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Notes about the Sugar Loaf salient at Fromelles, 1916

 Item — box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/3

Scope and contents

Refers briefly to machine gun fire from Sugar Loaf, the failure of the British 61st Division and the activities of the Australian 59th, 60th, 53rd, 54th, 31st and 32nd Battalions.

Dates

  • 1916

Additional description

General note

Originally housed with a speech written for the unveiling of an Honour Roll in a rural district.

Physical storage information

  • box-folder: YMS MS 15488 BOX 5/3 (Text)

Repository details

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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