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  Bretagne 102, 106, 109, 173, 209

  Brewer, Private Frank IX, XI, XII, 18, 72, 77, 78, 82, 87, 141

  Brewer, Private Hector 176, 199

  Brewer, Private Roy 80

  Bridge, Sapper William 188

  Bridger, Thomas 167

  Brie 22, 55, 128, 129, 130, 216

  Brigades

  2nd 30

  4th 25, 30

  5th 31, 39, 46, 55, 56, 59–60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 71–2, 73, 75, 77, 80, 81–2, 84, 87, 117, 125, 130, 170, 171, 172, 188, 194, 200, 201–3, 205, 206–8, 223, 225

  6th X, 31, 33, 73, 76, 78, 81–2, 84, 87, 90, 91, 98, 117, 125, 154, 156, 164, 172, 174, 190, 200–3, 205, 206–8, 211, 222, 224, 244

  7th 31, 47, 55, 56, 81, 90, 106, 107, 112, 117–18, 123, 124, 125, 126, 176, 176, 177–8, 185, 195, 201, 206–7, 210

  8th 27, 106, 126

  9th 30, 31, 58, 62, 94, 165, 166, 196, 214, 215, 220

  10th 30, 58, 60, 62, 64–5, 67, 73, 94, 165, 167–8, 196, 202, 214–15, 220, 244

  11th 31, 64, 67, 84, 87, 94, 124, 128, 197, 214, 215, 217, 218

  14th 7, 31, 39, 81–2, 84, 87, 90, 95–6, 98–9, 106, 111, 112, 116, 117, 118, 120, 124, 164, 173, 176, 177, 179, 195, 196, 206–11, 213, 214, 216

  15th 7, 31, 56, 102, 104, 106, 107, 111, 115, 124, 129, 139, 154, 176, 177, 195, 206, 211, 213, 232, 242, 245

  field artillery see artillery

  structure 33

  British Army 4, 25

  First 128, 129, 163, 233, 236

  Third 7, 8, 128, 129, 163, 232, 234, 236

  Fourth 7, 8, 18, 27, 44, 47, 50, 52, 55, 71, 163, 200, 204, 218, 233

  Fifth 2, 15, 27

  12th Division 129

  32nd Division 7, 55–6, 104, 128, 129–30

  47th Division 94, 128

  58th (London) Division 28, 64, 94, 128, 197

  74th Yeomanry Division 28, 117, 124, 126, 128, 176, 197, 218

  III Corps 28, 59, 64, 94, 126, 130, 165, 234

  5th Royal Horse Artillery Brigade 162

  16th Royal Horse Artillery Brigade 87, 162, 170, 172, 174

  298th Royal Field Artillery Brigade 162

  9th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery 163, 165

  21st Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery 163

  51st Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery 163

  68th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery 165

  British Expeditionary Force (BEF) see British Army

  Broadbent, Captain John 71

  Brunn Trench 123, 124

  Buckley, Corporal Alexander 101–2, 146, 148, 149, 150

  Buckley, James 101, 148

  Buckley, Julia 101, 148

  Bull, Lieutenant James 182

  Bullecourt 59, 80, 115, 120, 124, 136, 148, 149, 150, 155, 156, 158, 240

  Burns, Hugh 153

  Buscourt 81, 191, 194, 207

  Bussu 130, 170, 171, 179

  Butler-George, May 249

  Byng, General Sir Julian 234

  C

  Canadian Corps 8, 233, 235, 247

  Canal du Nord X, 8, 19, 24, 73, 77, 79, 94, 117, 124, 126, 128, 189, 203, 233

  Cannan, Brigadier General James 31, 214

  Cappy 8, 79, 126, 196, 204, 226

  Corps Resuscitation Team 227

  Cardinal Wood 73, 175, 179, 201, 202

  Cartwright, Private George 63

  Casey, Major Richard 27, 204

  Ceramic 150

  Chair Wood 111

  Cheeseman, Lieutenant Colonel William 155

  Cléry IX, 16, 21, 24, 56, 58, 59, 59, 60, 62, 75, 78–9, 81, 96, 166–8, 190, 191, 194, 201, 205, 224, 225

