The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fromelles, France. 11 November 1918. View of the concrete observation posts erected in the ruined church and adjacent buildings, from which the low country before the village was dominated. It was in this area that the Battle of Fromelles was fought on 19 July 1916, marking the first entry of the 5th Division into battle on the Western Front. The fight was a costly one to the Division. The system of trenches, as it was supposed to be, which formed the objective turned out to be water filled ditches, this, coupled with the exposure of the Australian flank to concentrated fire and the withdrawal after several hours fighting in such cirumstances, caused over 5000 casualties to be sustained.
Fromelles, France. 11 November 1918. View of the concrete observation posts erected in the ruined church and adjacent buildings, from which the low country before the village was dominated. It was in
The old no man's land of Fromelles battlefield viewed from the north-east corner of Sugar Loaf Salient looking towards the line from which the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade began their attack on 19
France. 11 November 1918. An intersection of three roads in the eastern end of the ruined village. It was in this vicinity that the 5th Division concentrated for their attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1
Near Fromelles, France. 11 November 1918. View of the concrete German shelters situated in the old German front line, north of Rue Delaporte, near Fromelles. The area was the scene of the first battle
Near Fromelles, France. 11 November 1918. View of a point near Fromelles where the 5th Division suffered severe losses in the battle of 19 July 1916. The ditch shown was fed with water from the River
A water filled ditch (foreground) which formed part of the final objective of the 5th Australian Division (Div) in the disastrous attack on 19 July 1916. Reported to be a system of trenches, these di
