The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified signallers, with baskets of carrier pigeons, passing along the road leading through Chateau Wood to Westhoek, in the Ypres sector. Damaged limbers, carts and other debris is scattered everywhere.
The debris lined road through Chateau Wood to Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector. An unidentified soldier runs across the road between two abandoned limbers and piles of wood. The wood is comprised o
Three unidentified soldiers view the corduroy track leading from Westhoek Ridge to Bellevarde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, showing the area towards Hooge and Chateau Wood, littered with wreckage of war
Australian troops on their way to the front line passing along the track from Bellewaarde Lake and Chateau Wood to Westhoek. Note the debris on both sides of the road and the muddy condition of the r
Three unidentified Australian soldiers view the battered wagons and broken trees along the road from Chateau Wood to Westhoek Ridge in the Ypres salient.
Australian troops passing along the track leading to Idiot Corner, at Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector. From left is Stirling Castle, a 6 inch gun out of action, duckboard track, Chateau Wood, Hoog
The remains of shell smashed transport which lined the road from Chateau Wood to Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector. Note the mud in the foreground.