The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The ruins of the German concrete pillbox (fortified observation post) that stood on the western edge of the village of Pozieres, called Gibraltar by the British because of its strength. Comprising a covered stairway down to a cellar of a house that formerly occupied the site, plus a larger excavated chamber, the pillbox was reinforced with steel. It housed three officers and 23 men, and enabled the Germans to cover all of the surrounding countryside with machine gun fire. The 2nd Battalion captured it on 23 July 1916. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.)
Five unidentified soldiers standing on the pillbox (fortified observation post) known as 'Anzac House' on Anzac Ridge, in the Flemish countryside east of Ypres. The main line of German resistance lay
A German pillbox (fortified concrete defence post) between Passchendaele and Anzac Ridge. It has been damaged by recent Australian bombardments; a corpse is lying on the ground in front of it. Such
Members of the 102nd Howitzer Battery exercise their horses by riding them down a cobbled road in the French countryside. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1
Group portrait of five unidentified gunners of the 102nd Howitzer Battery with their gun in northern France, with four other gunners nearby. A row of guns is visible, each in a partly excavated posit
A German pillbox near Passchendaele Ridge that was smashed by Australian bombardments. Such pillboxes were extensively used by the Germans in Flanders in response to the waterlogged nature of the ter
A German pillbox near Passchendaele Ridge that was smashed by Australian bombardments. Such pillboxes were extensively used by the Germans in Flanders in response to the waterlogged nature of the ter
