Pozieres was built by Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co. at Kilmarnock, Scotland (builder's number 1546 of 1918) for the British War Department.  It was one of four acquired in 1919 as war surplus by the Broken Hill Associated Smelters (BHAS) for shunting duties at their smelting works at Port Pirie, South Australia. ^(a) The four were named Pozieres, Polygon, Peronne and Passchendaele after significant World War 1 battles on the Western Front in which the Australian Infantry Force fought. ^(c)

Passchendale was originally plinthed in a school playground at Port Pirie.  It is now a static exhibit at the Homestead Park Pioneer Museum in Port Augusta.

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