The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified members of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company working by candlelight on a tunnel. A few months earlier the company, attached to the 1st British Division defending the area, was engaged in constructing defensive works in the Nieuport-Bains sector.
A sandbagged trench leading to the entrance of a tunnel (background, left). During June and July 1917 the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, attached to the 1st British Division, were engaged in cons
Major E N Mulligan DSO, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (standing) and Mr Malcolm Ross, New Zealand official war correspondent (sitting on sandbags), outside the camouflage
The pier at the southern mouth of the Yser River, in no man's land, and the esplanade at Nieuport-Bains. The farther pier had just previously been shelled by our artillery and a German sniper was repo
Looking from the old lighthouse at Nieuport-Bains across the river Yser to the enemy territory on the far side, showing the shell smashed jetty and the French pillbox. The 2nd Australian Tunnelling Co
A view of the town, taken from the sand dunes, showing its shell damaged buildings. During June and July 1917, the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, attached to the 1st British Division defending th
A view of two machine gun posts and their field of fire. The position was given the name of 'Broken Hill' by members of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (2ATC), who were attached for tunnelling
