The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A view of one end of the casualty clearing station and beyond it the Australian lines. The curved white line to the left was the Australian front line trench; the German posts were situated where the white dots appear on the right, and also in the bank between the last two buildings of the clearing station. This photograph was taken from behind the railway embankment in No Man's Land. The area was the scene of one of the finest exploits by Australian troops: the defence of the 12th and 13th Brigades in the Battle of Dernancourt, 5 April 1918. Assaulted by four divisions, knowing that no reserves were available at the moment, and knowing, too, that the breach, if made, would be fatal, these two Brigades out-fought the attackers and "beat back the Huns in a bloody repulse."
Railway tracks of the Albert-Amiens railway, some of which are damaged, in front of the old Dernancourt Casualty Clearing Station. Beyond the clearing station is the Australian front line, discernibl
Dernancourt, France. 14 June 1918. Australians outside Company Headquarters of the 24th Battalion, behind the front line near the Casualty Clearing Station at Dernancourt.
The railway line east of the railway bridge at Dernancourt, along which the Australians had established outpost positions. It was one of the first points assaulted by the enemy in his attack on 5 Apri
A view of the badly damaged buildings of the Dernancourt Casualty Clearing Station, taken from 'The Ravine' in No Man's Land. In the foreground is the railway line running from Albert to Amiens and i
The Albert-Amiens Railway Line, where it runs through the village of Dernancourt. A decisive battle was fought on this ground on 5 April 1918, when the Germans of four divisions vainly endeavoured by
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1944-03-15. TROOPS DISEMBARK FROM HT TAROONA AT LYAL WHARF AFTER COMPLETING VOYAGE 49. THE LINE OF DOTS TO THE REAR OF REPULSE WHARF IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE IS THE SUBMARINE BOOM. THE
