The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An extensively shell damaged roadside building which was used by the Australian troops as a Regimental Aid Post during the breaking of the Hindenburg Defences near Bellicourt in September and October 1918. The roof of the building has been reinforced with steel beams and the sides of the building are heavily sandbagged.
Four unidentified members of the 2nd Division Army Medical Corps gathered outside a position used as an Australian Regimental Aid Post during the breaking of the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt. Note
Unidentified stretcher bearers of the 2nd Australian Division carrying a wounded soldier through a trench during the Australian attack on that section of the Hindenburg Line between 29 September and 5
A captured German 77mm gun at Belley Wood, near Cologne Farm, in the Bellicourt section of the Hindenburg Defences. The type of shell used is seen on the gun trail.
An exterior view of the damaged Medical Dressing Station which was taken over by the Australians from the 27th American Division on 29 September 1918. This station was used by the Australians for app
A camouflaged German gun captured in position in the fighting near Bellicourt, during the attack on this sector of the Hindenburg main line, between 29 September and 1 October 1918. Note the shell box
A heavily sandbagged bunker or outpost on one corner of the roof of the building used as living quarters by an Australian civilian surgical/medical team. More than 450 civilian medical and surgical st
