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  1. A BELT - FILLING SHELTER IN RESERVE TO 7TH MACHINE GUN POSITION ON GALLIPOLI, AT ABOUT 3 P.M. ON ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Barker, Harold Arthur

    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

  2. "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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. A local monitor which carried many machine guns.

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A local monitor which carried many machine guns.

    J01304

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. AN ABANDONED GERMAN MACHINE GUN, FOUND BEHIND THE TURKISH LINE OF DEFENCE NORTH OF JAFFA WHICH ...

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    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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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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