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"A CAMEL WITHOUT A HUMP" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG186) [SOPWITH 2F1 CAMEL TAKING OFF FROM A ...
Photograph
"A CAMEL WITHOUT A HUMP" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG186) [SOPWITH 2F1 CAMEL TAKING OFF FROM A SHIP. THE CAMEL DERIVED ITS NAME FROM THE HUMP OVER THE TWIN MACHINE GUNS MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD FUSEL...H11935
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A captured German machine gun being used by the Battalion machine gun officer of the 3rd Division ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A captured German machine gun being used by the Battalion machine gun officer of the 3rd Division near Marett Wood as a camp defence against enemy aeroplanes.E02200
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A Caudron G III aircraft leaving Basra for the attack on Nasiriyah. The aircraft in the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A Caudron G III aircraft leaving Basra for the attack on Nasiriyah. The aircraft in the foreground is piloted by Lieutenant G P Merz , the other by Major H L Reilly of the Indian Army. Through the gr...A02263
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Account by Arthur James Rouget, 1915-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Rouget, Arthur James
Account relating to the First World War service of 415 Private Arthur James Rouget, 13th Light Horse Regiment and Australian Veterinary Hospital, 1915-1919. This notebook contains an account by Arthu...AWM2018.785.95
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A commanding position overlooking Dernancourt. On the right is seen an abandoned German machine ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A commanding position overlooking Dernancourt. On the right is seen an abandoned German machine gun in its position covering the slope up which the Australians advanced earlier in the month. This gun ...E02109
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A German concrete shelter on the hill at Messines, in Belgium. The entrances are just showing ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German concrete shelter on the hill at Messines, in Belgium. The entrances are just showing above ground, and the pockets over them hold machine gun and revolver ammunition; above can be seen the re...E00552
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A German electric signal lamp set in a machine gun emplacement.
Photograph
Maker: Deutsche Reichsarchiv
A German electric signal lamp set in a machine gun emplacement.H13195
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A German gun crew lying dead around their machine gun position, having been killed during the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German gun crew lying dead around their machine gun position, having been killed during the strenuous fighting on the night counter attack of April 24th, by which the 13th and 15th Australian Brigad...E02434
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A German LVG C.V aircraft brought down by Australian machine gun fire, at Aeroplane Farm, in the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German LVG C.V aircraft brought down by Australian machine gun fire, at Aeroplane Farm, in the Ypres Sector. (1/2F.P on back).E00897
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Aircraft identification and communication papers relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Aircraft identification and communication papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1917. This file contains official records and a book ...AWM2018.785.67
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A local monitor which carried many machine guns.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A local monitor which carried many machine guns.J01304
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A machine gunner in action on the Western Front. This image is from a collection of French glass ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A machine gunner in action on the Western Front. This image is from a collection of French glass stereo transparencies.P11063.018
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A machine gun of the 10th Light Horse, hidden on Rhododendron Spur, in its day position. This was ...
Photograph
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
A machine gun of the 10th Light Horse, hidden on Rhododendron Spur, in its day position. This was used for sniping at Sniper's Nest, and was never found by the Turks. The officer is Major Clive Lanyon...G01339
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A machine gun position established by the 54th Battalion during the morning of the attack through ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A machine gun position established by the 54th Battalion during the morning of the attack through Peronne. The photograph was taken the following day, after the capture of the town, when positions clo...E03183
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A machine gun post on the Somme Canal near Sailly-le-Sec.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A machine gun post on the Somme Canal near Sailly-le-Sec.E01943
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"Ammunition." and remember bonds buy bullets.
Art
Maker: Lynch, Vincent Division of Pictorial Publicity Ketterlinus
United States First World War poster promoting the sale of War Bonds. It features an image of a soldier with a rifle, machine gun and empty ammunition boxes, at the front, reaching out toward the vie...ARTV00838
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AN ABANDONED GERMAN MACHINE GUN, FOUND BEHIND THE TURKISH LINE OF DEFENCE NORTH OF JAFFA WHICH ...
