Australian Imperial Forces (17th Battalion) in France, March-September 1916

Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

98. Dissembarking at Marseilles 23/3/16 Down the Gangway
99. At Marseilles docks the Gates to the city locked. Note French womenfolk with food baskets. Lovely cakes fruit etc. etc purchasable 23 March 1916
100. Purchasing from French folk at Docks Marseilles. March 1916 17th Battn
101. Mixed French labour at Marseilles March 1916. Women helping load trains
102. Entraining at Marseilles 23/3/16 17th Battalion Pte R Geddes B. Coy. with head out window
103. Steaming out of Marseilles 23 March 1916. Note [indecipherable] welcoming us. 17th Battn train took 3 days to reach destination Thiennes
104. Bridges over Seine River at Lyons France taken from our troop train 24/3/16.
105. River Seine nearing Paris seen from troop train 24 or 25/3/16
106. French farm wheel barrow first seen by us at 17th Battn Billets Thiennes March 1916.
107. French ploughing at Thiennes North France our first billeting area March April 1916
108. The Country roads of Northern France One of our Billets at Thiennes where Machine gun section were. Thiennes March 1916
109. At Thiennes near Hazelbruck B. Coy 17th Battn our first Billet Vicary R. Pte with our French Madam. March 1916
110. ‘Thiennes’ France March 1916 Navigation Canal on banks of which we used
111. Two pals of No 8 platoon B Coy, at Thiennes Billet Sparing to keep fit & warm. March 1916
112. Along the Navigation Canal at Thiennes Nth France. B Coy 17th Battn out on parade. April 1916
113. Navigation Canal at Thiennes Nth France within a mile of our first Billets. B Coy. 17th Battn. April 1916
114. Navigation Canal at Thiennes. Barges being drawn by manpower see opp bank. April 1916
115. Sgt. D MacDonald B Coy. 17th Battn in fire bay front line trenches near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier line 1st position of Battn on French soil. Note steel Helmets & Gass P.H.G. Helmets.
116. Pte Baker of 8 Platoon 17 Battn choping fire wood for brazier with bayonet in Front line Bois Grenier. Pte Palmer L. rear & Sgt T Roberts distance. near Jocks Joy. April 1916.
117. In Fire bay front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier line. Baker cutting bread with bayonet Sgt. Roberts in rear reading in quiet . Note trench brazier close by. No 8 Platoon B. Coy Men 17 Battn
118. B. Coy. 17th Battn men Baker & Palmer in fire bay front line at Bois Grenier near Jocks Joy. Toasting bread with bayonet on trench brazier April 1916.
119. Private Talbot using Pocket periscope on bayonet while H Walker waits home in Fire Bay. front line. Bois Grenier B. Coy. Men 8 Platoon 17th Battn April 1916
120. B Coy 17th Battn men Baker joking with Palmer by threatening with bayonet in Fire bay front line near Jocks Joy. Bois Grenier front. April 1916
121. Front line trenches Bois Grenier front near Jocks Joy B. Coy position 17th Battn April June 1916
122. Our parpapet from No Mans land. Bois Grenier front. April 1916
123. Bois Grenier trenches near Jocks Joy right of 17th Battn position. Pte Childs & [indecipherable] in Traffic trench to front fire bays April 1916
124. Pte Sommerville T. Pte Walker H. Pte Vicary R. Pte Talbot N. Pte Commerford J. 8th Platoon 17th Bn at Thiennes France April 1916.
125. Pte Jones B B. Coy 18th Battn on Gas Alarm Duty Front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier line. April June 1916
126. Sgt Lyons ‘Chating’ underwear in reserve trenches Bois Grenier front. April 1916
127. Between Billets and Firing line Bois Grenier after German treatment April 1916
128. 5th Bdge Engineers hutments April June 1916 Bois Grenier Front opposite [indecipherable] of shops & Streaky Bacon Farm.
