The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A photograph of a ghastly sight in a shell crater near Zonnebeke, in the Ypres Sector, showing the body of a youthful German who lost his life in no man's land, during the attack by the Australian troops at Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October 1917. The lower half of this image was used in a composite photograph produced by Frank Hurley, Official War Photographer, a print of which is held at P02514.001.
A composite image comprising a dead German soldier (E00927) and an exploding shell burst added to the background. The lower part of the photograph is a ghastly sight in a shell crater near Zonnebeke,
A composite image comprising a dead German soldier (E00927) and an exploding shell burst added to the background. The lower part of the photograph is a ghastly sight in a shell crater near Zonnebeke,
Looking across Retaliation Farm to Helles and Anzac Ridge from the crater, on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector. Note the water filled shell holes.
A track across the Westhoek Ridge near Zonnebeke in the Ypres sector with an explosion in the background. As the wreckage along either side of the track suggests, transport casualties were very heavy
A regimental aid post of the 3rd Division on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, with the wounded waiting for reinforcement stretcher bearers to carry them back to the dressing station. A water f
A regimental aid post of the 3rd Division on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, with the wounded waiting for reinforcement stretcher bearers to carry them back to the dressing station. A water f
An Australian forward Artillery Observation Post, in the Crater on Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. The position was shelled and machine gunned each day and gassed at night. Just af
