Private Record

Maker: Capel, Richard

Letter written to cousin congratulating him on the birth of his daughter. Describes Ypres offensive from an artillery perspective, being wounded there, convalescence and leave in England. Mentions bei...

PR00658

Photograph

De Saul. 1917. Members of 107th Howitzer Battery near De Saul. A kite balloon is overhead in the sky. The men are travelling by foot, bicycle and horseback. Along the ditch on the side of the road is ...

P02527.013

Private Record

Maker: Dowling, Keith Shadforth Sheen

Two letters written by Gunner Dowling to his mother: one (dated 30 September 1918) contains information about movements and the other was written 11 November of same year, while Dowling heard news of ...

2DRL/0259

Photograph

England. 19138 Driver Frederick Walter (Smithy) Smith of Freeman's Reach NSW, the Cook for 107th Howitzer Battery outside the Cookhouse at No 17 Larkhill. Fred Smith later died on 6 June 1917 of wound...

P02527.023

Photograph

France. September 1918. A French couple pulling a small cart loaded with their possessions near Mont Berhain. Just near here, the 33rd Battalion, with the 107th Howitzer Battery in support, attacked a...

P02527.008

Photograph

France. Two members of 107th Howitzer Battery standing next to a 4.5 inch sub gun which suffered a direct hit. (Donor J. Hardwicke)

P02527.027

Photograph

Le Bizet, France. 1917. Members of 107th Howitzer Battery standing in front of the remains of the damaged building used as Headquarters. (Donor J. Hardwicke)

P02527.025

Photograph

Le Bizet, France. 1917. Members of 107th Howitzer Battery standing in the remains of a bombed building. Note the siren mounted on the left wall of the building, possibly used for warning of gas shelli...

P02527.014

Digitised Collection

Maker: Dowling, Keith Shadforth Sheen

These letters written by Dowling to his mother cover his experiences at the Western Front in France as part of the 107th Field Artillery Battery, including the use of a captured German dugout being us...

RCDIG0001150

Photograph

Lobbes (?). Gunners of 107th Howitzer Battery gathered on metre gauge "Vicinal" tram track under electric overhead power poles. Buildings line the road.

P02527.011

Photograph

Mericourt, France. April 1918. 19090 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Alfred Hardwicke MM and Bar, 107th Howitzer Battery, receiving a haircut. In the background men are preparing their kit for the day. It was n...

P02527.003

Photograph

Messines, Belgium. June 1917. Men of the 107th Howitzer Battery crowded around the cook's cart. The cook, 19138 Driver Frederick Walter Smith of Freeman's Reach NSW, was injured near here on 5 June 19...

P02527.009

Photograph

Messines, Belgium. June 1917. The remains of bombed buildings used as shelters by 107th Howitzer Battery. Note the YMCA sign on a tree. (Donor J. Hardwicke)

P02527.017

Private Record

Maker: Oakes, Roy H

HISTORY OF 107TH HOWITZER BATTERY, BASED ON PERSONAL DIARY. DETAILED ACCOUNT WRITTEN IN JOURNAL FASHION COVERING THE HISTORY OF BATTERY FROM INCEPTION IN 1916 TO DEMOBILIZATION IN 1919. COVERS TRAININ...

3DRL/4176

Private Record

Maker: Patterson, George Holbrook Unknown

Collection relating to the service of Major George Holbrook Patterson, 7 Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, AIF. Collection consists of a typescript (carbon copy) tribute to Major Patterson, possib...

1DRL/0542

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Studio portrait of 22105 Corporal William Stanley Cooper. An accountant of Albert Park, Victoria, he embarked with the 108th Battery, 23rd Howitzer Brigade, on HMAT Medic (A7) on 20 May 1916. He later...

P05835.001

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Ypres, Belgium. 1917. A bombed building on the Ypres battlefield used as an observation post by members of 107th Howitzer Battery, nicknamed "Surrey House". (Donor J. Hardwicke)

P02527.016

Photograph

Ypres. 1917. Gunner Jock Barclay, a Signaller with 107th Howitzer Battery, on the telephone outside a sandbagged dugout. (Donor J. Hardwicke)

P02527.024

Photograph

Ypres. October 1917. A member of 107th Howitzer Battery loading a 4.5 inch howitzer gun. The guns position is camouflaged and reinforced with sandbags. Note the extra shells in a pile to the left of t...

P02527.006

Photograph

Ypres. Three members of 107th Howitzer Battery. In the centre is 19114 Bombardier George Barnier Mashman MM. They are coming from "Surrey House", a bombed house on the Ypres Battlefield used as an obs...

P02527.026