The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bois de l'Abbe, France. 7 May 1918. View of the Chateau La Maison de Bois l'Abbe, situated about a mile on the Amiens side of Villers-Bretonneux and on the main road. It was used as a Headquarters by successive support battalions on the right of the Australian Corps Front, the French Headquarters being in the Bois de l'Abbe near by. The basement of the Chateau was used as an advanced Dressing Station and the outbuildings were occupied by billets. Although shellfire partially destroyed the wood in the vicinity, the Chateau remained practically undamaged. Note the soldier in the foreground.
Drawing of a monastery, the "White Chateau" in France. 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 battalio
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
The Chateau de la Motte-au-Bois and grounds, near Hazebrouck. It was here that the 1st Anzac Corps established its headquarters upon its arrival in France. The Germans almost reached the chateau in th
Bois de l'Abbe, France. 27 May 1918. The memorial erected in the Bois de l'Abbe, to the men of the 51st Battalion, who fell in the brilliant counter-attack at Villers-Bretonneux, on the night of 24 Ap
General Simon, of the French Army, with his Staff, speaking with some Australian troops at Plane Corner, in the Bois l'Abbe, in France. Left to right: Sapper (Spr) G. Curry, 4th Division Signal Compan
Oblique aerial view of the Chateau of La Motte-au-Bois (the first Headquarters of the 1st Anzac Corps in France). It was taken (Mr Bean thinks) by a Belgian airman, the son of the owner of the chateau