The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade in the fields near the village of Borre, in Northern France. Just prior to the taking of the photograph they were in occupation of the farmhouse seen in the background on fire, but the sudden bombardment of the vicinity by the enemy caused them to seek safety in the open country. Behind the head of the soldier second from right is the Boire Church.
A group of unidentified troops of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade resting in an open field and watching the shelling (background centre) which temporarily drove them from their billets. The Churc
A view of the village of Borre, in Northern France, showing the church in the centre, and the house to the right which was used as 1st Brigade Headquarters.
Near Borre, France. 17 April 1918. Members of the 9th Battalion, whilst deploying in the fields near Borre, in Northern France, after having been shelled out of the farmhouses near by.
Wrecked enemy transport and dead horses in a French village, caught by the bombardment preceding the Australian attack in this vicinity on 8 August 1918.
Canadian front line skirmishers on the flank of the Australian troops, working with a tank of 13th Battalion, which had just silenced an enemy machine gun in a hedge. During the interval between the t
Damage caused by German bombardment in the Crypt of La Madeline Church, Paris.
