Two volumes of a photographic album entitled 'Official Australian War Photographs', photographed by Frank Hurley, official war photographer for Australian Imperial Forces and produced by the Australian War Records Section, established by the British government in 1917.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064
- Materials:
- cardboard and paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photographic albums
- copyright:
- Hurley, Frank
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Parts
Looking towards the Mosque of Oma (?). The Blind Man and the Beggar
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/1
- type:
- photograph
- Part of:
- 1990-5036/6064/2
Jericho Stunt. First Light Horse Brigade on the March
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/2
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Australian sharp-shooters at work in the desert
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/3
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The village of Lud
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/4
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Jericho Stunt. Trenches
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/5
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Olive trees, Mount of Olives. Church
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/6
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Towns and villages set alight by the enemy retreating from Roisel
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/7
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The 12th Light Trench Mortar packed on mules following close behind the infantry near Ascension Farm
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/8
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Reserves passing through the rocks near Guillemont Farm
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/9
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A dug-out in trench with fields stretching into the distance
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/10
- type:
- photograph
- Part of:
- 1990-5036/6064/2
A concrete fire step in the Hindenburg Line trench near Bray
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/11
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A camp fire on a tow-path, 140 feet below the surface
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/12
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
An anti-tank gun post near Lormesset Farm
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/13
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Bringing in the wounded near Montbreham
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/14
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Linesman at the front
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/16
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Hurdles, 2nd Division sports
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/17
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
German observation tower
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/18
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Wreckage on an abandoned German aerodrome
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/19
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
An Australian outpost on duty
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/20
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A shell burst behind Westhoek Ridge, a messenger of death and destruction
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/21
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A trench in the low flat country near Le Bassee Ville
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/22
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The wreck of an enemy aeroplane
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/23
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Crushed, crumpled and undignified. This enemy scout is evidence of our flying men's superior skill
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/24
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A anti-aircraft machine gun, used by the Australians. It will be noticed that is a captured German gun
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/25
- type:
- photograph
- Part of:
- 1990-5036/6064/2
Almost every bay of the communication SOP from Pear Trench to Hamel Village contained dead bodies of German soldiers
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/26
- type:
- photograph
- Part of:
- 1990-5036/6064/2
Armoured cars held up for a time on the main Harbonnieres Road by fallen trees
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/27
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Canadians advancing on our right were assisted by tanks
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/28
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The 105th Howitzer Battery in action near Bray
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/30
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Bringing up the guns of the 7th Brigade near Cressaire Road
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/31
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Bringing in wounded to Headquarters in a quarry on the main Bray Road
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/32
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Men of the 23rd & 29th Battalion waiting beneath the barrage before the attack on Mt St Quentin
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/33
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Ruins of the magnificent Peronne Cathedral
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/34
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A wonderful facelike cloud hanging over the ancient tower like a beautiful guardian angel
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/35
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Band of the 5th Infantry Brigade marching through burning Bapaume Street
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/36
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Gunners with respirators firing a 9.2 howitzer 55th Battery, Ypres
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/37
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Men firing a gun, trees in the background
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/38
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A gigantic shell crater. This is 75 yards in circumference
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/39
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Boche prisoners assist in bring in Australian wounded
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/40
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Captured German pillbox between Nonne Boschen & Polygonville
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/41
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The type of ground over which the Australians advanced, Nonne Boschen
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/42
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The recent rains have converted the battlefield into a slushy quagmire over which the Australian Pioneers are laying a duckboard track, Lonnebeke
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/43
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
"Gas" Australian troops with respirators on, posed for the camera in the advance trench, Centre Point, 4th Division
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/44
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
One of our allies whose voice thunders out Peace Terms. A 15 inch howitzer used to support the Australians in the battle Menin Road, 1st Australian Division
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/45
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Shrapnel bursting on Broadseinde Ridge, 3trd Australian Division
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/46
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Moving up a division of Australian troops, Reningheist 2md Division
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/47
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Preparing bombs for a "stunt" 69th Australian Flying Corps Squadron
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/49
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
An Australian sentry in the front line post, spying on enemy territory. From where this picture was taken two Germans could be seen with the naked eye near Ploegstreet
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/50
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The troops welcome a change from Bully Beef, Somme
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/51
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Flight of Australians scouting machines, about to start on a bombing & gunning raid near enemy trenches 2nd AFC Squadron
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/52
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road, a sticky place that's always taken at a trot
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/53
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The whole locality behind our infantry is massed with guns & carpeted with shells. Near Gordon House, 54th Siege Battery
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/54
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A shell burst at the back of Sanctuary Wood 1st Australian Corps
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/55
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Australian miners excavating dug-outs for Army HQ
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/56
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The mascot of the 31st Battalion accepts the pipe of peace
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/57
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The shelling of the 9th Battalion in a farm house near Boore
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/58
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
An Australian heavy trench mortar & crew Vile-sur-Ancre
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/59
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
An Australian trench mortar shell bursting in the enemy lines, Monument Wood 37th Battalion
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/60
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A German tank captured by the Australians
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/61
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The Australians after taking a French village from the enemy set up a French flag on a conspicuous building, Hamel, 43td Batt'n
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/62
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Two 8 inch howitzers supporting the Australians illustrating the crowded bastion of guns owing to the marshy nature of the country Birre Crossroads, 1st Australian Corps
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/63
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
Australian gunners hauling up a gun to support an advance 1st Batt'n
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/65
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The crest of Westhoek Ridge showing the difficulties of transport on an exposed road, Westhoek 1st Australian Corps
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/66
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
British troops entraining at Poperinghe Gate, Ypres
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/67
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A labour gang taking bricks & stones from the ruins of Ypres for road and railway ballast purposes
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/68
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
A returning tank after battle, coming over a typical shell torn battlefield, Westhoek 1st Australian Division
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/69
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The shattered roof & organ in the St Vaste Cathedral, Armentieres
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/70
- type:
- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2
The interior of Notre Dame Church, Armentieres
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6064/2/71
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- photograph
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- 1990-5036/6064/2