The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The 21st Battalion having left the trench to start to go through the village at Mont St Quentin. At 1 a.m. on 1 September 1918, orders were received that the 21st Battalion would not take part in the attack on Mont St Quentin, but would move up to support the 23rd and 24th Battalions. At 9.45 a.m. the battalion moved forward to support the 23rd and 24th Battalions, who reported the attack had made good progress but that they had suffered heavy casualties. At 11 a.m. it was decided that the attack would continue at 1.30 p.m. and that the 21st Battalion would aid the two other Battalions. the attack was launched at 1.30 p.m. and the opposition was very strong. At 8 p.m. a line was consolidated and orders were read that the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade would pass through and continue the attack at 5.30 the following morning. The position captured during the day was one of the most strongly defended position held by the enemy. Prisoners captured during the attack stated that they had volunteered to stop the Australians. Machine guns were more numerous than usual and the old wire of 1916 was still a serious obstacle to the attacking troops.
Lieutenant A. V. Sedgwick MC and some of his party from the 24th Battalion, awaiting the lifting of the artillery barrage on Mont St Quentin, photographed a few minutes before moving out of the trench
The summit of Mont St Quentin, five minutes after it was captured by the 21st, 23rd, and 24th Battalions, following the renewed attack at 1.30 p.m., after a morning of bitter fighting by the 5th Infan
A general view of Mont St Quentin from the south. A corner of Quinconce Cemetery is seen on the left. The country beyond the railway, running across the centre of the picture, was that advanced over d
Includes references to the 21st, 23rd and 24th Battalions, Mont St Quentin, Beaurevoir and Montbrehain.
Captain Sullivan MC and Bar MM, Officer Commanding A Company, 21st Battalion, in Elsa Trench with some of his men, immediately before going out to participate in the attack on Mont St Quentin, at 1.30
Members of the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade moving along a communication trench at 1.30 p.m. in the renewed assault upon Mont St Quentin, which resulted in the final capture of this highly importan
