The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. October 1915. Anzac underground firing line dug by 3rd Infantry Brigade - this style of trench was originally invented by Captain Clougston for Brigadier-General MacLagan, who wanted overhead cover for his men without any timber being available. In the end a system of them extended along almost the whole front of the 1st Australian Division. This shows how the trench opened on the surface in a series of rifle pits or separate bays.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. October 1915. Our underground firing line dug by the 3rd Infantry Brigade at Anzac. This style of trench was originally invented by Captain Clougston for Brigadier-General
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. October 1915. A portion of the underground firing line dug by the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade at Anzac. This style of trench was originally devised by Captain Clougsto
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915-08. 347 Private (Pte) George Tostee (left), E Company, 10th Infantry Battalion, demonstrates a periscope rifle he had invented to the battalion CO, Lieutenant Colon
The communication trench which led from the St Quentin Canal Tunnel (in the middle distance) to the trench system near the village of Bony. It was generally thought that underground communication had
South Vietnam, 1971. Four foxholes dug by Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) troops in a village in the area known as "The Street Without Joy". Pits like these were dug when a patrolling uni
An aerial view of the abandoned Fire Support Base (FSB) Lion in the Australian area of operations (AO) at Thua Tich, 22 km north east of Nui Dat. Set in a relatively cleared open area, the defensive
