The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The ruins of Fleurbaix, as they appeared on 16 November 1918. This village was the scene of a costly attack by the 5th Division on 19 July 1916, which marked the Division's first battle on French soil. Owing to the enemy having gained information of the operation in this area, the attacking troops suffered severe losses. Over 5,000 casualties were inflicted, the troops having first gained their objective, being forced to withdraw through the enemy flooding the captured position and the flank troops failing to come up.
The old no man's land of Fromelles battlefield viewed from the north-east corner of Sugar Loaf Salient looking towards the line from which the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade began their attack on 19
A water filled ditch (foreground) which formed part of the final objective of the 5th Australian Division (Div) in the disastrous attack on 19 July 1916. Reported to be a system of trenches, these di
German machine gunners dead beside their post near Beaurevoir. In the fighting in this area between 3 and 5 October by troops of the 2nd Division considerable opposition was me and very severe casualt
View of the swamps of Zonnebeke on the day of the First Battle of Passchendaele. This photograph indicates the general condition of all depressions on the battlefield on the day of the main assault up
External view of Swiss Cottage, near Joncourt. Severe fighting was encountered here by the attacking troops of the 8th Australian Infantry Brigade, on 1 October 1918, but its capture was only slightly
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-02. TROOPS OF THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING LANDED ON YELLOW BEACH, AWAIT ORDERS TO MOVE FORWARD TO SECURE A LINE FROM FEATURES NEWSREEL TO CHILTON ROAD