  Cléry Copse 67

  Cléry-Péronne road 69, 99

  Clune, Father Francis 137

  Collett, Ernest 156

  Collett, George 156

  Cologne River 22, 191

  Comforts Fund 241

  Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 154

  conscription 237–8

  Continuous Wave wireless 193, 196

  Cook, Tim 247

  Coonamble Times 148

  Corey, Private Ernie 113, 115–16

  counter-bombardment 161

  Coutts, Major Donald 78–9, 80

  Crank, Lance Corporal Ronald 98

  Crawford, Chaplain Robert 71, 79

  creeping barrage 161

  Croix de Guerre 157

  Curnick, Douglas 156

  Currey, Private William 97–8, 99

  Currie, Lieutenant General Arthur 233

  Cutlack, Frederic 130

  D

  Daours 59

  Darmstadt Trench 17, 114, 120, 125, 129, 179, 213

  Davies, Captain David 168

  Deakin, Alfred 152

  Denny, William 46

  Dernancourt 2

  diggers

  background 143–59 see also Gulargambone;

  Malver n

  conditions 219–22

  disease/illness 148–9

  post-war experience 158, 248

  POWs 149

  rehabilitation 158–9

  term of XV

  Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) 43, 63, 98, 115, 116, 158, 185

  Distinguished Service Order (DSO) XIII, 27, 30, 77, 80, 111, 124, 190, 194, 205

  Divisions

  1st Australian 4, 7–8, 218

  2nd Australian 2, 31, 35, 55, 58, 84, 117, 125, 126, 136, 140, 162, 170, 172, 174, 176, 177, 178, 193, 196, 199, 208, 213, 221, 226, 234, 248

  3rd Australian X, XII, 2, 8, 25, 30, 31, 49, 56, 58, 68, 84, 126, 130, 158, 162, 165, 167, 176, 196, 215, 218, 234

  4th Australian 2, 218

  5th Australian 2, 7, 30, 31, 55, 58, 84, 104, 106, 107, 111, 126, 130, 164, 165, 173, 174, 187, 195–6, 199, 213, 214, 218, 226, 234, 244

  Dobson, Private Godfrey 88, 89–90

  Doingt 55, 56, 96, 102, 111, 125, 129, 171, 179, 182

  Drocourt-Quéant Line 43, 232, 233, 234, 235

  Duggan, Lieutenant Colonel Bernie 245

  Durrant, Lieutenant Colonel James 36, 38, 180

  E

  Edmonds, James 128, 235

  Edwards, Corporal Alfred 171, 218

  Ekins, Ashley 239

  Eleu trenches 62, 219

  Elliott, Brigadier General Harold ‘Pompey’ 31,103, 104, 105–6, 107, 110, 111, 115, 129, 139, 161, 172, 187, 195–6, 206–7, 209, 210–11, 213, 214, 216, 243, 245

  Elsa Trench 72, 73, 77, 85, 87, 88, 117, 175

  Engineer Officer Training School 184

  engineers 184–92

  Epenancourt 7

  Esmond, Private Victor 75, 78

  Eterpigny 129, 185, 187, 216

  F

  Farquharson, Emma 59

  Farquharson, Private Frank 59

  Farquharson, Percy 59

  Farquharson, Walter 59

  Ferguson, Andrew 148

  Ferres, Major Harold ‘Pung’ 107, 109, 110–11, 212

  Fethers, Cyril 156–7

  Fethers, Erle 156

  Feuillaucourt X, XII, 19, 68, 86, 167, 170, 172, 202

  capture 69, 117

  Feuillaucourt-Bouchavesnes road 64, 67, 94, 168

  Feuillères IX, 24, 81, 155, 186, 191, 225

  bridge 188

  Field Ambulance

  5th 225

  6th 79, 80, 226, 226, 227, 227

  9th 224

  10th 224, 225

  14th 226

  15th 226

  Field Companies (Engineers)

