The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A 'Collecting Post' for the wounded on the Menin Road, near Birr Cross Roads at Ypres, during the battle of 20 September 1917. A camouflaged battery of 6 inch howitzers including one South African gun can be seen in the background.
A view of the supply dumps along the Menin Road, in the Ypres sector, showing the traffic moving out from the direction of Ypres towards the forward zone. At left background is a battery of 6 inch gun
Two unidentified Scottish soldiers standing on the road side near a post located on the Menin Road. During the Third Battle of Ypres wounded were collected here for removal to a Dressing Station. No
View of a battery of four 8 inch Howitzers near Birr Crossroads, supporting the Australians fighting in the Ypres sector.
Members of the Australian 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, with pack animals, collecting ammunition for transport to the artillery in position near Birr Cross Roads at Ypres.
Dumping munitions from a truck at the Birr Cross Roads, in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. These shell dumps added to the dangers of the Menin Road during an enemy strafe.
A paint camouflaged 8 inch No. 2 gun of the 1st Australian Siege Battery, at Birr Cross Roads. 518 Gunner Harold Alexander Triggs (later killed in action on 5 July 1918, near Lamotte in Nieppe Forest)
