaged from these ruins for building gun emplacements and putting down horse lines during the winter of 1916.
Three cheery members of the 3rd Division preparing a meal in the ruins of St Roc Church at Armentieres. Bricks were salvaged from here to build gun emplacements and the rubble was used to put down hor
Three members of the 3rd Australian Division about to prepare a meal in the ruins of St Roc Church at Armentieres. Bricks were salvaged from here to build gun emplacements and the rubble was used to p
The remains of the church at Houplines, near Armentieres, in France. The 3rd Division occupied this sector during that period. Bricks were salvaged from here to build gun emplacements and the rubble w
274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (left), and 225 Private J Johnson (right), both members of the 3rd Division, and an old resident of Armentieres (centre), discuss a broken gas meter in a ruined cottage.
A Franco-Australian discussion on a broken gas meter in one of the shelled houses of Armentieres. The soldiers are: 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), and 225 Private J Johnson (centre), both member
Three cheery members of the 3rd Australian Division preparing a meal in the ruins of St Roc Church at Armentieres. Identified, left to right: 240 Private (Pte) John Gerald Kiniry; 274 Lance Corporal E
