The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the village of Joncourt, from the west. It was the centre of severe fighting by troops of the 8th Australian Infantry Brigade, on September 30th and October 1st. On September 30th, the 31st and 32nd Battalions took the village with great dash, but subsequently withdrew to relieve the strain on the flank, after first beating off a counter-attack. In the drive for Estrees the following day, these Battalions again took Joncourt, but this time without difficulty.
A stranded Mark V Male tank outside the village of Joncourt. Joncourt was captured by the 31st and 32nd Battalions on 29 September 1918, but they withdrew in order to conform with the flank. They fina
The shell damaged Church at Joncourt, at which time the whole depth of the Hindenburg Defence System had been penetrated. Joncourt was captured by the 31st and 32nd Battalions on 1 October 1918.
The remains of a shell damaged building. The village of Estrees formed the objective of the 56th Battalion in the exploitation of the Nauroy-Gouy Line of the Hindenburg System. The village was captu
The village of Pozieres held up the left flank of the Anglo-French offensive in the first battle of the Somme in July 1916. After being attacked several times without success it became a major objecti
The ruins of Le Verguier, showing Fort Bull, a grass covered knoll, just behind the high brick wall on the left. The village was taken in the successful battle of 18 September, when the Le Verguier tr
Shell damaged buildings in the village of Estrees, taken from the parapet of the trench shown in the foreground. Estrees formed the objective of the 56th Battalion in the exploitation of the Nauroy-G
