The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, having come from the line near Mouquet Farm. At this point Tramway Trench crossed Brind's Cut. The white flag, usually made on the spot out of a handkerchief or any white rag, was intended to stand for a Red Cross flag. Parties carrying this flag were not usually fired on, at this time, by German snipers, although as can be seen behind the men, the use of the flag did not affect German artillery barrages.
Cream cotton (possibly originally white) man's handkerchief with a raised striped effect weave, in the same colour, around the edges. Marked in black indian ink in the upper left corner 'K.S. CUNNINGH
Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, having come from the line near Mouquet Farm. At this point Tramway Trench crossed Brind's Cut.
Stretcher bearers of the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade bringing in an injured soldier. This was at a time when the German forces still held the hill and the soldier on the right is holding up the R
Cream cotton (possibly originally white) man's handkerchief with a raised striped effect weave, in the same colour, around the edges. Marked in black indian ink in the upper left corner 'K.S. CUNNINGH
German prisoners resting with a wounded comrade at one of the access entrances to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel, in the captured Hindenburg Defence System. Identified, left to right: American Stretcher
Improvised German national flag in even horizontal stripes black (top), white, red (bottom). A rough hoist to take a pole has been made by folding over one end of the flag and securing it with running
Swallow tail and tongue wool bunting banner designed to hang vertically, with linen hoist threaded through with a length of hemp rope with a wooden toggle at the proper right (black) side. The banner
