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Photograph E02454 First World War, 1914-1918A scene in the Chateau grounds at Allonville, a rest area for Australian troops in the Somme sector. An unidentified soldier stands to the right of the tallest tree.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Three unidentified Australians in a field of flowers at Allonville. This richly green countryside, ablaze with bright red poppies was a favourite rest area of the Australian troops on coming out for a spell and the Somme fighting.
A scene in the Chateau grounds at Allonville, a rest area for Australian troops in the Somme sector. An unidentified soldier stands to the right of the tallest tree.

Corbie, France. 28 August 1918. Australians of the 10th Brigade harvesting crops during a spell in the rest area.

Two Australian soldiers enjoying a rest in a field admiring the wild flowers. The village was the centre of a rest area for troops engaged in the Amiens sector.

Two unidentified Australian soldiers inspect a chalky shell hole in a field of red poppies at Daours.

A scene along the Ypres Road, showing a tired Battalion coming out to rest after participating in the fierce fighting during the Third Battle of Ypres.

Australians coming out of the line for a rest, passing through the ruined village of Vaulx, near Bapaume, on 20 April 1917.
