The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sergeant J. C. E. Rosengard, a sergeant cook of the 3rd Battalion drawing rations of bread and hare from a farmhouse, after Strazeele, between Sec Bois and Borre, which was used as 3rd Battalion Headquarters. At this time, on account of the rapid evacuation of civilians, there were great quantities of flour, potatoes and livestock left at farmhouses, and the troops defending the area fared well.
Informal portrait of Major Burrett, 3rd Battalion (left); Regimental Sergeant Major B. A. Douglas DCM, 3rd Battalion, and Captain C. McE. Lillie DSO, 5th Battalion at the 3rd Battalion Headquarters at
A group of officers of the 3rd Battalion outside the Battalion Headquarters after Strazeele, at a farmhouse, on the Sec Bois-Boore Road. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) H. H. Fergusson, Lewis Gun Offic
An unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion out hare shooting in the fields near Borre. Note that he is holding a pipe and his rifle is held in the crook of his arm.
Supplementing their C3 rations with fresh fowl obtained from a Korean farmhouse. Sergeant D. F. Davis (left) and Sergeant T. M. Murray GM, from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
A typical farmhouse in the battle area near Strazeele, which the 2nd and 3rd Battalions used as Headquarters during the defence of the vicinity.
The ruined Flour Mill at Strazeele, in Northern France, used as Headquarters by the 3rd Battalion, from 12 April to 17 April 1918, on which date the wind vane was knocked by a direct hit. Several of t
