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Albatros D.Va scout aircraft

Technology
Albatros D.Va single engine biplane scout/fighter aircraft, serial no. D5390/17. The fuselage is primarily constructed from moulded plywood panels, supported by a light framework of ribs and stringers...
RELAWM04806
An unidentified fatigue party of thirteen of the 22nd Battalion bringing up coils of barbed wire ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An unidentified fatigue party of thirteen of the 22nd Battalion bringing up coils of barbed wire on the light railway for use in entanglements at Ploegsteert Wood. Hill 63 (behind soldier second from ...
E01457
A soldier sitting outside a Regimental Aid Post (RAP) which was constructed of sand bags, at ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
A soldier sitting outside a Regimental Aid Post (RAP) which was constructed of sand bags, at Ploegsteert Wood. Note the duck boards on the ground.
A00790
A Stokes trench mortar in a front line post of the 18th Battalion, near Ploegsteert, photographed ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A Stokes trench mortar in a front line post of the 18th Battalion, near Ploegsteert, photographed under wintry conditions. Identified, left to right: Lieutenant A Johnson; Captain W G Graham MC; unide...
E01448
AWM27 310/4 - [Conduct of Operations:] Extracts from War Diary of 10th Field Company AE [Australian Engineers] - Strong points and Ploegsteert Wood (Jun 1917)

Digitised Collection

Maker: Department of Defence

AWM2018.8.1450
AWM25 243/7 - [Written records, 1914-18 War:] Defence Scheme (advanced copy) Right Division of First Australian Corps (Ploegsteert Area) November 1917

Digitised Collection

Maker: Department of Defence

AWM2018.8.1440
British War Medal 1914-20 : Private M D Reid, 13 Battalion, AIF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL34418.001
British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W O Gibbons, 42 Battalion, AIF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
RELAWM17440.001
British War Medal 1914-20 : Warrant Offier 1 G Snowdon, 7 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL31504.002
Damaged cigarette case : Captain M G Hammond, 28 Battalion, AIF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Bullet damaged cigarette case with Rising Sun collar badge brazed to the lid.
RELAWM09600
Damaged motorcycle: German Army

Technology

Maker: Unknown
Remains of a damaged motorcycle. The motorcycle is missing its handlebars and engine. The pedals are missing off the cranks and the fuel tank, metal seat, mudguard and frame of the motorcycle are suff...
RELAWM07324
Damaged notice Board : Belgian/French border, Ploegsteert region

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Wooden sign found on the main road near Neuve in France. The following place names have been painted on the sign to indicate the direction in each case. PLOEGSTEERT, HYDE PARK CORNER, RED LODGE, LE RO...
REL/01173
Exhaust manifold for Mercedes 160 hp D.III 6 cylinder engine

Technology

Maker: Mercedes - Daimler Motoren Gessellschaft
Exhaust manifold for a Mercedes D.III six-cylinder, in-line water cooled power plant rated at 160 horsepower. Marked on the front upper port side of the engine's crankcase is its serial number 'B.N. 7...
REL36044.001
Haddow, Archibald (Lance Corporal, 11th Field Company Engineers, d.1919)

Private Record

Maker: Haddow, Archibald
Collection relating to the First World war service of 17839 Lance Corporal Archibald Haddow of 11th Field Company Engineers. Collection Diary in reporter's notebook of Lance Corporal Haddow covering ...
PR00714
Harrison, Selwyn (Major, b.1882 - d.1946)

Private Record

Maker: Harrison, Selwyn
Diary kept by Major Harrison during his service with the 9th Field Ambulance in England, Belgium and France, during the First World War
PR01496
Hickman, Keith Morton (Sergeant, b.1895 - d.1966)

Private Record

Maker: Hickman, Keith Morton
Collection relating to the First World War service of 20170 Sergeant Keith Morton Hickman. Collection consists of a handwritten memoir written soon after the end of the war, covering the period from ...
PR04049
Hill 63, Battalion Headquarters, winter

Art

Maker: Bryant, Charles
Painting of Hill 63, the Battalion Headquarters in Belgium during the First World War. The shelter was known as the `Catacombs' (a massive system of underground bivouacs) was dug by the 1st Australian...
ART00169
HYDE PARK CORNER, PLOEGSTEERT WOOD, BELGIUM, 1937-05-24. MAJOR PRIOR ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE ...

Photograph
HYDE PARK CORNER, PLOEGSTEERT WOOD, BELGIUM, 1937-05-24. MAJOR PRIOR ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CATERING CORPS (FORWARDED BY MR. R.W. MURPHY, IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMSN.)
J06387
Identity disc : Private M D Reid, 13 Battalion, AIF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Circular identity disc impressed with 'M.D.REID/ A/ 1/4523/ 13. A.I/ C.E'.
REL34421
Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera and Case : Gunner John Edward Wallace Tindale, 7 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF

Technology

Maker: Eastman Kodak
Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic Camera and brown leather case. This folding camera has a painted black aluminium body with rounded ends and brass fittings. It is opened by extending the front plate whic...
REL/11799