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  1. Allied troops inspect a British tank. One of four images from the collection of 1970 Private ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Allied troops inspect a British tank. One of four images from the collection of 1970 Private Edward Frederick Kohler MSM, 11th Battalion.

    P10172.002

  2. America goes over

    Film

    Maker: United States Army Signal Corps

    Introduction reads: 'Official film of the Corps of Signals taken under action and service conditions in France. Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for the 2nd Amer...

    F00169

  3. Australian pressmen visit Australian front

    Film

    Maker: Wilkins, George Hubert

    Australian and British newspaper editors and war correspondents visit the Australian forces in France, where they view and enter old trenches near Biaches and watch artillery barrages laid down by the...

    F00046

  4. Bevel gear, magneto, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Bevel gear internals from a tank dynamo. Corroded.

    REL47926

  5. Broken steel idler wheel, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Steel idler wheel from the front of a Mark II British tank. The rear section is shattered, with a section missing. Corrosion on all surfaces.

    REL47918

  6. Broken track plate fragment, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Broken track plate fragment from a British Mark II tank. Corroded.

    REL47920

  7. Burnt-out tank in front of Vaire Wood 10/8/18

    Art

    Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick

    Drawing depicting a burnt-out tank (British Mark V tanks (WW1 period)) in the war damaged Vaire Wood, Western Front. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from...

    ART03088

  8. Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion

    Photograph

    Maker: Rook, John

    "British whippet Tank."

    P12715.053

  9. Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion

    Photograph

    Maker: Rook, John

    "The Tank Bank. Here you see/ a few buyers [for War bonds] only. There were/ thousands of people in the /Square when I took this. Note/ the hole in the front of the/ Tank ["Egbert"] where it has been ...

    P12715.064

  10. Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion

    Photograph

    Maker: Rook, John

    "The Tank, "Egbert" by name/ in Trafalgar Square during/ Tank War Bonds Week. This/ is where you deposit your/ surplus cash & get War Bonds/ in exchange. The column in/ rear is part of nelsons column/...

    P12715.057

  11. Development of the tank

    Film

    Maker: Royal Armoured Corps School of Tank Technology

    This film was made by the Royal Armoured Corps School of Tank Technology with assistance from the Imperial War Museum. Traces the development of the tank up to the end of the 1914-1918 war including s...

    F03728

  12. Engine ID Plate from Mark IV Tank 'Adventuress'

    Technology

    Engine Identification plate, pierced on all four corners for screw or rivets, and inscribed with the following: When ordering spares, quote car and list nos. Type: 105 Rth / Car No 28098/ List No 17...

    RELAWM00648.003

  13. Flanged track roller, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Pair of track rollers on their mounting shaft. A steel spring separates the two rollers, and push against a flange attached to the inner face of each roller. The outer roller is retained on the shaft ...

    REL47919

  14. Forgotten men: the war as it was

    Film

    Maker: Lee, Norman

    An Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd production. Commentary written and spoken on camera by Sir John Hammerton, war historian in conjunction with the representatives of the fighting forces 1...

    F00172

  15. Gear lever position plate from Mark IV tank 'Adventuress'

    Technology

    Gear lever position plate from a Mark IV tank. The plate is cast brass, and features the number '2' over the word 'HIGH' Both sides of the late are pierced for screw attachment. There is no evidence...

    RELAWM00648.004

  16. Hotchkiss Gun Ammunition Boxes x 45

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Hotchkiss machine gun magazine ammunition box made from steel. The box is rectangular in shape and is divided internally into two compartments. The lid is secured by a rivetted leather latch. There is...

    RELAWM10045.001

  17. Idriess, Ion Llewellyn (Trooper, b.1889 - d.1979)

    Private Record

    Maker: Idriess, Ion Llewellyn

    Collection relating to service of 358 Trooper Ion Llewellyn Idriess, 5 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, 1915-1918. The collection consists of eight original, handwritten diarie...

    1DRL/0373

  18. Menin Road, Belgium, 1917-09. The wreckage of Landship C14, a British tank destroyed during the ...

    Photograph

    Menin Road, Belgium, 1917-09. The wreckage of Landship C14, a British tank destroyed during the Battle of Menin Road. In the foreground at left is the dead body of a soldier, while at right lies a Bri...

    P01863.018

  19. 6 pounder Hotchkiss QF Mk II 6 cwt Gun shield

    Technology

    Maker: Hotchkiss, Elswick Ordnance Company

    This gun shield was fitted to a 6 pounder Hotchkiss QF Mk II 6 cwt gun (RELAWM05041). The shield is made from 10 mm steel plate. It is painted grey and bears 'ghost' marks on the inner surface, the ...

    RELAWM05041.001

  20. Rear drive flange, British Mark II tank: Bullecourt

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Rear drive exterior bearing plate flange from a Mark II British tank. Corroded.

    REL47915

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