The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ST. ELOI, BELGIUM, C.1916. THE "FIGHTING FIFTH" (NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS) AFTER THE BATTLE OF ST. ELOI, ASSISTED BY THE ROYAL FUSILIERS, THE "FIGHTING FIFTH" TOOK WITH SPLENDID DASH THE FIRST AND SECOND LINE TRENCHES AT ST. ELOI.
Part of the German front line after the Battle of Fleurbaix which took place on 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916. This, with the second and 'third' lines, formed the objective of the attack. The 'third
Guard members of the "fighting fifth" (possibly from the Northumberland Fusiliers) take a halt during their trek as cattle graze behind them in the veldt. Five Lee-Enfield/Lee-Metford .303 inch rifle
Part of the German front line after the Battle of Fleurbaix which took place on 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916. This, with the second and 'third' lines, formed the objective of the attack. The 'third
The road leading through the ruined village of Voormezeele to St. Eloi, in Belgium, as it appeared at the end of August 1917. Shattered buildings and debris on the road.
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers and a fifteen year old Belgian boy (left), who was adopted by the Australians as a mascot, warming themselves around a brazier. The boy is wearing an Austr
Outdoor portrait of 5092 Private (Pte) John William Geale, 52nd Battalion, of Smithton, Tas. A farmer before enlisting in January 1916, Pte Geale left Australia for France with the 16th Reinforcements
