The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the main Bailleul Road running through the village of Strazeele, a week after the 1st Division had heavily repulsed the enemy in this vicinity. Note the cross in the centre background.
A mine crater on the side of the main Cassel-Bailleul Road, where it passes through Meteren, a village in Northern France. The vicinity was the scene of considerable fighting by troops of the 1st Divi
A convoy of motor lorries standing by the main road during continued fighting at Armentieres. The German Offensive had begun near Armentieres on 9 April, but was checked by the 1st Australian Divisio
A street in Caestre, near the church, showing its shell wrecked tower. The centre of an important railway system, Caestre, with Hazebrouck, was the objective towards which the Germans, on 14 April 19
A group of unidentified members of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade 'digging in' for the night, using bedding obtained from the shelled and deserted homesteads in the vicinity. The village of Borr
The ruins of heavily shelled buildings, after the village was abandoned as the 1st Anzac Corps Headquarters. Note the wrecked 'Cafe du Centre Boucherie Charcuterie', a central cafe as well as a butch
The ruined Flour Mill at Strazeele, in Northern France, used as Headquarters by the 3rd Battalion, from 12 April to 17 April 1918, on which date the wind vane was knocked by a direct hit. Several of t
