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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