The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of four Australian artillery men with one of the battery of 8 inch (French) mortar guns that used to fire on the Pozieres windmill. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.) The smiling man, second from right, is possibly 10781 Driver (Dvr) John Pidoto MM, 6th Field Artillery Brigade. Dvr Pidoto was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in laying signal wire under enemy artillery fire near Ecoust, France in April 1917. He had been previously mentioned in despatches (MID). Another soldier at left rear is talking on a field telephone.
Australian infantry marching out of the front line to rest billets after the capture of Pozieres. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Briga
Royal Field Artillery moving towards the front line to relieve the Australian artillery after the capture of Pozieres from the Germans. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who ser
Group portrait of unidentified members of the 102nd Howitzer Battery having breakfast north of Amiens before entraining for the Somme, where the Australians went into action near Pozieres. (From the c
Four unidentified gunners of the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade with their 4.5 inch howitzer. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery B
Two soldiers contemplate some graves in the cemetery in Becourt Gully, southeast of Pozieres. On the far right several men with horses and wagons, probably artillery, are just visible. (From the coll
The 102nd Howitzer battery in action on the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howit
