The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 52nd Battalion, on the Amiens Road, coming out from the line from Villers Bretonneux. Second from left is Lieutenant Fernside, holding a cane in his right hand. Seventh from left, is Corporal Younger, a Lewis gunner. Standing on the right of the column is Sergeant Major Norman Benzley.
Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Whitham CMG DSO, Commanding Officer (left), leading the 52nd Battalion along the Villers Bretonneux-Amiens Road. He is accompanied by Lieutenant George Edward Griffith Gill.
View of the ruined town of Villers-Bretonneux (right) and Monument Wood (left), taken from the nearby aerodrome. The road on the right is an old Roman road, which is now the main highway from Amiens
Near Villers-Bretonneux, France. 29 April 1918. The Maison du Bois l'Abbe, near Villers-Bretonneux, on the Amiens Road to France. At this time it was used as a headquarters for support battalions and
Near Villers-Bretonneux, France. 25 April 1918. View from the bridge on the main Amiens road, near Villers-Bretonneux, showing the bridge near the Railway Station. This was a heavily shelled area.
Brigadier General T A Blamey CMG DSO (centre, seventh from right) at Villers-Bretonneux, pointing out to visiting Australian journalists the features of the battle area.
"A front line trench near Monument Wood, forward of Villers-Bretonneux, after the Germans had been forced to evacuate the position, following a daylight raid by Australian troops" (Official caption).
