The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A dump of 18 pounder shell cases at Birr Cross Roads, in the Ypres Sector, where positions were occupied by the 2nd Divisional Artillery, during the battle of Zonnebeke, 20 September 1917, when these shells were used. When this photograph was taken, the batteries had moved forward to positions between Bellewaarde and Westhoek Ridges.
A dump of empty 18 pounder shell cases at Birr Cross Roads. It represents only a portion of the shells rained upon the enemy by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Batteries of the 5th Field Artillery Brigade du
Unidentified soldiers at a dump for 18 pounder ammunition between Birr Cross Roads and Hellfire Corner near Ypres.
View of the position occupied by the 16th Battery of Australian Field Artillery near Hooge, in the Ypres Sector, when it had three guns put out of action and suffered many casualties. The cross was er
Dumping munitions from a truck at the Birr Cross Roads, in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. These shell dumps added to the dangers of the Menin Road during an enemy strafe.
The 7th Field Artillery Brigade bringing their gun into position on the western slope of Bellewaarde Ridge (behind railway line at right) in the Ypres sector, in Belgium, on September 21st, 1917. The
Members of the Australian 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, with pack animals, collecting ammunition for transport to the artillery in position near Birr Cross Roads at Ypres.