129. Bois Grenier Front April-June 1916. After a few 5.9 enemy shells on our Billet. B. Coy 17th Battn. Streaky Bacon Farm
130. On Bois Grenier front. April 1916 Where Communications truck joins Support line at Park Row between 5th & 6th AIF Bgde positions
131. Bois Gunner Front near Armentierres April 1916 Immediate rear of front line trenches 350 yds from enemy Note duckboardings
132. Bois Gunner front April-June 1916 Sleeping alongside road after shelling of billet by enemy May 29th B Coy billet Streaky Bacon Farm
133. Bois Gunner front April-June 1916 Cook Holliday in Support line near Park Row. Cook for No 8 Platoon
134. Bois Grenier front April 1916 Support line left of Picadilly Circus Near Jocks Joy France.
135. (left to right) Pte A L West. Cpl E Verrills & Sgt T Roberts B. Coy B Coy 17th Battn alongside billet Streaky Bacon Farm Bois Grenier France. May 1916
136. Sgt Roberts. Cpl Verrills, Pte Vicary etc having quiet smoke near Streaky Bacon Farm Billet of B. Coy. 17 Battn Bois Grenier May 1916 prior to shelling of 29/5/16
137. Right to left Sgt. D MacDonald . Cpl Verrills C. Pte A.R. West B. Coy. 17th Batn alongside our Billet. Streaky Bacon Farm Bois Grenier France May 1916
138. Sgt. T. Roberts with pading to Steel helmet on his hear. Taken in front line trenches Bois Grenier May 1916
139. Writing Home! From the front line at Bois Grenier France B. Coy May 17th Battn May 1916
140. In Reserve 3rd line Bois Grenier line May 1916. B. Coy 17th Battn men.
141. Cpl Edwards B Coy. No 8 Platoon 17th Battn In a Reserve trench Bois Grenier line France May 1916
142 Sgt. MacDonald. D. B. Coy. kiding hard work Front line trenches near Jocks Joy Bois Greiner line May 1916
143. Cpl Palmer B. Coy. 17th Battn opening Bully Beef with a Bayonet in the front line trenches near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier line May 1916
144. Pte Walker & [indecipherable] Chating shirts front line trenches Jocks Joy near Bois Grenier May 1916
145. Sgt. T. Roberts Washing. Pte Baker with rifle & Pte. E. Geddes in rear Front line trenches near Jocks Joy Bois Gunner line May 1916. B. Coy. 17th Battn men
146. 8th Platoon B. Coy. 17 Battn reconstructing the trenches at Bois Grenier as in all other fronts. May 1916
147. 17th Battn H Quarters Between Bois Grenier & Erquinghem France May 1916. Farm house lies in square of trees with moat round.
148. Bois Grenier front Ruins left of Shafts - [indecipherable] trenches going into line. Taken from 3rd Reserve trenches May 1916
149. Immediate rear of front line trenches left of 17th Battn position Park Row Bois Grenier Note officers dugouts & duckboarding
150. About 2 ½ miles behind the front line Bois Grenier. An old French woman salving what she could after the Huns had shelled her home down. May 1916
151. Barbwire entanglements behind our own lines in front of Erquinghem France. Reserve line of defence May 1916
152. No Mans Land Bois Grenier front May 1916 immediately in front & close to our own parapet B. Coy. 17th Battn
153. Main traffic trench rear of front line near Jocks Joy. Right of 17th Battn position. Pte Childs & Dunlop of No 8 Platoon . B. Coy.
154. Pte Kerr and H. Walker in main traffic trench of front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier France May 1916
155. ‘Old Tom’ Pte Ball T. B Coy Cook in early days taken in Reserve line Bois Grenier May 1916
156. Pte Baker Pte Brooks in front line traffic trench near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier Line. May 1916
157. Men of B Coy 17th Battn in Front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier line May 1916 left to right Pts Commerford Sgt Roberts T. Ptes Lawler & Gannon.
158. Pte DeCartritt B. Coy 17th Battn off for a wash Bois Grenier Support line France May 1916
159. 2 B Coy 17th Battn Cleaning themselves in front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier Lines Palmer & [indecipherable] No 8 Platoon May 1916
160. What a man looks like in the P.H.G. Helmet coming at you with the bayonet. In runner trenches Bois Grenier front May 1916
161. Sgt MacDonald. B. Coy. 17th Battn in Full Marching Order ready to move out of Reserve line Bois Grenier front May 1916
162. A Stable between first & second line Jocks Joy right of 17th Battn position. Bois Grenier front. May 1916 Many were wounded in trying to get wood from here to burn in trenches
163. Streaky Bacon Farm the living part of Farm in which the officers were billeted taken from Stable opp side of court before the shelling of May 29 1916
164. Part of Streaky Bacon Farm Bois Grenier B Coy. Billet 17th Battn before May 29 date of shelling
165. Within the courtyard of Streaky Bacon Farm B. Coy. 17th Battn billet Cart entrance to farm. Cart shed (our kitchen & cooks house) seen in distance through door May 1916.
