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PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970. AN OUTPOST OF THE POPULAR FORCES, ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ...

Photograph

Maker: Blake, Tony
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970. AN OUTPOST OF THE POPULAR FORCES, ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN).
P01673.020
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1969-09. AERIAL VIEW OF A MILITARY BASE OF THE ARMY OF THE ...

Photograph

Maker: Jones, R
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1969-09. AERIAL VIEW OF A MILITARY BASE OF THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN), LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF NUI DAT.
P01674.014
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970-04. EARLY STAGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) ...

Photograph

Maker: Saxby, J
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970-04. EARLY STAGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) BRIDGET, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF PHUOC HAI AND THE LONG HAI HILLS. WIRE MESH MATTING HAS BEE...
P01634.007
Pillbox, Darwin

Art

Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The Pillbox has an open door, which rests against sandbags. The building is surrounded by tropical foliage, including small palm trees. There is a suggestion of ropes or netting attached to the build...
ART29209
Pillboxes, Messines Ridge

Art

Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts wrecked German pillboxes at Messines Ridge, Western Front. Pillboxes were developed during the First World War to provide a secure place near the trenches to fire on an attacking side and were...
ART03125
Pillbox, Nonne Boschen

Art

Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
A pillbox and the surrounding war damaged landscape in the Nonne Boschen area, Western Front.
ART03130
Pill box, Polygon Wood

Art

Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the Polygon Wood Area at the Western Front with pill boxes and wrecked landscape. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from Nove...
ART03149
PINIOS GORGE, GREECE. 1945-04-22. GERMAN BLOCKHOUSE, ON THE RAILWAY LINE BELOW 2/3RD BATTALION ...

Photograph

Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PINIOS GORGE, GREECE. 1945-04-22. GERMAN BLOCKHOUSE, ON THE RAILWAY LINE BELOW 2/3RD BATTALION POSITIONS (D COMPANY).
130606
[POW camp fence and huts]

Art

Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the fence and huts of Oflag 7B POW camp in Eichstatt, Germany. The artist, Gordon Henry MacFarlane, was born in Sydney in 1915, and was a member of the pre-war permanent army. He joined the AI...
ART93164
Pozieres, France, 1916. The ruins of a German fortification made of steel-reinforced concrete and ...

Photograph
Pozieres, France, 1916. The ruins of a German fortification made of steel-reinforced concrete and known as "Gibraltar" or "The Cement House". It was captured in 1916-07 by soldiers of the 2nd Battalio...
P01835.045
Probably PALESTINE. ?1916. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF A FORT.

Photograph
Probably PALESTINE. ?1916. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF A FORT.
P00678.010
Quang Tri compound, August 1967

Art

Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
A compound in Quang Tri Province occupied by the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. The compound itself was south of the de-militarized zon...
ART40529
Queenscliff Easter encampment (Target practice with the heavy guns)

Art

Maker: after Samuel Begg Illustrated Australian News
Queenscliff in Victoria was one of the main bases for artillery training for the Victorian colony. This work shows volunteers in the garrison artillery training with a rifled muzzle loading gun.
ART19850
RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions

Art

Maker: Moore, Alan
RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions. No.76 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter bombers were the first aircraft to operate from Monote airstrip, which was captured from the Japan...
ART22274
Raising the 25-ton gun, Middle Harbour fortifications, Sydney

Art

Maker: George Rossi Ashton Australasian Sketcher
A group of men from the New South Wales Artillery pulling on a rope winch to lift a 25 ton gun onto a barge in Middle Harbour, Sydney. The gun was to be placed in defensive fortifications. There is a ...
ART19848
Ramparts of Ypres from the Menin Gate

Art

Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts a view of the ramparts of Ypres from the Menin Gate, showing a war ravaged landscape and a flock of birds flying through the sky. Albert Henry Fullwood was born in Birmingham, England in March...
ART02453
2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Sydney

Art

Maker: Ashton, Richard
A gun crew of the 2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun rushes to Action Stations on the sounding of an alarm at the Regiment's position, Sydney Harbour.
ART23659
recto: Achi Baba, from Tommy's Trench, Helles; verso: The top of the Taurus Mountains

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
Lambert wrote on 8 March 1919: "The old Bean [Charles Bean] had a great day among the old trenches about the plain before Krithia. Achi Baba makes a fine contour in the background and the plain is cov...
ART02849
Sadil Bahir