  5th 60, 159, 188, 190

  6th 81, 188, 191

  7th 144, 185, 189, 190

  9th 188

  14th 186, 191

  15th 104, 156, 186, 187

  Fisher, Andrew 237

  Flamicourt 16, 22, 23, 24, 45, 104, 105, 106, 111, 128–9, 187, 206, 216

  flash spotting 160

  Florina Trench 96, 173, 200, 219

  Foch, General Ferdinand 4, 200–1, 235

  Forbes, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick X–XI, 71, 72, 75, 205


  Frederickson, Sapper Alexander 189–90

  French First Army 7, 130

  Froissy Beacon 7, 8

  Fromelles 147, 153, 190

  Fussell, Major Leslie 68, 205

  G

  Galatz and Agram Alleys 73, 202

  Gallipoli campaign XIV, XVI, XVII, 25, 30, 77, 120, 132, 142, 154, 156, 157

  Gellibrand, Major General John 14, 29, 30, 58, 65, 214–16

  German Army 199–200

  Second Army 49, 50, 236

  Eighteenth Army 236

  2nd Guard Division (Alexander, Franz and

  Augusta Regiments0 43–4, 46, 47, 49, 62, 64, 65, 69, 72, 77, 90, 118, 141, 167, 200, 218, 225

  5th Bavarian Division 44

  14th Bavarian Division 45, 101, 218

  21st Division 8, 44, 60

  38th Division 44, 46, 90, 118

  185th Division 44–5, 101, 111

  232nd Division 49

  243rd Division 47, 118

  94th Infantry Regiment 44, 46, 69, 90, 118, 126, 218

  96th Infantry Regiment 44, 90, 126, 218

  Jaeger Regiments Alpine Corps 44, 126, 128

  67th Machine Gun Sharpshooting Detachment 47

  78th Reserve Division 111

  artillery 47

  casualties at Battle of Mont St Quentin-Péronne 218

  prisoners taken from 48, 49, 64, 71, 99, 137, 218

  structure 43–4

  German bullets 75

  German Mauser rifle 46

  German sniper’s shield 45

  German Spring Offensive 4, 28

  Glasgow, Major General Thomas 243

  Glover, Major Henry 168

  Goddard, Brigadier General Henry 31, 73, 214

  Godley, Lieutenant General Sir Alexander 28, 64, 117, 128, 129

  Gott Mit Uns Trench 19, 73, 77, 87, 99, 172, 202

  Gottlieb Trench X, XII, 69, 76, 77, 82, 84, 170, 200, 220

  Gough, General Hubert 2

  Green, Edward 150

  Greenway, Major Harold 186, 187

  Greville, Reverend Alec 155

  Griffith, Paddy 33, 38

  Grimwade, Brigadier General Harold 163

  Guard, Lieutenant William 71

  Gulargambone 143–51

  H

  Haig, Sir Douglas XVII, 4, 9, 40, 52, 77, 218, 232–4

  Hall, Corporal Arthur 101, 102, 191

  Hall, Lieutenant Edwin 74

  Halle 19, 24, 55, 70, 72, 76, 156, 188, 201, 202, 226

  bridge 189

  Hamel XVI, 5, 161

  Hammond, Cyril ‘Billy’ 158

  Hangard 2

  Harris, Paul 37–8, 43, 161, 239

  Haut-Allaines 90, 95, 118, 123, 124, 126, 170, 171, 179, 182

  Hawkins, Lieutenant William 109, 129, 135, 213

  Heilly 80

  Hem 167

  Hem Farm Military Cemetery 134, 155

  Henderson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert 65

  Hera trench system 124

  Herbecourt 106, 195, 196, 210, 216, 226

  Herbecourt Military Cemetery 134

  Herring, John 151

  Hindenburg Line 2, 8, 52, 77, 130, 158, 192, 232, 234, 235, 236, 244, 247

  Hitchen, William 148

  Hobbs, Major General Sir John Talbot 30, 31, 32, 39, 102, 106, 116, 135, 163, 164, 195, 199, 206–7, 208, 209–11, 213, 214, 216, 235, 244