166. A neighbouring house to our Billet at Bois Grenier. After German treatment. May 1916.
167. A shell crater in side of a Communication trench line Jocks Joy Bois Grenier front May 1916
168. Streaky Bacon Farm. B Coy 17th Battn Billet on Bois Grenier front seen from rear May 1916
169. On Bois Grenier front immediate rear of trench line all was very wet here as holes show. May 1916
170. Rear of B. Coy. 17th Battn Taken from front line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier front. 60 pound Trench Mortars were put in along back row opp of trees. See Sandbags right Communications trench back from front line. May 1916
171. Some buildings as * [indecipherable] from outside. Between front & support line near Jocks Joy Bois Grenier front. Fire wood for trench warming was [indecipherable] obtained from here [indecipherable] snipers. May 1916
172. Where the Hun has been rear of trenches Bois Grenier front. May 1916 +1
173. +2 Same house +1 closer too. Note someone digging up [indecipherable] Shell Nose caps & ‘dads’ B. Coy 17th Battn Bois Grenier May 1916.
174. Wireless Station Bolonge 16-5-16 Also part of Rest Camp for troops going on & from Furlough - Don
175. Ern Verrills B. Coy 17th Battn in ruins where Park Row joins Support line left 5th Bgde position Bois Grenier front May 1916
176. Streaky Bacon farm B Coy Billett Bois Grenier May 30 1916 from stable side of court yard.
177. Streaky Bacon Farm B. Coy 17th Battn Billet Bois Grenier after shelling of 29th May 1916 (from rear)
178. A 5.9 shell in B. Coy. Billet 17th Battn May 1916. at Streaky Bacon Farm
179. Bois Grenier. France May 1916. Estaminets etc about 200 yds from our Billet which is on rear side from where this was taken. Don
180. A long firebay in front line near Park Row left of 17th Battn position Bois Grenier line June 1916.
181. Duckboarding & earthworks immediate rear front lines near Park Row communication trench Bois Grenier June 1916
182. Sgt. T Roberts An officers Dugout rear of front line trenches near Park Row left 17th Battn line Bois Grenier June 1916.
183. Park Row communication trench left of 17th Battn position Bois Grenier line between front line & Supports June 1916
184. Park Row Communication trench on left of 17th Battn position Bois Grenier June 1916. 2 No 8 Platoon men seen here.
185. In Bois Grenier Village. Taken in the main street June 1916
186. L. Palmer B Company 17th Battn in Support line near Park Row Bois Grenier June 1916
187. Pte Rudkin B. Coy 17th Battn in Support line near Park Row Bois Grenier line June 1916. France.
188. June 1916 Sgt Verrills Pte Gannon and Pte Brooks. T. Right to left in Support line near Park Row Bois Grenier line See Shell Gas Gong on right woodwork near Verrills
189. Sgts Mac Donald & Verrills B. Coy 17th Battn. Midday meal of tinned fruits out side Billet. Bois Grenier Front June 1916
190. Taken from 2nd line on left of Park Row Bois Grenier. France June 1916
191. A Section of 2nd line (Supports) near Park Row Communication Sap. Bois Grenier line June 1916
192. Bois Grenier front April June 1916. Streaky Bacon on May 30th after Fritz shelled us with 5.9’s
193. SM Watson & Bill [indecipherable] ‘dining’ out at B Coy. Billet Bois Grenier front April June 1916
194. Ptes Whallen & Pte Baker in Reserve line Bois Grenier June 1916
195. Using a periscope Rifle. Sgt T Roberts B. Coy observing. Taken in fire bay Bois Greniere near Jocks Joy. June 1916
196. 17th Battn Headquarters with Moat round same between Bois Grenier & Erquingham June 1916 had a redoubt or truck defence round same on our side.
