The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three unidentified Australian soldiers digging out land mines amidst wire entanglements near Duncan Post. The previous day several tanks, supporting the 27th American Division in their attack on the Hindenburg Main Line, had been disabled by these land mines at the outset of the attack. In the background, near the two tanks, are several other soldiers. Note in the foreground the soldier on the right is holding a mine.
The wreckage of a tank blown up by an internal explosion after having first been disabled by a land mine near Duncan Post. The previous day the 27th American Division had launched their attack on Hin
A convoy of seven disabled tanks, visible against the horizon, on the battlefield near Duncan Post. The tanks where blown up by land mines scattered within a radius of 350 yards. The previous day th
Two disabled Mark V Male tanks at Ronssoy, France. 29 September 1918. The left hand tank bears the number 9116. This tank, serving in A Company, 4th Battalion, under the command of 2nd Lt Boulton, w
A disabled British Mark V Male tank (with number 4 stencilled to the side) lies abandoned on the battlefield near Duncan Post. The tank was put out of action by a land mine, one of which can be seen i
Ronssoy, France. 3 October 1918. View showing the distribution of land mines in the wire near Duncan Post, Ronssoy, which rendered useless many of the tanks assisting in the attack on this sector of t
A Mark V Male tank at Ronssoy, France. 30 September 1918. One of a number of tanks disabled by land mines in the fighting near Duncan Post, in the Ronssoy area.
