The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified troops of the 2nd Australian Division moving up in single file through a town street the evening before taking part in an attack on Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October. On the following day the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian and 7th British Division successfully seized the ridge in an action known as the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge. Note the extensive shell damage to the town's buildings.
Broodseinde Ridge was seized by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian, and 7th British Division on 4 October, that day's action being known as the 'Battle of Broodseinde'. The New Zealand Division simultane
Unidentified Australian soldiers, probably of the 12th Battalion, standing amidst the battalion's dugouts near Daring Crossing. Three days earlier the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Divisions and the 7t
A large group of German prisoners, guarded by British soldiers, marching back from their work through a village street. On the far right is a railway line. Note the extensive shell damage to the bui
Bray, France. 8 October 19181. General William Riddell Birdwood giving a farewell speech to troops before leaving for Australia. Note the extensive bomb and shell damage to the buildings of the town.
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers walking amidst debris toward their underground billet (left). The surrounding buildings show the extensive shell damage sustained by the town. Note in the
The New Zealand Infantry moving up to the Ypres sector in anticipation of the attack on Broodseinde Ridge two days later.