197. Sgt MacDonald & Pte Sommerville in front line taken left of 17th Battn position near Park Row Bois Grenier front June 1916
198. Billiting Parts of 17th Battn enroute to Hallay farm Warloy La Vicogne August 1916 Note Cornfields all round
199. At La Vicogne enroute from Albert to Hallay August 8th 1916 near [indecipherable] Farmsheds of which whole 17th Battn bivouaced in
200. A Shady midday Meal at Hallay August 1916 outside our billet B. Coy 17th Battn
201. B. Coy. Billet at Hallay August 1916. Many of us preferred being under shade of fruit trees etc. surrounding
202. B. Company 17th Batt Billet at Ballent Beauval Aug 31st to Sept 6th. Kitchens preparing meal Note Pidgeons holes in houses.
203. At Hallay Aug 1916 B. Coy 17th Battn Billet surroundings
204. In Hallay August 1916 among the shady trees surrounding Billet B. Coy 17th Battn
205. 5th Bgde Transport lines outside Hallay August 10th 1916
206. 5th Bgde Transport lines outside Hallay where we had about a weeks drill after 12 days Poziers August 1916.
207. The Country Roads of Northern France enroute to Hallay from Warloy. August 8th 1916. Corn fields spread in every direction here.
208. An Aust Gullie near Beauchops Post near Suvla Bay Gallipoli these dugouts mainly for sun shelter see man in near one B. Coy 17th Battn Aug 1916
209. 17th Battalion Travelling Kitchens at Billet in Poppering near Ypres Sept. 1916. (opp. Station siding.).
210. 17th Battn Billet at Poppering near Ypres Sept. 1916. kitchens on right
211. Ypres Sept 1916 Foot bridge crossing Moat outside ramparts on way to front line trenches Gun pits opp side.
212. In Beauval Sept 1916. Motor transport on roadside
213. 17th Battalion Billet opp Railway siding Poppering Sept 1916 One of the noted cathedrals in the town, right left distance
214. 17th Battation Billet opposite Railway siding Poppering. Sept 1916. Not Glass House & travelling kitchens
215. Between Ypres & the Salient trench position beyond Zellebeck lake. Soldiers crosses & homestead ruins. Sept 1916
216. Ypres Cathedral and Cloth Hall. From opposite side of Square on Town Hall side Sept 1916
217. Cloth Hall Tower & left wing Ypres Sept 1916 Cathedral tower on extreme right edge photo
218. Ypres Sept 1916 Another damaged Cathedral or fine church in this city near Arras Gate of Ramparts
219. Ypres Cathedral tower centre Cloth Hall left. Right wind of Cloth Hall on right taken from opp side of Square. Sept 1916
220. A Main Street of Ypres Sept 1916 Cathedral & Hall in distance
221. Ypres Sept 1916. Inside the Cathedral ruins. Wood work of Organ through arch on right
222. Ypres Sept 1916 A row of houses near Belgium Barracks on Ramparts side
223. In Ypres Sept 1916. Main street facing City Square see Cloths Hall Tower in distance. Cathedral Tower also left road distance
224. Front right minarett of Cloth Hall Ypres 1916. Sept. Cathedral ruins in rear
225. Railway Stn & Siding at Popperinghe near Ypres. Taken from 17th Battn Billet Sept. 1916.
226. Ypres 1916 Courtyard & Steps of the Belgium Barracks 17th Battalion Billet.
227. Ypres Sept 1916 A road of ruins near Belgium Barracks
228. Ypres Sept 1916 Cathedral ruins from Town Hall side.
229. Ypres Sept 1916. Cloth Hall Tower and Cathedral ruins
230. Ypres Sept 1916 A Main Street Cathedral & Hall seen. Also Motor cyclist despatch rider
231. Soldiers Guards in Cemetry at Beauval France Well cared for in separate corner Sept 1916
232. Asleep in the hay at Bois Grenier alongside B. Company Billet 17th Battn.
233. Sgt Black 17th Battn in an advanced observation trench on the Salient at Ypres. Very narrow & muddy trenches here. Note Gas Helmet near side
234. Sgt MacDonald B. Coy 17th Battn in sunny corner of trench Bois Genier line. Note Gun Boots Steel Helmet & Rifle lock covers
235. Within a mile of front line Bois Grenier these field trenches used as emergency roads. All marked plainly & registered
236. A Fire Bay in Front line Bois Grenier right of 17th Battn position. Pte Palmer L. Baker & 17th Battn B Coy men.

Australian Imperial Forces (17th Battalion) in France, March-September 1916

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