The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A German concrete shelter on the hill at Messines, in Belgium. The entrances are just showing above ground, and the pockets over them hold machine gun and revolver ammunition; above can be seen the remains of the camouflage, which concealed the dugout from aircraft observers. From this position the enemy commanded a long stretch of an important road.
View of the ruins of an old German concrete dugout at Messines, in Belgium. Inside the shelter were several human remains, and the pool in the foreground (not in view) was discoloured by the blood of
A huge crater on Hill 60 in Belgium, a scene of destruction. The position was of great importance and was the objective in a series of intense battles culminating in the hill being blown up by laborio
A huge crater on Hill 60 in Belgium, one of a series of a scene of destruction. The position was of great importance and was the objective in a series of intense battles culminating in the hill being
A huge crater on Hill 60 in Belgium, a scene of destruction. The position was of great importance and was the objective in a series of intense battles culminating in the hill being blown up by laborio
Germans shells bursting among Anzac batteries at Red Lodge, behind Hill 63, in Belgium, during the battle of Messines. On the left the camouflage of a battery of 6 inch guns can be seen burning. The s
A German pillbox (a fortified concrete shelter) at Messines, the Western Front. An image from the collection of 1010 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edgar Watkins DCM. Sgt Watkins, a painter from Blackburn, Vic
