The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of No. 1 (A subsection) Gun of the 16th Battery of Australian Field Artillery 'out of action' in the Ypres sector. The Battery was taking part in the barrage covering the attack by the 5th Divisional Infantry at Polygon Wood on 26 September, and on the following day, during the bombardment of the area by the enemy, a 4.2 hight velocity shell landed in the pit, exploded the ammunition alongside, caused several casualties to the gun crew and disabled the gun.
Australian troops occupying trenches and shell holes won from the enemy at Polygon Wood in the Ypres sector, during the battle on 20 September 1917. Note the .303 Lee Enfield rifles on the trench wall
Australian troops manning improved shell craters at Polygon Wood, in the Ypres sector on 21 September 1917, the morning after the positions had been captured. This is a stereo image. One half of the
Three Australian machine gunners inspecting a German MG08 machine gun captured between Nonne Bosschen and Polygon Wood, in the Ypres sector, during the attack by Australian troops on 20 September 1917
Australian troops manning improved shell craters at Polygon Wood, in the Ypres sector on 21 September 1917, the morning after the positions had been captured. This is one half of a stereo image. The
View of the position occupied by the 16th Battery of Australian Field Artillery near Hooge, in the Ypres Sector, when it had three guns put out of action and suffered many casualties. The cross was er
KIMALO, QUEENSLAND. 1944-12-05. BRIGADIER H. PATTERSON, NO. 2 SUBSECTION, D TROOP, 12 BATTERY, 2/6 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, (1), TAKING A CHARGE FROM ITS CAMOUFLAGED POSITION IN THE