Art

Maker: Pugh, Clifton
The fort at Sadil Bahir. This was the scene of the British landings on 25th April 1915 but also the site of previous bombardments by allied warships which alerted the Turks to the likelihood of an inv...
ART29532
Sandbag position, Komoro Airport, Dili

Art

Maker: Amor, Rick
Depicts an Australian soldier sitting in a sandbag position with the Minimi (Light Support Weapon) at the ready at Komoro Airport, Dili, East Timor. This work reveals much about the mundane, everyday ...
ART91051
Savige, Sir Stanley George (Lieutenant General, b.1890 - d.1954)

Private Record

Maker: Savige, Stanley George
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED, II Corps (formerly 17 Infantry Brigade, 3 Division, ...
3DRL/2529
School house, Pozieres

Art

Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour sketch depicting the ruins of school building in Pozieres, on the Western Front, surrounded by trenches. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Ar...
ART02891
Security fortifications at Camp Baker, the Australian base inside Kandahar Airfield. This image ...

Photograph

Maker: Fletcher, Nick
Security fortifications at Camp Baker, the Australian base inside Kandahar Airfield. This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology at the Australian War Me...
P10271.079
Security fortifications at Camp Bastion. This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator ...

Photograph

Maker: Fletcher, Nick
Security fortifications at Camp Bastion. This image was taken by Nick Fletcher, Senior Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology at the Australian War Memorial, as part of the Memorial's Curators i...
P10271.112
Series 1: Diaries of Frederick William Gadsby Annand, 1915-1919

Digitised Collection

Maker: Annand, Frederick William Gadsby Various
This series contains diaries relating to the First World War service Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Gadsby Annand, 7th Field Company Engineers and 2nd Pioneer Battalion. The entries in these dia...
AWM2016.30.68
Shadow of a satellite dish on a barrier wall at Kamp Holland.

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
Shadow of a satellite dish on a barrier wall at Kamp Holland.
P10951.037.001
Soldier in trench with periscope, Messines

Art

Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts an unidentified Australian soldier in a trench, looking through a periscope at Messines during the First World War. He wears an 'A' for Anzac colour patch and has sandbags instead of puttees a...
ART00162
Soldier on patrol, Dili, East Timor

Art

Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Australian soldier on patrol, Dili, East Timor. This is a page from the large sketchbook no. 2. Sharpe produced 4 sketchbooks of drawings while in Darwin and East Timor. Wendy Sharpe was appointed off...
ART91187.035
SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. "A BLOCKHOUSE", ONE OF THE 8000 BUILT BY THE BRITISH DURING 1901 IN A ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. "A BLOCKHOUSE", ONE OF THE 8000 BUILT BY THE BRITISH DURING 1901 IN A CAMPAIGN TO TRAP THE BOERS IN AMBUSHES. ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ARCHIVAL STORE. (DON...
P01051.008
SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. A DEFENSIVE REDOUBT, POSSIBLY ABANDONED. SANDBAGS SUPPORT THE PERIMETER ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. A DEFENSIVE REDOUBT, POSSIBLY ABANDONED. SANDBAGS SUPPORT THE PERIMETER AND A TENT IS PITCHED INSIDE. (DONOR D. HOLDEN)
P01328.023
SOUTH AFRICA. C. 1900. AN ARMY SERGEANT SITTING BESIDE A DAMAGED SAND BAGGED FORTIFICATION. ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA. C. 1900. AN ARMY SERGEANT SITTING BESIDE A DAMAGED SAND BAGGED FORTIFICATION. (PHOTOGRAPHER V. SMITH) ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HELD BY AWM
P00175.083
SOUTH AFRICA. C. 1900. AN ARMY SERGEANT STANDING ON A SANDBAGGED WALL WHICH APPEARS TO BE PART OF ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA. C. 1900. AN ARMY SERGEANT STANDING ON A SANDBAGGED WALL WHICH APPEARS TO BE PART OF A DEFENSIVE POSITION OR STRONG POINT. GALVANIZED IRON SHEDS ARE INSIDE THE WALL. (PHOTOGRAPHER V. SMIT...
P00175.149
SOUTH AFRICA. C.1900. A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SERIES OF STONE FORTIFICATIONS. ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA. C.1900. A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SERIES OF STONE FORTIFICATIONS. (PHOTOGRAPHER V. SMITH) ORIGINAL NEGATIVES HELD BY AWM
P00175.055
SOUTH AFRICA. C.1900. A SERIES OF STONE FORTIFICATIONS. THESE COULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ...

