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A British aerial photograph of the village of Pozieres taken on 23 June 1916 before the British ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
A British aerial photograph of the village of Pozieres taken on 23 June 1916 before the British attack and the subsequent artillery bombardment by both sides during the bitterly contested attacks and ...J00275
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Adams, Arthur James (Private, b.1888 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Arthur James
Collection relating to the First World War service of 78 Private Arthur James Adams, 13 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of a handwritten diary covering the perio...1DRL/0004
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Adams, Ralph Harley (Sergeant, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Ralph Harley
Collection (typescripts and photocopies) relating to service of Sergeant Ralph Harley Adams MM, 8 Battalion in Seymour, VIC; Gallipoli, and France. Diary extracts and letters detail trench life inclu...1DRL/0007
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Albert, Allan (Private, 14th Bn, AIF d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Albert, Allan
LETTERS WRITTEN TO PTE ALBERT'S PARENTS INFORMING THEM OF HIS DEATH AT POZIERES, 1916PR86/197
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A memorial to the officers and men of the 2nd Australian Division who fell at the taking of ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A memorial to the officers and men of the 2nd Australian Division who fell at the taking of Pozieres Ridge, in July to August 1916. It was erected by the 7th Field Company of Australian Engineers in ...E02059
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An aerial view of Pozieres after extensive artillery bombarded by both sides during the First ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
An aerial view of Pozieres after extensive artillery bombarded by both sides during the First Battle of the Somme. The 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions were at the time in possession of the village an...J00268
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AN B.E.2 AEROPLANE, FORCED TO LAND BEHIND OUR LINES NEAR POZIERES, BEING DISMANTLED. (BRITISH ...
Photograph
AN B.E.2 AEROPLANE, FORCED TO LAND BEHIND OUR LINES NEAR POZIERES, BEING DISMANTLED. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO D972)H09066
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Anderson, Donald J C (Private, 2nd Bn b.1893 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Donald James Carey
HOSPITALIZATION AND CONVALESCENCE IN ENGLAND. QUITE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ENGAGEMENTS IN FRANCE. FOUR LETTERS DESCRIBE ANDERSON'S DEATH IN ACTION AT POZIERES.2DRL/0165
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Anthony, Hugh Cresswell (Captain, b.1890 - d.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Anthony, Hugh Cresswell
Collection relating to service of Captain Hugh Cresswell Anthony, 7 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes transcript of account of Anthony's capture and imprisonment, August 1916 at Pozieres, ...1DRL/0046
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An unidentified soldier surveys the shell shattered battlefield in front of the village of ...
Photograph
Maker: Brooks, Ernest
An unidentified soldier surveys the shell shattered battlefield in front of the village of Pozieres, seen from the communication trench known as Centre Way. Part of a trench is visible on the left; t...EZ0099
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Anzac Day marching banner : 4 Divisional Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Anzac Day marching banner carried by members of 4 Divisional Field Ambulance Association in Anzac Day marches. The banner is of red silk with eleven faded red grosgrain ribbon tabs along the top edge ...RELAWM15284
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A portion of the village of Pozieres showing the church. (Copied from a German photograph).
Photograph
A portion of the village of Pozieres showing the church. (Copied from a German photograph).C05089
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A pre-war photograph of Pozieres village looking north-east toward Bapaume along the route of the ...
Photograph
A pre-war photograph of Pozieres village looking north-east toward Bapaume along the route of the old Roman road that ran from Albert to Bapaume. One of a series of 62 photographs acquired by C.E.W. B...G01534I
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Arnold, Ralph Irving (Second Lieutenant, b.1888 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Imperial Force Cannan, James Harold
Collection relating to the First World War service of 754 Second Lieutenant Ralph Irving Arnold, 2nd Light Horse and 15th Infantry Battalion, Egypt and France, 1916. The collection consists of eight ...AWM2017.550.2
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Australian infantry watching the artillery bombardment of Pozieres. Between 23 July and early ...
