The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Somme village and the railway running through it. In this vicinity, on 27 March, the 38th Battalion resisted the German advance, using the railway station as a Company Headquarters, whilst the men 'dug in' in the embankment beyond it. The whole sector was subjected to artillery, rifle, and machine gun fire from the enemy line across the flats of the Ancre.
Buire-sur-Ancre, France, 1918-05-27. Looking southeast to houses and the church (centre) in the village of Buire-sur-Ancre, with tall trees standing on the banks of the River Ancre (not in view) behin
Buire-sur-Ancre area, France, 1918-05-27. Looking southeast to the outskirts of the village of Buire-sur-Ancre (midground, right), with a line of tall trees standing on the banks of the River Ancre (n
Looking south-southeast to houses in the village of Buire sur Ancre (Buire), with a dense line of tall trees standing on the banks of the River Ancre (not in view) behind them and higher ground rising
The village of Suzanne and surrounding country, when the 3rd Division was operating in this vicinity. In the wood in the foreground was located the Headquarters of the 37th, 38th, and 38th Battalions
The Cemetery near Ville-sur-Ancre, near which the 21st Battalion was engaged in severe fighting a week previously, when, operating with other Battalions of the 6th Brigade, it cleared up the village a
Dernancourt area, France, 1918-05-27. A crossroads in Sector D.24.c lies in fields west of the village of Dernancourt which slope down to the Albert-Amiens railway line and, beyond it, tall trees lini