Photograph
Maker: Smith, Francis Henry
AN ABANDONED GERMAN MACHINE GUN, FOUND BEHIND THE TURKISH LINE OF DEFENCE NORTH OF JAFFA WHICH THE A.L.H. BROKE THROUGH IN 1918-09. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)J02896
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An Allied Pusher aircraft ascending to give battle to a German Taube aircraft (not in view), near ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An Allied Pusher aircraft ascending to give battle to a German Taube aircraft (not in view), near Romani. With a Pusher Plane, the propeller is behind the plane. The tail position is held to the body ...J01059
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An Australian soldier, 244 Driver F W Stephenson, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, with a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An Australian soldier, 244 Driver F W Stephenson, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, with a pack horse loaded with a machine gun at the Australian Pack Training School at Morbecque. This method of ...E00668
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An enemy aeroplane brought down by an Australian machine gunner, on 23 March 1918. Identified: ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An enemy aeroplane brought down by an Australian machine gunner, on 23 March 1918. Identified: far left is 8464Driver William Samuel Locke; and second from left, squatting, is 17838 Private C. Woollam...E03046
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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Buie, Robert
Lewis gun backsight made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Divisional Artillery, when he fired at the famous German air ace, Captain Baron Von Richthofen.RELAWM12690B
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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Buie, Robert
Anti-aircraft foresight for a Lewis machine gun, made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Division Artillery in France. Scratched onto the sight is the inscription: '5...RELAWM12690A
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Armoured cars in the early morning going through a barrier caused by a fallen tree on the Peronne ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Armoured cars in the early morning going through a barrier caused by a fallen tree on the Peronne Road. Half an hour later they were running with their machine guns into villages where the German corp...E03099
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A ROLLS ROYCE ARMOURED CAR, WITH A VICKERS MACHINE GUN MOUNTED IN THE TURRET. THE CAR PROVED ...
Photograph
Maker: Macaulay, D
A ROLLS ROYCE ARMOURED CAR, WITH A VICKERS MACHINE GUN MOUNTED IN THE TURRET. THE CAR PROVED EFFECTIVE DURING THE EGYPTIAN RIOTS IN THE TOWN. (DONOR: B. L'ESTRANGE)P01668.012
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Artillery reports and notes by Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hobbs, Joseph John Talbot
Daily artillery reports and associated notes relating to the First World War service of Brigadier-General Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 1st Australian Division, 25 April - 30 September 1915. This collect...AWM2018.19.87
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A Turkish officer captured at Rafa who spoke English fluently. The officer's father was one of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A Turkish officer captured at Rafa who spoke English fluently. The officer's father was one of the leading Jerusalem bankers. Behind the Turkish officer are German machine gunners and other Turkish ...J00992
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Australian Division machine gun practice at Larkhill.
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Australian Division machine gun practice at Larkhill.H00444
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Australian machine gunners returning from the front line trenches to their billets, in France. ...
Photograph
Maker: British Official Photograph Unknown British Official Photographer
Australian machine gunners returning from the front line trenches to their billets, in France. (Original British Official Photographer caption.) The Australian machine gunners have been identified as ...EZ0079
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A view from the roof of the White Chateau, when the Australians held the white chalk line of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A view from the roof of the White Chateau, when the Australians held the white chalk line of trenches as their front line, and the enemy trenches were in front of Monument Wood (on the left) and the i...E02343
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A view of the Barada Gorge, where the enemy was caught by our machine gun fire from the top of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A view of the Barada Gorge, where the enemy was caught by our machine gun fire from the top of the hills and slaughtered in great numbers while retreating from Damascus. The railway track runs beside ...B01112
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AWM252 A169 - [Records arranged according to AWM Library subject classification, 1914-18 War] Operations - France and Flanders: Difficulties in regard to employment of American Units in the following engagements: 1) Battle of Hamel, 4 July 1918; 2) Participation of 131st Infantry in British operations, 4 August 1918 (reference to Australian operations)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pershing, John Joseph Rawlinson, Henry Seymour
This file contains: Letter from [General] John J. Pershing to Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, 7 July 1918; Message from General H. [Henry] Rawlin...AWM2018.19.65
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Bantams: men may be accepted for service with infantry units with a minimum measurement of 5 feet...
Art
Maker: State Recruiting Committee of Victoria Mullett, Albert J
Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the State Recruiting Committee of Victoria in 1917 urging ' Bantams' to enlist following the reduction of height restrictions for entry into the...ARTV04967
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BELLEAU WOOD, FRANCE, 1914-18 WAR. GERMAN MACHINE GUNNERS RETREATING.
Photograph
BELLEAU WOOD, FRANCE, 1914-18 WAR. GERMAN MACHINE GUNNERS RETREATING.P00105.027
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Bergmann MG15 Light Machine Gun
Technology
Maker: Bergmanns Industriewerke Bergmanns Industriewerke
Bergmann MG15 Light Machine Gun. The receiver is marked 1917 Bergmanns Industriewerke ABT. Waffenbau. SUHL. All metal contruction with a perforated barrel jacket. The butt and checkered pistol grip ar...RELAWM03664
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Berlin, Germany. 1919-04-13. A German machine gunner standing by his weapon located in ...
