The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dugouts on a hillside near Hamelet, camouflaged to represent the extension of a bank, prepared by the 4th Field Company of Australian Engineers as a battle headquarters for the attack which was made in this vicinity on 4 July 1918. The line of trees in the valley in the background (left) marks the course of the Somme River between Corbie and Hamelet.
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
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
View of the Somme Valley, looking towards Corbie. The Somme river is to the left.
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
Depicts a reconnaissance sketch of a line of defence to Corbie. Corbie is situated near the Somme battlefield and was the stage for the third battle for the Somme.
A view of the Somme Valley above Corbie, looking east. Richthofen, the famous German airman, was killed whilst flying over the trees on the ridge on the right.
