The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sailly-le-Sec, France. 24 April 1918. A scene in the valley which led from Sailly-le-Sec to the high ground byond Vaux Wood (seen in the left of the picture), when the dugouts along the right bank, and in a re-entrant branching to the right (not shown) were occupied by troops of the 3rd Division. The enemy was situated on the other side of the ridge.
A view of the Somme Valley from the high ground near Vaux-sur-Somme, looking directly towards Mallard Wood, with Sailly Laurette behind it and the village of Sailly-le-Sec on the left. At this time th
From the heights near Sailly-le-Sec, from which the Australian Official Photographer took general views of the battle on 4 July 1918, the whole battle ground of Hamel was clearly visible, and about 7
Men of No. 15 Platoon, D Company, 58th Battalion moving forward towards Sailly-le-Sec, along the bank of the Somme Canal, near Vaux-sur-Somme. The Platoon Commander, Lieutenant Ivo Garfield Thompson i
The Australian barrage on enemy territory to assist the attack on Hamel, by the 6th, 4th, and 11th Infantry Brigades, assisted by a Battalion of Americans. The picture was taken from the high ground a
Near Sailly-le-Sec, France. 29 March 1918. A machine gun position commanding a section of the Somme Canal near Sailly-le-Sec. It was in front of Sailly-le-Sec that troops of the 3rd Division held up t
The battlefield of Hamel and the surrounding wood, photographed from an observation post above Sailly-le-Sec, on the morning of 4 July 1918, during the attack by the Americans and Australians. When th