Photograph
Berlin, Germany. 1919-04-13. A German machine gunner standing by his weapon located in Wilhelmstrasse during unrest in the cityH06810
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Bridge, Henry (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Bridge, Henry
Collection relating to service of 504 Private Henry Bridge, 2 Machine Gun Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes letters written home to family in England from training camp in Australia a...1DRL/0151
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British intelligence and instructional papers relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
British intelligence and instructional papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917. This file is comprised of British intelligence and...AWM2018.785.68
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British military pamphlets relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
British military pamphlets relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918. This file contains: Pamphlet titled 'General Instructions for the O...AWM2018.785.74
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Bullet taken from Baron von Richthofen's triplane : Extra Regimental Corporal F Rhodes, 14 Field Artillery Brigade
Technology
Maker: Unknown
7.92 mm round. Base of cartridge stamped '10 / 17 / G / S67'. Small label tied to cartridge reads 'From the plane of / Baron von Richthofen / Machine gun bullet 21/4/18'. Reverse of label reads: 'Figh...REL34341
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Canadians advance south of the railway. Canadian skirmishers with a tank of the 13th Tank ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Canadians advance south of the railway. Canadian skirmishers with a tank of the 13th Tank Battalion attacking a machine gun post, which was on the north side of the railway hedge, in front of the Aust...E02881
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Captured German Heavy Machine Gun
Art
Maker: Williamson, Garnet Angus
A captured German heavy machine gun which was being used the the Australians as an anti-aircraft gun.ART03565
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Carroll, Percy Thomas (Private, b.1893 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Carroll, Percy Thomas
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1101 Private Percy Thomas Carroll, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1915-1917. Collection consists of a black covered diary spanning the period 8 May 1915...PR04389
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COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11. MEMBER OF THE GERMAN LANDING-PARTY FROM S.M.S. EMDEN UNABLE TO REJOIN HIS ...
Photograph
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11. MEMBER OF THE GERMAN LANDING-PARTY FROM S.M.S. EMDEN UNABLE TO REJOIN HIS SHIP AFTER ITS LOSS IN BATTLE TO THE HMAS SYDNEY, SITS ON THE BEACH WITH HIS MACHINE GUN.P00565.006.003
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Cocos Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean. November 1914. A German Navy machine gun position on ...
Photograph
Cocos Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean. November 1914. A German Navy machine gun position on Direction Island. (Donor Imperial War Museum Q22711)H12439
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Collection lent by Major H Tolley
Photograph
Dummy tanks, used successfully by the 4th Australian Division in the attack on Le Verguier in September 1918. These tanks, ten in number, were made by the 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers, enti...C04505
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Collection of material relating to Stephen Charles Allen and Robert Beattie Allen, 1916-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Letters and documents relating to the First World War service of 3002 Private Stephen Charles Allen and 3003 Private Robert Beattie Allen, 13th Infantry Battalion. The collection contains personal cor...RCDIG0000929
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Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker
Photograph
Maker: Barker, Harold Arthur
Lemnos. December 1915. Lieutenant Traill and the 8th Battalion Machine Gun Section immediately after disembarkation, following the evacuation of Gallipoli. Lieutenant Traill subsequently became Lieute...J05597
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Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker
Photograph
Maker: Barker, Harold Arthur
L/CPL. C. MCGREGOR AND PRIVATE K. MUIRSON, (LATER CAPT. MUIRSON, MC) IN THE DUGOUT OF THE 7TH BATTALION MACHINE GUN SECTION AT GALLIPOLI. L/CPL. MCGREGOR WAS WOUNDED LATE IN THE DAY ON WHICH THE PHOTO...J05580
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Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker
Photograph
A BELT - FILLING SHELTER IN RESERVE TO 7TH MACHINE GUN POSITION ON GALLIPOLI, AT ABOUT 3 P.M. ON 1915-04-25. THE MEN ARE L/CPL. BARKER (LEFT) AND PRIVATE G. HILL. THE TIN OF BEEF SHOWN WAS CARRIED OFF...J05578
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Collection related to the service of Harold Arthur Barker
Photograph
Maker: Barker, Harold Arthur
THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE 7TH BATTALION MACHINE GUNNERS PHOTOGRAPHED AT LEMNOS IMMEDIATELY AFTER DISEMBARKATION, FOLLOWING THE EVACUATION OF GALLIPOLI.J05596