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A battle day photograph taken during the attack by the Australian and American troops at Hamel. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A battle day photograph taken during the attack by the Australian and American troops at Hamel. Hamel Wood is seen in the background on the left. Two parachutes can be seen just previously dropped fro...E03840
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Abram Unicomb as a private, 41 Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by his son Ivan Unicomb
Sound
Maker: Unicomb, Abram Unicomb, Ivan
Side A: discussion of unit, reinforcements for the Battalion; Battalion bugler and runner, when bugler called on to use bugle; description of shooting down of "Red Baron", Baron Manfred von Richthofen...S01983
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Abram Unicomb as a private 41st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Ivan Unicomb
Sound
Maker: Unicomb, Abram Unicomb, Ivan
Unicomb speaks of his shooting at Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), near Corbie, France, 21 April 1918; aerial combat; the supply of rations and water to troops; some of the weapon...S01982
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A German messenger dog, probably Roff (or 'Digger' as he was named by the Australian troops) ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German messenger dog, probably Roff (or 'Digger' as he was named by the Australian troops) captured at Villers-Bretonneux, by Corporal M Roach and Private R Conway, of the 13th Battalion. It is harn...E02723
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A group of Australian stretcher bearers and their American assistants. Identified: 2381 Private ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A group of Australian stretcher bearers and their American assistants. Identified: 2381 Private (Pte) T. W. E. Maddew, 10th Field Ambulance (6); 3437 Pte W. P. Gunn, 38th Battalion (7); 1308 Pte J. R....E02886
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American and Australian troops dug in together during the Battle of Hamel. Hamel was fought in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
American and Australian troops dug in together during the Battle of Hamel. Hamel was fought in the early morning and by a happy arrangement on what was their National Day, United States troops attacke...E02690
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An unidentified sergeant of the 16th Battalion on a child's bicycle and an American private ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An unidentified sergeant of the 16th Battalion on a child's bicycle and an American private sitting in a perambulator just prior to the Battle of Hamel which took place on 4 July 1918. Dugouts are in...A00815
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A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, when the supply of ammunition to the infantry by means of parachutes was a fea...E03845
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A photograph taken on a rainy day from a position near the Observatory on the Bray-Corbie Road, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A photograph taken on a rainy day from a position near the Observatory on the Bray-Corbie Road, about a mile from Bray. Vaire-sous-Corbie is on the right and Vaux-sur-Somme on the left. Between these ...E01945
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A TRENCH SHELTER AT HAMEL, TAKEN ON THE MORNING AFTER THE BIG ATTACK ON 1918-08-08. LEFT TO ...
Photograph
A TRENCH SHELTER AT HAMEL, TAKEN ON THE MORNING AFTER THE BIG ATTACK ON 1918-08-08. LEFT TO RIGHT: GUNNER C.W.L. MUECKE, DRIVER W.E. MCGEE AND GUNNER E.J. WYLY - ALL OF THE 4TH DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION C...J06294
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Attack on Hamel-Vaire
Art
Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the attack on Hamel-Vaire by the Australian Corps, 4th Division and 5th Tank Brigade and American Expeditionary Force, from an Observation Post at dawn on 4 July 1918. In the distance is artil...ART02493
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A unique photo of a disabled British RE8 aircraft diving towards earth during the 4th Australian ...
Photograph
A unique photo of a disabled British RE8 aircraft diving towards earth during the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade attack at Vaire Wood in the Battle of Hamel. It was subsequently discovered that the m...E03912
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A view from 13th Battalion observation post, forward of Villers-Bretonneux, the day before the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
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...E02679
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AWM252 A169 - [Records arranged according to AWM Library subject classification, 1914-18 War] Operations - France and Flanders: Difficulties in regard to employment of American Units in the following engagements: 1) Battle of Hamel, 4 July 1918; 2) Participation of 131st Infantry in British operations, 4 August 1918 (reference to Australian operations)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pershing, John Joseph Rawlinson, Henry Seymour
This file contains: Letter from [General] John J. Pershing to Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, 7 July 1918; Message from General H. [Henry] Rawlin...AWM2018.19.65
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AWM26 487/6 - [Operations file, 1914-1918 War:] Final Offensive, Question of Co-operation in Operations of American Forces with the British - with special reference to the employment of American Troops in the Battle of Hamel, 4 Jul 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Haig, Douglas Pershing, John Joseph Rawlinson, Henry Seymour Various
This file contains: Memorandum from Warrant Officer Charles H. Franklin to Colonel Bach, American Historical Section, Washington, D.C. 3 November 1927. Agreement between the Commanders-in-Chief of th...AWM2018.19.60
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AWM27 354/184 - [Special Orders and Complimentary Communications:] Anzac and Australian Corps - Commonwealth congratulations on operations at Hamel and Vaire Woods (Jul 1918)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Monash, John
This file contains: Special Order by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash conveying congratulatory messages from Field Marshal Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, and General Officer Commandi...AWM2018.19.64
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AWM27 354/170 - [Special Orders and Complimentary Communications:] 9th Australian Infantry Brigade - Operations at Hamel and Vaire Woods - Congratulations by Commonwealth of Australia (Jul 1918)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
This file contains: Cable from the Defence Department, Melbourne, forwarded by Captain J.G. [John Grieve] Paterson, 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 12 July 1918.AWM2018.19.61
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Beaumont Hamel, France. A dead German outside his dugout.
Photograph
Beaumont Hamel, France. A dead German outside his dugout.K00016
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Before Amiens, this village in the Somme valley is here shown (from the south), the day after its ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Before Amiens, this village in the Somme valley is here shown (from the south), the day after its capture in a local attack by the 4th, 6th and 11th Australian Infantry Brigades, and attached American...E02665
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Brigadier General Charles Brand
Art
Brigadier General Charles Henry Brand, CB, CMG, DSO, MID, extensive service with the Australians during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. After the outbreak of war in 1914 he was appointed brigade m...ART03181