World War 1 Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Pozieres 1916: hell on earth under shellfire

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 23, 2021
Post category:History Militaria
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This is an excerpt from our book, The Hunter Region in The Great War. After the slaughter of Fromelles, where the Australian 5th Division had been critically weakened in a…

A Mesopotamian campaign album

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 15, 2021
Post category:History Militaria Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Part of the pleasure of collecting old photographs and negatives is the challenge of trying to reunite stray pictures and collections with their stories - as far as it is…

German trophy gun and Boer War memorial at St Kilda, Victoria, January 20, 1937. Photo by Bevis Platt.

Some of Australia’s Great War “trophy guns”

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:February 6, 2021
Post category:History Militaria Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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With assistance from David Pearson, of the Australian War Memorial As The Great War of 1914-1918 ground to its end on the European continent, many countries decided they’d like to…