Bullecourt 1917

In Febuary 1917 the German Army pulled back from their postions on the Western Front to a newly created line of defence known as the Hindenburg Line. The Australians attacked this postion twice, April and May 1917; the 1st and 2nd Battles of Bullecourt were some of the bloodiest that the AIF was involved in during WW1. What the battles proved was that the Australians were a crack squad who were capable of fighting the German Army on equal terms. In 1918 this would prove to be a decisive factor.

In the village of Bullecourt there are two memorials including the Bronzed Slouch Hat and the Digger Statue that commemerate these famous battles.