The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Smoke rising from huts and stores fired by the retreating Germans during the Australian advance beyone Peronne. The trees running from left to right in the centre of the photograph, line the Mont St Quentin - Peronne Road. The front line ran along the hedge just beyond the trees. The enemy was seen to set fire to the buildings in the centre skyline, and march away his men, four abreast, at about 11 a.m.
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-11. Extensively damaged buildings and equipment in the yard of the railway station. Note the smoke rising from stores in the background set alight by the retreating Germa
Smoke rising from a burning dump, fired by the retreating Germans, at Tincourt. On this date the Germans were falling back on the defences of the Hindenburg system, where a few days later the enemy re
The country near Peronne, when in occupation by the 53rd Battalion. The area was the scene of operations conducted by the Australian troops against Mont St. Quentin and Peronne from 31 August to 2 Sep
The countryside around Mont St Quentin and Peronne. In the background is the railway embankment where the 53rd Battalion were dug in immediately prior to their attack in that area on 1 September 1918
Men of the 9th Battalion, making a dump of rifle ammunition from a wagon marked with a Rising sun around the number 1 indicating the 1st Division near the line at Froissy. At this time the Germans ast
SERIA AREA, BORNEO. 23 JUNE 1945. NATIVE REFUGEES RESTING ON THE BEACH. BEHIND THEM CAN BE SEEN HEAVY CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE OIL WELLS, FIRED BY RETREATING JAPANESE, AT SERIA SOME 15 MILES AW
