The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View from St. Denis Mill, near Peronne, looking towards Anvil Wood, over the ground attacked by the 53rd Battalion against heavy opposition on 1 September 1918. During the operation, the Battalion suffered from flank fire poured upon it from St. Denis and the Peronne ramparts. A Battalion runner, carrying messages over this bullet swept area, conducted himself with such conspicuous gallantry that he won the VC.
View from the position of the German machine guns on the ramparts of Peronne. From this pointion a view could be obtained of Mont St Quentin, the slope of which is seen in the right background of the
A view looking towards Anvil Wood from an enemy machine gun position on the Citadel Ramparts of Peronne. It shows the deadly field of enemy fire into which the 53rd Battalion came on the morning of 1
View from the 'jumping off' point of the 53rd Battalion on the railway line towards the ramparts of Peronne. It was from the ramparts that the enemy directed heavy flank fire against the troops of the
View of Anvil Wood vicinity showing a German machine gun post facing the belt of old French wire, through which the 53rd Battalion attacked in the fighting around Peronne. The Battalion suffered many
The ramparts at the north east corner of the town of Peronne (visible in the background). On 1 September the 53rd Battalion along with some members of the 56th Battalion left the line located at the
The ramparts at the north east corner of the town of Peronne (visible in the background) taken from the edge of Le Quinconce Cemetery. On 1 September the 53rd Battalion along with members of the 56th
