The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Strazeele, France. 17 June 1918. A German field gun near a captured strong post on Mont-de-Merris, in Northern France. It was here that the 11th Battalion, in the attack some days before, encountered considerable opposition, eventually routing the enemy from a very strong position and capturing the field gun which had been placed there by the enemy presumably for use against tanks. On the right will be noticed the high crops through which the Australians crawled out daily to raid the enemy lines.
A view of the ruined farmhouse which was the 11th Battalion's first objective in an advance on 2 June 1918, taken from the second objective, Mont-de-Merris, a hill situated between the villages of Str
Major A M Phillips, beside a trench mortar captured by the 11th Battalion, at Mont de Merris, in a raid on the enemy a few days before.
Studio portrait of Private (Pte) Robert Mactier VC 23rd Battalion. Pte Mactier was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty" on 1 September 1918 at Mo
Beaurevoir, France. 12 October 1918. A German machine gunner who died fighting at his post near Beaurevoir. The Australian advance in this vicinity on 3 October encountered considerable opposition fro
These trench mortars at Mont-de-Merris captured by the 11th Battalion were still too near the front line to be removed with safety. Major A. M. Phillips DSO, and Lieutenant L. G. Riches MC (pointing)
Studio portrait of 6718 Private (Pte) William Henry Bain MM, 3rd Battalion, of Sydney, NSW. A labourer in civilian life, Pte Bain enlisted on 1 August 1916, and embarked for service on the Western Fro