Photograph
SOUTH AFRICA. C.1900. A SERIES OF STONE FORTIFICATIONS. THESE COULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS IN P0175/462/055. (PHOTOGRAPHER V. SMITH) ORIGINAL NEGATIVES HELD BY AWM
P00175.067
SOUTH VIETNAM. EARLY 1960'S. VIEW OF A MONTAGNARD VILLAGE, SHOWING BAMBOO FORTIFICATION FENCE. ...

Photograph
SOUTH VIETNAM. EARLY 1960'S. VIEW OF A MONTAGNARD VILLAGE, SHOWING BAMBOO FORTIFICATION FENCE. (DONOR: AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRAINING TEAM VIETNAM (AATTV) ASSOCIATION)
P00963.009
77 Squadron digging in after landing at the Admiralties

Art

Maker: Moore, Alan
The ground staff of No.77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force landed on the beach at Los Negros Island during a Japanese counter-attack and were forced to take defensive positions and act as ground t...
ART24328
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMS BULLDOG (H91) IN THE HARBOUR. NOTE THE OLD ...

Photograph
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMS BULLDOG (H91) IN THE HARBOUR. NOTE THE OLD FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
302322
Study for HMAS 'Murchison' bombarding enemy positions on the River Han, Korea 1951

Art

Maker: McFadyen, Ken
RAN frigate HMAS 'Murchison' shelling North Korean positions on the Han Estuary, near the mouth of the Yesong River.
ART40821
Sunken barbed wire entanglements built by the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train at the ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
Sunken barbed wire entanglements built by the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train at the Bridgehead at Kubri East. A camp is seen in the background.
A01274
Taranto, Italy. 1943. An old fort at the entrance to Taranto Harbour.

Photograph

Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Taranto, Italy. 1943. An old fort at the entrance to Taranto Harbour.
MEA0749
Tel el Saba

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
Although dated 11 March 1918, Lambert sketched at Tel el Saba on the 12th, the day after he had worked at Beersheba. It is five kilometers east of Beersheba and had been a crucial position to take bef...
ART02681
Tent corner Nui Dat

Art

Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Sandbags stacked around tents in 7 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment camp in rubber plantation at Nui Dat, Vietnam.
ART40444
Tent in rubber plantation, Australian Task Force base, Nui Dat, Vietnam

Art

Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Large tent in the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment tentlines situated in a rubber plantation at the Australian Task Force base, Nui Dat, Vietnam. Sandbags are stacked around the tent as protect...
ART40617
Tent of 'Jack the Quack', Nui Dat, Vietnam

Art

Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Encampment of the 8th Field Ambulance surrounded by sandbags, used as quarters for Medical Officer 2146748 Captain Jack Blomley in Nui Dat, Vietnam. Blomley was known affectionately as 'Jack the Quack...
ART40455
Tents in rubber plantation

Art

Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Tents occupied by the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) set up in a rubber plantation at the Task Force base in Nui Dat, Vietnam; walls are sandbagged.
ART40458
15th Brigade, 5th Division, Headquarters, Heilly

Art

Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the walls of the headquarters of 5th Division, 15th Australian Infantry Brigade AIF at Heilly. There are several Australian soldiers standing near the gateway. Albert Henry Fullwood was born i...
ART02470
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, ...

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, P10951.067.001, P10951.067.002, P10951.067.003, and P10951.068.001 form a polytych.)
P10951.068.001
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, ...

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, P10951.067.001, P10951.067.002, P10951.067.003, and P10951.068.001 form a polytych.)
P10951.067.002
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, ...

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, P10951.067.001, P10951.067.002, P10951.067.003, and P10951.068.001 form a polytych.)
P10951.067.001
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, ...

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, P10951.067.001, P10951.067.002, P10951.067.003, and P10951.068.001 form a polytych.)
P10951.067.003
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, ...

