The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The burning village of Hamel (centre) and the smoke enveloped Hamel Wood, during their attack and capture by the Australian troops, on 4 July 1918. The line of trees running from left to right borders the Somme Canal. Vaire Wood and Hamel Wood with the village itself were the chief centres of resistance which were overcome by the 4th and 11th Brigades respectively, the 6th Brigade attacking on the right. A battalion of Americans shared the victory, and one report from the new front line of the 11th Brigade read: 'U.S. troops are now classified as Diggers'.
A German machine gun captured at a house in Hamel. The success of the battle of Hamel cut out the German re-entrant in the Australian lines between Hill 104, near Villers-Bretonneux, and the Somme at
Stretcher bearers resting beside the track along which the wounded were carried and the German prisoners marched to 4th Brigade Headquarters during the Hamel battle. The typical banks and terraces of
A group of Australian soldiers standing near the entrance to the chateau which was used from time to time as headquarters for brigades operating in the Hamel and Vaire Wood area. The Somme Canal is i
English, American and Australian troops lunching in a wood near Corbie the day prior to the attack and capture of the German positions at Hamel and Vaire Wood.
A view from 13th Battalion observation post, forward of Villers-Bretonneux, the day before the successful attack at Hamel by three Australian Infantry Brigades and American detachments totalling a bat
Bois de l'Abbe, France. 29 April 1918. The limit of the German offensive near Villers-Bretonneux. From this wood in rear of Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April the British batteries were forced to withdraw,