Photograph
Maker: British Official Photographer
Australian infantry watching the artillery bombardment of Pozieres. Between 23 July and early September 1916, the 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions between them launched 19 attacks on German positions in an...EZ0083
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Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, ...
Photograph
Maker: Brooks, Ernest
Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, having come from the line near Mouquet Farm. At this point Tramway Trench crossed Brind's Cut.E04946
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Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, ...
Photograph
Maker: Brooks, Ernest
Australian stretcher bearers coming in under a white flag, passing the old cemetery of Pozieres, having come from the line near Mouquet Farm. At this point Tramway Trench crossed Brind's Cut. The whit...E04947
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Back at Mouquet Farm
Art
Depicts two unidentified infantrymen, of the 4th Australian division, possibly part of a Vickers machine gun squad, near Mouquet Farm. The man in front is holding a water cooling can for a Vickers Mar...ART02248
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Baldwin, Rupert Thomas James (Sergeant; b.1887 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Baldwin, Rupert Thomas James
Diaries with detailed entries describing sea voyage, training in Egypt and active service on Western Front. Comments vividly on fighting in numerous battles, the mud and freezing conditions during the...PR00557
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Barnett, Edward James (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Edward James
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5859 Gunner Edward James "Ted" Barnett, 101st Howitzer Battery, 1st Division Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF. Collection consists of four ...PR04812
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Bataille de la Somme, Pozieres
Art
Maker: Mansard, Paul
A town street in Poziere, with trees and a church. Paul Mansard was a French artist. This etching was presented to the War Memorial by Sister Constance Adelaide Stone MBE, RRC, a nurse, who enlisted i...ART12265
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Battle damaged stretcher bearers sling from Pozieres : Lieutenant K S Cunningham, 5 Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown hessian stretcher bearer's sling lined with brown cotton tape. The top of the sling has a brass slide (grip plate), for adjustment of length, which has been damaged by high explosive shrapnel. T...REL/00757
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Bell fragment from Pozieres Church : Lieutenant J A Bolton, 2 Field Company Engineers, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bell fragment from Pozieres Church. Cast into the outer face of the fragment are the raised letters 'POZI' and 'AROT E'. Underneath the letters are two horizontal lines.RELAWM13374
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Bell, Sydney Arnold (Private, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Sydney Arnold
Collection relating to service of 3306 Private Sydney Arnold Bell, 2 Pioneer Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes letters written to family in England.1DRL/0109
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Benjamin, Ernest Lionel (Lance Sergeant, b.1889 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Benjamin, Ernest Lionel
Four diaries with daily entries written by Lance Sergeant Lionel Benjamin, 1915-1919. The first diary commences on 1 June 1915 covering his voyage to Egypt and deployment to Gallipoli as part of the ...PR03065
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Bennett, Roy Victor (b.1895 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Army
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3766 Private Roy Victor Bennett 23 Battalion. [item 1] Letter from the AIF, 21/5/1918, informing the Bennett family that Pte Bennett was killed in...PR04851
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Berry, John James (Private, d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Berry, John James
Personal diary of 4010 Corporal John James Berry (12th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion) from his embarkation from Australia in January 1916 (given as '1915' in the first entry) until April 1917. It docu...PR00976
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Bible : Private H L Henley, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Oxford University Press
Leather-bound bible with inscription on the flyleaf written by Mrs Charlotte Henley 'H.L. Henley "Tudor House" College Street Drummoyne Sydney 17.8.14/ To dear Leslie From mother with best wishes for ...REL39071
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Binskin, Alfred William (Private, 20th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Binskin, Alfred William
DETAILS OF ACTIVE SERVICE FROM TIME OF JOURNEY TO EGYPT, CANAL DUTY, TRANSFER TO FRANCE INCLUDING EXPERIENCES ON THE SOMME, POZIERES, FLERS, YPRES, MESSINES AND MONT ST QUENTIN. ALSO COVERS THE ARMIST...PR83/047
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Blackboy Hill, WA. c. 1914. Portrait of 2891 Lance Corporal Arthur Engle Greenham, 48th ...
