Official Australian War Photographs

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

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Shrapnel bursting on Broadseinde Ridge, 3trd Australian Division

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Moving up a division of Australian troops, Reningheist 2md Division

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Preparing bombs for a "stunt" 69th Australian Flying Corps Squadron

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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

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The troops welcome a change from Bully Beef, Somme

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Flight of Australians scouting machines, about to start on a bombing & gunning raid near enemy trenches 2nd AFC Squadron

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Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road, a sticky place that's always taken at a trot

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The whole locality behind our infantry is massed with guns & carpeted with shells. Near Gordon House, 54th Siege Battery

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A shell burst at the back of Sanctuary Wood 1st Australian Corps

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Australian miners excavating dug-outs for Army HQ

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The mascot of the 31st Battalion accepts the pipe of peace

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The shelling of the 9th Battalion in a farm house near Boore

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An Australian heavy trench mortar & crew Vile-sur-Ancre

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An Australian trench mortar shell bursting in the enemy lines, Monument Wood 37th Battalion

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A German tank captured by the Australians

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The Australians after taking a French village from the enemy set up a French flag on a conspicuous building, Hamel, 43td Batt'n

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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

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Australian gunners hauling up a gun to support an advance 1st Batt'n

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The crest of Westhoek Ridge showing the difficulties of transport on an exposed road, Westhoek 1st Australian Corps

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British troops entraining at Poperinghe Gate, Ypres

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A labour gang taking bricks & stones from the ruins of Ypres for road and railway ballast purposes

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A returning tank after battle, coming over a typical shell torn battlefield, Westhoek 1st Australian Division

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The shattered roof & organ in the St Vaste Cathedral, Armentieres

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The interior of Notre Dame Church, Armentieres

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Australian Official War Photographs, Vol 2

Looking towards the Mosque of Oma (?). The Blind Man and the Beggar

Jericho Stunt. First Light Horse Brigade on the March

Australian sharp-shooters at work in the desert

The village of Lud

Jericho Stunt. Trenches

Olive trees, Mount of Olives. Church

Towns and villages set alight by the enemy retreating from Roisel

The 12th Light Trench Mortar packed on mules following close behind the infantry near Ascension Farm

Reserves passing through the rocks near Guillemont Farm

A dug-out in trench with fields stretching into the distance

A concrete fire step in the Hindenburg Line trench near Bray

A camp fire on a tow-path, 140 feet below the surface

An anti-tank gun post near Lormesset Farm

Bringing in the wounded near Montbreham

Linesman at the front

Hurdles, 2nd Division sports

German observation tower

Wreckage on an abandoned German aerodrome

An Australian outpost on duty

A shell burst behind Westhoek Ridge, a messenger of death and destruction

A trench in the low flat country near Le Bassee Ville

The wreck of an enemy aeroplane

Crushed, crumpled and undignified. This enemy scout is evidence of our flying men's superior skill

A anti-aircraft machine gun, used by the Australians. It will be noticed that is a captured German gun

Almost every bay of the communication SOP from Pear Trench to Hamel Village contained dead bodies of German soldiers

Armoured cars held up for a time on the main Harbonnieres Road by fallen trees

Canadians advancing on our right were assisted by tanks

The 105th Howitzer Battery in action near Bray

Bringing up the guns of the 7th Brigade near Cressaire Road

Bringing in wounded to Headquarters in a quarry on the main Bray Road

Men of the 23rd & 29th Battalion waiting beneath the barrage before the attack on Mt St Quentin

Ruins of the magnificent Peronne Cathedral

A wonderful facelike cloud hanging over the ancient tower like a beautiful guardian angel

Band of the 5th Infantry Brigade marching through burning Bapaume Street

Gunners with respirators firing a 9.2 howitzer 55th Battery, Ypres

Men firing a gun, trees in the background

A gigantic shell crater. This is 75 yards in circumference

Boche prisoners assist in bring in Australian wounded

Captured German pillbox between Nonne Boschen & Polygonville

The type of ground over which the Australians advanced, Nonne Boschen

The recent rains have converted the battlefield into a slushy quagmire over which the Australian Pioneers are laying a duckboard track, Lonnebeke

"Gas" Australian troops with respirators on, posed for the camera in the advance trench, Centre Point, 4th Division