The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The gap in the tangled barbed wire, through which some of the 53rd Australian Battalion advanced the previous day in the face of heavy machine gun fire. The packs of five wounded men may be seen near the bodies of two of the four men killed; other dead are on the right behind the tangled wire. Note a shell bursting on an old casualty clearing station near Quinconce, between Peronne and Mont St Quentin.
The country near Peronne, when in occupation by the 53rd Battalion. The area was the scene of operations conducted by the Australian troops against Mont St. Quentin and Peronne from 31 August to 2 Sep
The country near Peronne, when in occupation by the 53rd Battalion. The area was the scene of operations conducted by the Australian troops against Mont St. Quentin and Peronne from 31 August to 2 Sep
The Memorial at Quinconce, erected by the 53rd Battalion, to the officers and men of the Battalion who fell in the fighting before Mont St Quentin on 1 September 1918.
The bursting of an enemy shell on the Australian lines near Clery, just prior to the German counter attack at Mont St Quentin, about 5 pm, on 31 August 1918. The view is taken from the hill east of Cl
German twin machine gun posts situated amidst a wood. The roof of the post is camouflaged with branches and on the left are barbed wire entanglements. Prior to the taking of Peronne and Mont St Quen
The country near Peronne, when in occupation by the 53rd Battalion. The area was the scene of operations conducted by the Australian troops against Mont St. Quentin and Peronne from 31 August to 2 Sep
