The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The old hangars in `no man's land'. On the right can be seen the ruins of a second aerodrome, in which the enemy earlier in the month had established a machine gun strong post. On the night of 13 April, the 40th Battalion rushed this post and after a fierce bombing duel and hand-to-hand fight, the Australian party returned. Thereafter the Australian trench mortars and artillery continually bombarded the position, and patrols reconnoitred its vicinity each night. An attack by the 37th Battalion on the night of 21 June, routed the garrison. Ten Germans were killed, seven captured, and the strong point wrecked. The two soldiers on the left are unidentified.
The Hangars in front of Villers-Bretonneux. Around this aerodrome, which fell into German hands during March, considerable fighting subsequently took place. The Australian troops persistently raided t
Near Le Barque, France. Yellow Cut road crossing the German trenches on the 'Maze'. This area was continually bombarded by Australian heavy trench mortars, and this, combined with frequent rain, red
Government and Communist forces were on Monday (6 December) locked in a fierce close combat duel for control of the western approaches to Phnom Penh. The fighting - mainly with mortars, automatic rifl
No man's land and the Mound near the railway at Monument Wood. The mound is the only prominent feature of the landscape, and was used by the enemy as an observation post. It was taken by the enemy in
The village of Bray, photographed from the north east. Bray was taken on the night of 23 August 1918, by a direct frontal surprise attack, of the 40th Battalion, assisted on the left flank by the 37th
A view of the countryside near Noreuil, in France, from a window in the top story of a house occupied by 5th Australian Brigade Headquarters, which after a heavy bombardment the Germans attacked in st
