The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1918-08. THE SMOKING REMAINS OF A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN AIRMEN NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. (DONATED BY MR F B MC WHANNELL, MC) (SEE ALSO H15987)
1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THE PARACHUTE OF THE OBSERVER CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE BALLOON (DONATED
Damaged wicker and wood observation balloon basket. Crushed on hitting the ground, the basket is from a British balloon shot down on fire by a German aircraft near Ypres, Belgium, in January 1918. T
A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE OBSERVATION BALLOON BEING TOWED BY H.M.A.S. PARRAMATTA IN THE ADRIATIC SEA, 1918-08-05. (DONATED BY MR. P.C. SLAUGHTER.)
Villers Bretonneux area, France, 1918-07. A German A7V tank which was disabled when attacking British units at Monument Wood and was later captured on 1918-07-14 by 26th Battalion, 1st AIF. The signs
France. c. 1917. British Army soldiers moving past a French Army observation balloon which ascended within 400 yards of the advancing German Army. The balloon withstood attack for an hour before being
A photograph taken after the Australian advance of 8 August 1918, showing the remains of a German soldier and a horse beside the Demuin, near Villers-Bretonneux, where they had lain unburied in German
