The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australians of the 13th Brigade studying the large contour map near Petit Pont, Belgium, which was specially made to give the troops a knowledge of the Messines battlefield. The operation, which opened the next morning, was completely successful. It was considered as much a triumph of methodical planning and organisation as it was a great feat of arms. (The men in slouch hats are of D Company, 14th Battalion)
Soldiers studying the large contour map specially constructed between Petit Pont and Nieppe, constructed to give the troops a knowledge of the Messines battlefield, in preparation for the battle which
Unidentified members of the 4th Division gathered on raised platforms to study the large contour map of the Messines battlefield which was constructed near Petit Pont. The map gave the troops knowled
Captain Albert Jacka VC (front holding map), 14th Battalion, comparing his maps with the prepared model of the Messines area, over which his company was to advance on the following day, 7 June 1917, i
"Australians studying the large/ contour map which was/ made for the troops to give/ them a good knowledge/ of the country around/ MESSINES etc over which they/ had to attack./ Pellet Point - Nieppe/
Petit Pont, Belgium. 25 June 1917. The four Vickers machine guns of No. 1 Section, 4th Australian Machine Gun Company engaged in gun practice in old trenches at Petit Pont. The Company was resting and
Included in the thorough preparations for the battle of Messines in Belgium, which took place on 7 June 1917, was a large contour ground map, a battlefield model, made for the purpose of giving the tr