Photograph

Maker: Dupont, Stephen
The base of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) at Camp Russell. (Images P10951.066.003, P10951.067.001, P10951.067.002, P10951.067.003, and P10951.068.001 form a polytych.)
P10951.066.003
The Battle of Messines

Art

Maker: Wheeler, Charles
The Battle of Messines, codenamed ‘Magnum Opus’, began at 3:10am on 7 June 1917, after a seven day preliminary bombardment, with the detonation of 19 huge mines that obliterated thousands of frontline...
ART03557
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, INSPECTING FORTIFICATIONS DEFENCE WORKS ETC. ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, INSPECTING FORTIFICATIONS DEFENCE WORKS ETC. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND.
009057
The Charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 1917

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
Late on 31 October 1917 the 4th Light Horse Brigade was ordered to gallop towards Beersheba and seize the town. Two regiments, the 4th and the 12th, made the charge. This bold and successful move was ...
ART02811
The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
On 7 August 1915 the Australians and Turks faced each other over a narrow strip of open ground on Gallipoli; the Australians were met with a torrent of gunfire and four out of five who took part in th...
ART07965
The Citadel and Hill 3039 - Amman

Art

Maker: Hewett, Otho
Depicts a detailed topographical and panoramic view of hills with fields marked out with stomes, with the the Citadel of Amman in middle ground and steep hills rising in the background. Otho Hewett (1...
ART19652
The death of Major Black

Art

Maker: Wheeler, Charles
Major Percy Black had established a reputation for great courage. On 11 April 1917 at Bullecourt, Black led his men through gaps in the dense entanglements under heavy fire, capturing the first trench...
ART03558
The defences of Port Phillip Head

Art

Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
This scene, of coastal defences of Port Phillip heads, was printed in the Australasian Sketcher on 11 May 1878, page 25. In the foreground is the encampment, and gun positions, and in the background ...
ART50194
THE FORTIFIED BALCONY OF THE BRITISH MINISTER'S HOUSE WITH A NORDENFELT MACHINE GUN CREW AND A ...

Photograph

Maker: Giles, Lancelot
THE FORTIFIED BALCONY OF THE BRITISH MINISTER'S HOUSE WITH A NORDENFELT MACHINE GUN CREW AND A RIFLEMAN READY FOR ACTION BEHIND THE SANDBAGS DURING THE SIEGE OF FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN THE BOXER REBELLIO...
A05931
The garrison personnel on parade at Fort Gellibrand. Captain Monash (later Sir John) is shown ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
The garrison personnel on parade at Fort Gellibrand. Captain Monash (later Sir John) is shown mounted at the left end of the front row. The inspection is believed to be that held on 3 October 1896. T...
A05327
The harbour from Fort Raluana, Blanche Bay

Art

Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the harbour from Fort Raluana, Blanche Bay at Rabaul in New Guinea. This painting is one of a number of the commissioned works Bryant produced for Australian War Records between 1923 and 1926 ...
ART03629
The last barrier (Battle of Pieters Hill and Relief of Ladysmith)

Art

Maker: Sutherland, A.
South Africa 1899-1901. A panoramic view of the area around with events leading to the Relief occurring - various British brigades (Lyttleton's and Norcott's) and artillery engaging Boer forces, and d...
ART50039
The last call

Art

Maker: Lindsay, Norman Government of Australia W E Smith Ltd
Depicts an Australian First World War recruitment poster with an image of a wounded soldier sounding his bugle for assistance as he leans over the bodies of wounded soldiers in a trench. In the backgr...
ARTV00043
The Nek, Walker's Ridge, site of the charge of the light horse; verso; Rest Gully, pack mule and the draught horse

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
View of the Nek from the lower slopes with bones littering no-man's-land, site of the charge at the Nek, an August 1915 offensive. Lambert wrote on 17 February 1919: "I was conducted by the 'Mission'...
ART02856
The No. 3 redoubt in Duiedar, Egypt. A extensive series of defensive redoubts were constructed in ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
The No. 3 redoubt in Duiedar, Egypt. A extensive series of defensive redoubts were constructed in the Romani area by the British and Australian forces prior to the Battle of Romani in August 1916.
P11220.004
The remains of a British Army block house in the Ypres salient after it had been captured by the ...

Photograph

Maker: Deutsche Reichsarchiv
The remains of a British Army block house in the Ypres salient after it had been captured by the German Army. (Donor German War Museum Bufa 9065)
H13377
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-15. VIEW OF THE COASTLINE OF BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND WITH SOME JAPANESE ...

