The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Messines Sector, Belgium. 22 January 1918. A group of members of the 2nd Division at the entrance to the Catacombs - a system of tunnels built in Hill 63, in the Messines Sector. Note the cut out kangaroo silhouette on the top of the tunnel. No identification details were recorded for the men in this group.
An outdoors informal group portrait of unidentified soldiers, some members of 2nd Division standing outside the entrance to the Catacombs in Hill 63. The Catacombs were a system of tunnels of conside
Two unidentified soldiers standing at the entrance to the Catacombs, Hyde Park Corner, a system of tunnels of considerable length which were fitted to accommodate over 1,000 men. Note the kangaroo si
Troops of the 2nd Australian Division, at Hyde Park Corner, near the entrance to the Catacombs at Hill 63, in the Messines Sector. Note the sloppy state of the road.
A scene behind the Australian lines at Hill 63, in Belgium, where the Catacombs were located. These consisted of a system of tunnels of considerable length, fitted to accommodate over 1,000 men. Troop
Messines, Belgium. 1917. AIF soldiers outside the Australian Comforts Fund Depot at the Catacombs on Hill 63. (Purchased from C. Wadeson)
Messines, Belgium. 14 December 1919. Trench of top of Hill 63.
