The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A dump of empty 18 pounder shell cases at Birr Cross Roads. It represents only a portion of the shells rained upon the enemy by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Batteries of the 5th Field Artillery Brigade during the battle of Zonnebeke a week earlier.
A dump of 18 pounder shell cases at Birr Cross Roads, in the Ypres Sector, where positions were occupied by the 2nd Divisional Artillery, during the battle of Zonnebeke, 20 September 1917, when these
View of an ammunition dump showing rows of stacked shells and piles of empty shell cases. In the background (left) is Australian soldier and three British servicemen, all unidentified. Note the rail
Three pack mules carrying water supplies to the crew of an 18-pounder Australian battery. On the right several gunners are handling ammunition and artillery shells and empty shell cases litter the
Gun crew members Leading Seaman D K Filgate, R58649 and Able Seaman K V Needham, R59922 stand down after action stations in the Gulf of Tonkin. They are relaxing amid empty shell cases in the Mount 5
Gunners of an Australian battery use an 18 pounder British field gun to rain 'barrage fire' on the enemy trenches. Note the pile of empty shell cases on the right.
A gun crew of the 8th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, operating an 18 pounder gun. Note the empty shell cases on the ground.
