The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The 45th Battalion digging in under a smoke barrage near Ascension Farm on the second objective in the attack made by the 1st and 4th Australian Divisions and British Divisions upon the old British trench lines near Hargicourt and the outpost line of the Hindenburg system. The Hindenburg Outpost Line (the third and final objective in this battle) was about a mile distant at this point. This fight was part of what is known by the British as the `Battle of Epehy', being a phase of the `Battles of the Hindenburg Line'. Identified are: Private R. J. Martin (fourth from the left), and Lance Corporal W. R. Thomson (fifth from the left).
A party of the 45th Battalion, erecting barbed wire apron entanglements, near Ascension Farm, in front of the Hindenburg Outpost Line, captured in the attack by the Australian troops the day before.
The 45th Battalion moving from their last halt behind the barrage before reaching their final objective near Ascension Farm, in the fighting beyond Jeancourt and Le Verguier.
Troops of D Company, 45th Battalion, at their newly captured objective between Bellenglise and Le Verguier, overlooking Ascension Gully, in front of the Hindenburg Outpost Line. They are seen sniping
Near Hargicourt, France. 1 October 1918. Australian soldiers searching their German prisoners for souvenirs after an attack on the Hindenburg Line outpost.
Near Grand Priel, France. 18 September 1918. Men of the 15th Battalion digging in on their second objective near Grand Priel, in the old British line at Ewe Post, during the attack on the fortified Hi
Aerial view seen after the capture of Oosttaverne Line, looking east from behind Messines. The British barrage at Messines 6 p.m. 7 June 1917 which covered the British centre and the left of the 4th A
