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A copy of a colour printed post card of a 1917 scene on the battlefield in Belgium. The original ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A copy of a colour printed post card of a 1917 scene on the battlefield in Belgium. The original post card was titled; "The Battle of Polygon Wood From Original Drawing by A. Pearse, War Artist." Th...H00563
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A German pillbox in Owl Trench. This pillbox was one which gave considerable trouble during the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German pillbox in Owl Trench. This pillbox was one which gave considerable trouble during the fighting at Messines from 7 June 1917 to 11 June 1917. A number of casualties were inflicted by the garr...E01366
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A German Pillbox on the Messines Road. The signboard reads: 'Ploegsteert Wytschaete'. From the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A German Pillbox on the Messines Road. The signboard reads: 'Ploegsteert Wytschaete'. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and ...J00656
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A German pillbox which was overturned by the explosion of a mine, opposite the front, on the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German pillbox which was overturned by the explosion of a mine, opposite the front, on the early morning of 7 June, just prior to the attack which opened the Battle of Messines. The soldier on the r...E01320
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A line of concrete shelters (pillboxes) in the swamp of Nonne Bosschen, taken by the 1st ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A line of concrete shelters (pillboxes) in the swamp of Nonne Bosschen, taken by the 1st Division, showing the condition of the depressions on the battlefield even after several weeks of dry weather. ...E00780
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A PILLBOX ON NONNE BOSSCHEN BATTLE FIELD.
Photograph
A PILLBOX ON NONNE BOSSCHEN BATTLE FIELD.J06402
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Aubers N 20 D 84 German pill-box built inside farm house
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Sketch of a ruined German pill box that they had built inside a farm house in the town of Aubers. The town was part of the Aubers-Fromelles sector and saw heavy fighting during the Battle of Fromelles...ART93090.010
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Australian Engineers of the 1st Army Troops Company completing the roof of a concrete pillbox. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Australian Engineers of the 1st Army Troops Company completing the roof of a concrete pillbox. The camouflage netting screens the work from enemy observation. Left to right: 6046 Second Corporal C. H....E02346
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Australian infantry attack in Polygon Wood
Art
Maker: Leist, Fred
In the third battle of Ypres the Australians encountered reinforced concrete blockhouses, known as 'pillboxes', that were largely resistant to shell-fire; some had machine-guns firing from loopholes. ...ART02927
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Butte de Warlencourt, France, 1917. An abandoned German pillbox in an area southwest of Bapaume. ...
Photograph
Butte de Warlencourt, France, 1917. An abandoned German pillbox in an area southwest of Bapaume. The pillbox is built of thick concrete and its entrance is flanked by a stack of sandbags.P01835.044
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Correspondence from Keith McKeddie Doig to Lewis Maffra Grant, 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Doig, Keith McKeddie
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 7 January - 2 December 1917. In this collection of letters and postcards written by Keit...AWM2018.19.7
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Correspondence from Keith McKeddie Doig to Lewis Maffra Grant, and a letter from P. Sevray, 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Doig, Keith McKeddie
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 25 February - 16 November 1918. In this collection of letters and postcards written by D...AWM2018.19.8
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Diary of Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 15 June 1917 - 26 October 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mackay, Alexander Sutherland
Diary relating to the First World War service of 30137 Gunner Alexander Sutherland Mackay, 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. This diary written on two different types of paper between 15 June an...AWM2018.19.49
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Draeibank, Belgium. c. 1917. The ruins of a former German Army concrete pillbox. (Donor French ...
Photograph
Draeibank, Belgium. c. 1917. The ruins of a former German Army concrete pillbox. (Donor French Government)H04295
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El Dabaa, Egypt, c. 1916-01. A train used for carrying troops, animals and equipment stands at a ...
Photograph
Maker: Stevenson, Walter Ormond
El Dabaa, Egypt, c. 1916-01. A train used for carrying troops, animals and equipment stands at a siding near the Mediterranean coast (not in view). An armour-plated pillbox, in which machine guns are ...P02282.049
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Essenholen bei Pilkem [Ration carriers near Pilkem]
Art
Maker: Dix, Otto Nierendorf, Karl Felsing, Otto
This image is plate 43 from the portfolio of 50 etchings comprising the series 'Der Krieg (The War)', published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin and printed by Otto Felsing. This scene is near Pilkem Ridge ...ART50286
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Gatliff, Charles Edwin (Captain, b.1882 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Gatliff, Charles Edwin
Collection relating to service of Captain Charles Edwin Gatliff, 4 Light Horse Regiment [later 50 & 51 Field Artillery Battery, 13 Field Artillery Brigade], Egypt, France and Belgium. Collection incl...1DRL/0309
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General view of Peronne from old German position left side
Art
A diptych view of the trenched landscape of Peronne, France, from an old German position. Buildings are visible in the distance.ART03409
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German observation post, Messines
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a damaged German observation post in a war damaged landscape at Messines in Belgium during the First World War. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) had some early art lessons before beginning his care...ART00184
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German observation post, Mont St Quentin
Art
Maker: Power, H Septimus
This German observation post, made of concrete with slit opening, was on Mont St Quentin. Mont St Quentin stood out in the surrounding country, making it a perfect observation point and a vital strate...ART03646