Photograph
Maker: Blackboy Hill Photo Studio
Blackboy Hill, WA. c. 1914. Portrait of 2891 Lance Corporal Arthur Engle Greenham, 48th Battalion, standing outside his tent with a gun at the AIF military training camp. Greenham was later killed at ...P00858.010
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Blown out water point, Pozieres
Art
Depicts a damaged water point, with a water tank and scaffolding, in the landscape at Pozieres, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First Worl...ART02351
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Boe, James (Lance Corporal, b.c.1887 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Boe, James
Collection relating to service of 1916 Lance Corporal James Boe, 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes copies of letters describing active service writte...1DRL/0132
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Bombardment of Pozieres by German artillery. One of a series of 62 photographs acquired by C.E.W. ...
Photograph
Bombardment of Pozieres by German artillery. One of a series of 62 photographs acquired by C.E.W. Bean from a number of sources in the 1920s. None were taken by Bean, but acquired to augment his own ...G01534E
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Bombardment of Pozieres, July 1916
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts soldiers standing in the right foreground, watching the artillery bombardment of Pozieres, France. The war damaged landscape contains barbed wire, shell holes and debris while shell bursts and...ART00240
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Bourke, John (Lieutenant, b.1885 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Bourke, John
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant John Bourke, 8 Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes diaries and letters written home to family in Australia.1DRL/0139
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Bowman, Vincent Ambrose (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Bowman, Vincent Ambrose
Collection relating to First World War service of 2787 Private Vincent Ambrose Bowman 9th Infantry Battalion, France 1916. Collection includes memoir of 9th Battalion activities at Pozieres and Mouqu...1DRL/0141
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Boys, Walter Granleese (Captain, b.1890 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Boys, Walter Granleese
Collection relating to service of Captain Walter Granleese Boys, 25 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letter written to family in Maryborough, QLD describing the Battle of Pozieres. Copy ...1DRL/0142
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Brick fragments : Pozieres church
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six chunks of brick. The portions are irregular in shape and ochre brick red in colour. Traces of cement binder or mortar are evident. There is also a small bag containing fine fragments of brick and ...RELAWM07676.001
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Brigadier General Charles Brand
Art
Brigadier General Charles Henry Brand, CB, CMG, DSO, MID, extensive service with the Australians during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. After the outbreak of war in 1914 he was appointed brigade m...ART03181
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Brisco, George Herbert Hampton (Lance Corporal, b.1895 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Brisco, George Herbert Hampton
Collection relating to service of 1200 Lance Corporal George Herbert Hampton Brisco, 28 Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA and Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a copy of narrative of service. ...1DRL/0154
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British Army Brodie steel helmet War Office Pattern : K Trench, Pozieres
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British Army issue War Office Pattern steel helmet originally painted inside and out with an apple green finish. The width of the brim is 32mm at the front and back and 43mm at the sides. The original...RELAWM07644
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Corporal J A McDonnell, 6 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-1920. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31207.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant W O Rabey, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37776.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : 2nd Lieutenant P G Neeson, 26 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipients details.REL30158.002
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British War Medal 1914-20: Private Carrington Killalea, 1st Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM16270.004
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private J A Waugh, 22 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Original issue medal, replacements were issued to Waugh in 1932, which were donated to the AWM in 2014.REL38156
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private T Redfern, 13 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38028
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W Hindley, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL40722.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant C C Castleton, 5 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28765.002
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Bronze plaque from the base of wooden memorial cross Pozieres : 1 Division, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze plaque with raised edge and raised lettering 'IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NCOs, & MEN OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WHO FELL IN THE TAKING OF POZIERES July 1916'. Plaque has an irregular shiel...REL29088