  Holland, Albert 143, 150

  Holland, Eliza Mary Jane 143

  Holland, Frederick 143, 147

  Hosking, Captain Wilfred 124

  Hourn, Walter 149

  Hughes, Prime Minister William Morris 12, 232, 237, 239, 243, 248

  I

  infantry weapons system 35–8, 39, 160–83 see also artillery

  15th Light Trench Mortar Battery 105

  light mortar 35

  Iron Cross 60

  Irwin, Private William 63

  J

  James, Frank 149

  James, Lieutenant Colonel William 203

  Jamieson, Murielle 78

  Jess, Lieutenant Colonel Carl 30, 142, 215

  Johnston, George

  My Brother Jack 159

  Johnston, John 158

  Joynt, Lieutenant William 8

  K

  Karoola 122

  Kastenholz, Major 47

  Kelly, Anthony Bowes 157

  Kelly, Monckton Bowes 157

  Kennedy, Lawrence 147

  Keogh, Esmond ‘Bill’ 157–8

  Kiellerup, Eric 154

  Kiellerup, Otto 154

  Kneale, Edward 154

  Kneale, William 154

  Knox, Lieutenant Colonel George 154

  Knox, Macgregor 154

  Knox, Robert 154

  Knox, William 152, 154

  Koros Alley 118, 120

  Kurilo Alley 120

  L

  Lambert, Major General Thomas 25, 128, 129

  Lamire Farm 187, 191

  Larkhill artillery base 164

  Larsson, Marina XIV Law, Charlie 150–1

  Lawrence, General Herbert 235

  Lawson, Frank 121, 122

  Lawson, Second Lieutenant Oscar 120, 121, 122, 120–3

  Le Mesnil 106, 125, 129

  Lee, Roger 27

  Lewis gun 37, 37, 160

  Light Horse

  1st Light Horse Regiment 143

  3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance 157

  13th Light Horse Regiment 126, 195

  Lloyd George, David XVII

  Lowerson, Sergeant Albert 89

  Lowndes, Private Mark 59–60, 69, 78

  Ludendorff, General Erich 2, 4, 5, 9, 15, 43, 45, 232, 236

  M

  McCarthy, Lieutenant Lawrence 8

  Macdonald, Lyn 2

  McDonald, Major John ‘Bluey Mac’ IX–XI, XII, XIII, 71, 75, 77, 133, 166, 205

  McGill, Roy 148

  Machine Gun Companies

  6th 75, 78, 153

  7th 91

  9th 158

  10th 154

  25th 111

  structure 36

  McIntyre, Stanley 156

  McKenzie, Joan 150

  McNicoll, Brigadier General Walter 31, 214–15

  Mactier, Private Robert 84

  Magick, Clarence 149

  Malvern 151–9

  Manefield, Captain Ernest 68

  Marrieres Wood 64

  Marshall, Lieutenant Colonel Norman 195, 211, 212

  Marshall, Private James 95, 95–6, 99, 102, 182, 219

  sketches 138, 139

  Martin, Brigadier General Edward 31, 56, 72, 73, 194, 205, 209, 220, 223, 225

  Maudsley, Major Arthur 65

  Maxim heavy machine-gun 36, 47

  Maxse, Ivor 216

  Maxwell, Lieutenant Joe 41, 42–3, 49, 92, 136–7

  From the Hindenburg Line to the Bread Line 137

  Hell’s Bells and Mademoiselles 137

  Mereaucourt Wood 60, 200

  Méricourt Château 56, 181, 204, 216

  Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) 154

  Messines 240

  Midelton, Lieutenant Tom 104, 186–7

  Miers, Margaret Amelia 123

  Military Cross (MC) 27, 33, 34, 43, 68, 77, 82, 92, 110, 120, 124, 137, 154, 157, 168, 185, 187, 194