Photograph
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-10-15. VIEW OF THE COASTLINE OF BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND WITH SOME JAPANESE FORTIFICATIONS IN THE FOREGROUND AND A BEACHED SHIP IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH....
P00001.272
The taking of Lone Pine

Art

Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts the battlefield at Gallipoli during the Battle for Lone Pine. At the landing in April 1915 a single pine tree was growing on the site and the Australians called it 'Lonesome Pine' from the tit...
ART02931
The turret of a captured British infantry tank Mk II Matilda being used as a fixed fortification ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
The turret of a captured British infantry tank Mk II Matilda being used as a fixed fortification in an axis defensive line.
P09207.006
The view from the fortification known as the Golf Bunker, overlooking the 17th Construction ...

Photograph

Maker: Geale, Roydon Neil
The view from the fortification known as the Golf Bunker, overlooking the 17th Construction Squadron Workshop depot, with the South China Sea and Long Hai Hills in the background.
P08288.016
The wife and child of a Vietnamese Regional Forces soldier sitting beside a road leading to a ...

Photograph

Maker: Crossman, John F
The wife and child of a Vietnamese Regional Forces soldier sitting beside a road leading to a fortified compound occupied by a unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Part of the compound is visi...
P01773.011
The wire, Stalag 11B, Fallingbostel

Art

Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing the wire fence around the prisoner of war camp and guard look out tower in Fallingbostel, Germany.
ART25727
25 - Ton gun at Middle Head

Art

Maker: after Julian Rossi Ashton Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co
One of two drawings by Julian Ashton commissioned for 'the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia' (Volume II, p71) to illustrate the fortifications at South Head and the 25-ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney, ...
ART94389
Transcript of diaries of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham 2nd Field Company Engineers. The transcripts cover of all four diaries, from 19 October 1914 to 17...
RCDIG0000916
Transcript of diaries of Arthur Thomas, 1916-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Thomas, Arthur G
Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of 3470 Corporal Arthur Thomas, 6th Battalion. Transcript of the diary written by Arthur Thomas between 20 July 1916 and 5 June 1918 and w...
RCDIG0001097
TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. "BLOCK HOUSE ON ROAD BETWEEN DE JAGERS DRIFT AND VRYHEID, ...

Photograph
TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. "BLOCK HOUSE ON ROAD BETWEEN DE JAGERS DRIFT AND VRYHEID, TRANSVAAL, OCCUPIED BY SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT". THE CORRUGATED IRON STRUCTURE WITH EARTH AND ROCK IS SURR...
P01220.003
Trenches Beersheba, looking towards Tel el Saba

Art

Maker: Lambert, George
Beersheba, was a heavily fortified town 43 km from the Turkish bastion of Gaza, and the scene of an historic charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade on 31 October 1917. Lambert visited there in March 19...
ART02708
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1941-11. ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE FORTIFICATION ...

Photograph
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1941-11. ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE FORTIFICATION OF EL MINA, IN THE PORT OF TRIPOLI. HERE, MEMBERS OF THE 2/33RD INFANTRY BATTALION ARE SEEN WITH A BREN...
021347
Two unidentified Australian soldiers reinforcing and securing the entrance to an abandoned ...

Photograph

Maker: Field, Jason
Two unidentified Australian soldiers reinforcing and securing the entrance to an abandoned compound used by Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1 (MRTF-1) personnel as a patrol base during the con...
P11605.004
Typescript memoir of Robert Richards, 1914-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Roberts, Richard
Memoir relating to the First World War service of 773 Private Richard Roberts, 3rd Battalion. This typescript copy of Roberts’ original memoir was created by his daughter in 1993. The original memoir,...
RCDIG0001571
Unidentified Australian soldiers establishing their sleeping shelters at Fire Support Base (FSB) ...

Photograph

Maker: Army Public Relations
Unidentified Australian soldiers establishing their sleeping shelters at Fire Support Base (FSB) Maree/Marie during Operation Ivanhoe (19 September - 2 October 1971). A Kiowa helicopter is visible (ba...
P02636.030
VENILALE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-05. STONE STEPS LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO THE ...

Photograph
VENILALE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-05. STONE STEPS LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO THE VENILALE POSTO (FORT) (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
125233
Vieux Conde, France. c. 1917. Well built moat fortifications with a river in the background. ...

