The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Reinforcements to the 52nd Battalion of the 13th Infantry Brigade, being allotted to their companies. In the defence of the Dernancourt, positions against the massed assaults of four German divisions, on 4 April 1918, the 12th and 13th Australian Brigades defeated the enemy in a battle which has become historic. The Australian casualties were heavy, but "the losses of the enemy were awful. It was sheer savage slaughter of Germans the whole day long." Identified fifth from left, facing camera, is Lieutenant Fernside, next to him, facing company is Captain (Capt) W. J. Hall, then, Capt G. E. Gill, Adjutant, facing company.
The Albert-Amiens Railway Line, where it runs through the village of Dernancourt. A decisive battle was fought on this ground on 5 April 1918, when the Germans of four divisions vainly endeavoured by
A view of the battlefield of Dernancourt. This area is where the 12th and 13th Australian Infantry Brigades broke the massed assaults of nearly four German divisions during their thrust towards Amien
A view of the battlefield of Dernancourt. This area is where the 12th and 13th Australian Infantry Brigades broke the massed assaults of nearly four German divisions during their thrust towards Amien
A view of the badly damaged buildings of the Dernancourt Casualty Clearing Station, taken from 'The Ravine' in No Man's Land. In the foreground is the railway line running from Albert to Amiens and i
A general view of the ruined village of Strazeele. A month earlier there took place the battle in which the Germans by massed waves attempted to overwhelm the 1st Division and capture the village. All
A view of one end of the casualty clearing station and beyond it the Australian lines. The curved white line to the left was the Australian front line trench; the German posts were situated where the