  Military Medal (MM) 34, 70, 77, 80, 90, 115, 116, 155, 157, 158

  Mill, George 145, 149–50, 151

  Mill, Lloyd 149, 151

  Mill, William 148

  Miller, Private William 71

  Mills bombs 35, 37–8

  Moineville Alley 77

  Moislains 94

  Moislains-Aizecourt-Bussu sector 44

  Monash, Lieutenant General John XV, XVII, 2, 5, 7–8, 9, 15, 18, 24, 25–6, 26, 27, 30, 31, 39, 40, 58, 60, 64, 77, 95, 111, 128, 129, 130, 141, 160, 161–2, 171, 180, 185, 188, 192, 195, 196, 204, 206–7, 209, 214, 215–16, 217–18, 230, 232, 235, 239, 243, 244, 247

  Australian Victories in France in 1918 XVI, 236

  plan 52, 53, 54
–5, 198–9

  Mont St Quentin IX–XIII, XVI, 9, 10, 18–21, 76

  battlefield 20

  capture 94, 117

  2nd Division memorial 248–9, 250, 252

  view of 18, 19

  Mont St Quentin Wood 90

  Montbrehain 130, 148, 149, 157

  Montgomery, Major General Archibald 56, 164

  The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days XVI

  Montgomery, William 153

  Morris, Private Percy ‘Doc’ 60, 62, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76–7

  Morshead, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie 64, 66, 167–8, 196, 224

  Mott, Lieutenant John 185

  Mouquet Farm 157

  Munro-Ferguson, Lady Helen 241

  N

  Nancarrow, Second Lieutenant William 112, 142, 182

  Napper, Second Lieutenant Albert 74, 135

  headstone 74

  New Zealand Division 2, 7, 190, 199, 233

  Newington College 1st XV 133

  Nicolson, Captain Norman 106, 129, 139–40, 161, 177, 199, 200, 213

  Noedl, Captain Louis 189–90

  Noyon 7

  Nurlu 128, 129

  Nurlu-Tincourt Line 128

  O

  O’Connor, Sergeant Alexander 113–14, 116

  Oder Trench 76, 77

  Ommiécourt 24, 55, 56, 58, 59, 81, 188, 190, 191, 194, 204, 206–7

  Operation Georgette 4

  Operation Michael 2, 4, 8

  Osterley 155

  Owens, Ernest 149

  P

  Paris Peace Conference 248

  Park Wood 70, 201, 202

  Passchendaele Offensive XV, 137, 147, 148, 149, 154, 155, 156, 158

  Pedersen, Peter 7, 25, 39

  Péronne IX, XII, XIII, XVI, XVIII, 8, 9, 10–17, 182, 187, 249

  capture 111

  Citadel 11, 12, 13

  defence by German Army 44–5

  Porte de Bretagne 15, 16, 17

  post-war 249, 251

  school fete 14

  siege 11

  Péronne-Bouchavesnes road 86

  Péronne Communal Cemetery Extension 102, 134, 150, 156

  Péronne Military Cemetery 155

  Péronne-Feuillaucourt road 76

  Petersen, Private Daniel 39, 171

  Philipson, James 158

  Phillips, Brigadier General Owen 163

  Pickles, Joseph 149, 150

  ‘pineapple’ bombs 42, 47, 74

  Pitt, Barrie 232

  Polygon Wood 115

  Potter, Private Reynold Cleve 8, 81, 87, 90, 91, 245

  Power, Alfred 149

  Pozières XV, 120, 155, 157

  Prior, Robin XVI, 39, 160, 234

  Proyart 181

  Pugsley, Christopher 239

  R

  Rancourt 94

  Rawlinson, Sir Henry XVI, 7, 9, 18, 28, 52, 56, 128, 129, 132, 165, 192, 200, 215, 234–6, 239, 243

  Reece, Harold 135

  Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) 248

  Reveille 49

  Richardson, Eric 154

  Richardson, Frank 154

  Ridley, Lieutenant Jack 155

  rifle grenades 35, 160