The First Anzacs

Australian Engineers at War 1914–1918
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The eve of battle
The eve of battle
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Landing at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
Landing at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
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Catherine Job
Catherine Job
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Cleve and Tom (highlighted)
Cleve and Tom (highlighted)
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John 'Anzac Jack' Moore
John ‘Anzac Jack’ Moore
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Anzac Jack's Camera
Anzac Jack’s Camera
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Sappers constructing Watson's Pier using a spent shell as a piledriver
Sappers constructing Watson’s Pier using a spent shell as a piledriver
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Sappers from the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in the Charing Cross section of the Hulluch underground system
Sappers from the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in the Charing Cross section of the Hulluch underground system
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Sappers outside the Wallangarra Dugouts under Hill 63 — note the kangaroo above the tunnel entrance
Sappers outside the Wallangarra Dugouts under Hill 63 — note the kangaroo above the tunnel entrance
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'There used to be a hill here' — The huge crater left after the detonation of the mine under Hill 60
‘There used to be a hill here’ — The huge crater left after the detonation of the mine under Hill 60
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Checking for the sound of enemy tunnellers
Checking for the sound of enemy tunnellers
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Miners of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company excavating dugouts for brigade HQ at Hooge Crater
Miners of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company excavating dugouts for brigade HQ at Hooge Crater
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NZ soldiers cross a wooden bridge built by sappers near Ypres to replace crossings destroyed in battle (Henry Armitage)
NZ soldiers cross a wooden bridge built by sappers near Ypres to replace crossings destroyed in battle (Henry Armitage)
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Turkish bridge destroyed
Turkish bridge destroyed
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Carrying duckboard sections forward to make a track through the mud (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
Carrying duckboard sections forward to make a track through the mud (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
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Duckboards offer the only way through the mudbaths of Flanders battlefields (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
Duckboards offer the only way through the mudbaths of Flanders battlefields (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
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Laying phone lines
Laying phone lines
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The Amiens Gun — captured by three Aussie sappers, not the British Army, as they claimed
The Amiens Gun — captured by three Aussie sappers, not the British Army, as they claimed
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Sappers Bill Campbell and Arthur Dean — heroes of Chipilly Bridge
Sappers Bill Campbell and Arthur Dean — heroes of Chipilly Bridge
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Providing water for men and horses in the desert was a real sappers' challenge (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
Providing water for men and horses in the desert was a real sappers’ challenge (Frank Hurley — State Library of NSW)
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