Photograph
Vieux Conde, France. c. 1917. Well built moat fortifications with a river in the background. (Donor Mrs M.A. Morse)
H12789
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. A DAMAGED HOUSE IN A VIQUEQUE STREET. THE TOWN POSTO ...

Photograph
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. A DAMAGED HOUSE IN A VIQUEQUE STREET. THE TOWN POSTO (FORT) IS IN THE BACKGROUND. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)
125237
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN POSTO (FORT). THE AUSTRALIANS OF ...

Photograph
VIQUEQUE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR. 1946-01-06. ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN POSTO (FORT). THE AUSTRALIANS OF SPARROW FORCE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA IN 1942 AND IT WAS HERE THEY PLANNED TO HAVE A FINAL RENDEZVOUS IN D...
125238
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).

Photograph

Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).
003309
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)

Photograph

Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)
003301
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).

Photograph

Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
WAJIR FORT, KENYA. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).
003305
WAJIR FORT. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)

Photograph

Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
WAJIR FORT. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)
003297
WALINGAI BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-02. VIEW OF THE COAST AND FORTIFICATION POINT SEEN FROM THE ...

Photograph

Maker: Sanders, William Charles
WALINGAI BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-02. VIEW OF THE COAST AND FORTIFICATION POINT SEEN FROM THE BEACH (TO JOIN TO PHOTOGRAPH NO. 63272).
063271
Wallet 1 of 1 - Account relating to the Boxer Uprising and Second Boer War service of Harold Ernest Lofts, c. 1919-1956

Digitised Collection

Maker: Lofts, Harold Ernest
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising and Second Boer War service of Lieutenant Harold Ernest Lofts, New South Wales Naval Contingent and Dock Commandant's Office, Australia, c. 1919-1956. Wallet...
AWM2021.22.3
Wallet 2 of 2 - Letter from Joseph Michael McCarthy to his aunt, 16 February 1901

Digitised Collection

Maker: McCarthy, Joseph Michael
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising service of 52 Able Seaman Joseph Michael McCarthy, Victorian Naval Contingent, Tientsin, China, 1901. Wallet 2 of 2 - Contains a handwritten letter from Jos...
AWM2020.22.323
Wallet 26 of 90 - Papers relating to the 6 Division and the Battle of Bardia, 1940-1941

Digitised Collection

Maker: Berryman, Frank Horton
Collection relating to the military career of VX20308 Lieutenant General Frank Horton Berryman, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO, GHQ SWPA, GOC East (Md), 7 Australian Division (formerly 2 Corps, Land Headquarters ...
AWM2020.22.305
Wallet 17 of 150 - Papers relating to the 17 Infantry Brigade and its operations in Libya, 1940-1941

Digitised Collection

Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley Savige, KBE, CB, CBE, MC, DSO, II Corps (formerly 17 Infantry Brigade, 3 Division, I Corps an...
AWM2020.22.275
WAREO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-18. ONE OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS FORMING A PANORAMA VIEWING NORTH ...

Photograph
WAREO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-18. ONE OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS FORMING A PANORAMA VIEWING NORTH TOWARDS FORTIFICATION POINT FROM THE 2,200 FEET FEATURE. (JOINS WITH NO.71269).
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WAREO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-18. ONE OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS FORMING A PANORAMA VIEWING NORTH ...

Photograph
WAREO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-18. ONE OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS FORMING A PANORAMA VIEWING NORTH TOWARDS FORTIFICATION POINT FROM THE 2,200 FEET FEATURE. (JOINS WITH NO.71268).
071269
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF ...

Photograph
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE...
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WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-11. A TYPE OF JAPANESE PILLBOX DUG IN ABOVE A CAVE WHICH ...

Photograph
WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-11. A TYPE OF JAPANESE PILLBOX DUG IN ABOVE A CAVE WHICH CONTAINED CONNECTING TUNNELS. THESE FORTIFICATIONS WERE USED IN THE DEFENCE OF WEWAK. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED...
091998
Wiring

Art

Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers of the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Commonwealth Division, laying out barbed wire for defences, minefields and entrenchments on the Jamestown Line, Korea.
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Wiring slope

Art

Maker: Hele, Ivor
Much of the Korean War was fought in trenches along static defensive lines. Here Australian soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, lay out barbed wire defences along the Jamestown Lin...
ART40380