The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An officer, probably Major E N Mulligan DSO Commanding Officer of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, standing near a French 'cut and cover' communication trench. This was later replaced by a tunnelled trench excavated by the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, which was engaged in constructing defensive works in the area. Note in the background (right) a house partially obscured by a sand dune.
Two unidentified soldiers, probably of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, examining a breach made by a shell in a timber French 'cut and cover' trench in the sand. This trench was later abandoned
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
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 eng
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
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
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
