The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soldiers of the 45th Battalion wearing gas respirators in a trench at Garter Point, in the Ypres Sector. Identified, foreground working back: 2146 Corporal (Cpl) Horace Davies; 3696 Private (Pte) Thomas J Barrow; 5330 Pte Arthur Benfell. (Note by Sergeant A Brooksbank, Gas NCO, 10th Australian Infantry Brigade: 'Alert' and 'Alternative Alert' positions of wearing respirator haversack of small box respirator of modern practical utility).
The Australian War Records in 1917 or 1919 identified the soldier in the foreground as 2146 Cpl Horace Davies. However, Cpl Davies's service records indicate he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg in a hospital in England from December 1916 and did not return to France until May 1918. Therefore, the identification of Cpl Davies in this photograph is incorrect.
Members of the 45th Battalion in the advanced trenches at Garter Point, in the Ypres Sector. Identified, foreground, working back: 615 Corporal (Cpl) S P Murray; 5330 Private (Pte) Arthur Benfell (kil
Three Portuguese soldiers about to enter a chamber for gas mask drill at the Gas School at Marthes in France. A note by Sergeant A Brooksbank, Gas NCO, 10th Australian Infantry Brigade: Of general m
Gas drill instructor inspecting respirators worn by Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) staff of the 2/6 Australian General Hospital (2/6 AGH). NFX70358 Sister Clare McMahon of Bourke, NSW, showing
Near Bois de l'Abbe, France. 27 May 1918. Gassed Australian soldiers lying out in the open at an over crowded aid post near Bois l’Abbé. They have been gassed in the operations in front of Villers-Bre
Lieutenant Fletcher and 2800 Sergeant William George Hoole, wearing small box respirators while instructing troops in their use at a camp in England. The small box respirator was one of the most effe
A 9.2in Howitzer gun of the 2nd Australian Siege Battery (55th Australian Siege Artillery Battery), in action. Identified, left to right: Gunner (Gnr) Dalgliesh; Gnr E A Scoles; Gnr J H Hislop. The gu
