Cpl Ralph Goode (Lilydale), 2nd Field Ambulance: In the field in France. In his diary – ‘On again, moved to Lebucquiere. All these villages, Fritz has just vacated and every village is razed to the ground, all trees are cut down, the destruction is awful. Chasing Fritz up is a bit different to trench warfare’.
Pte William Clarke (Lilydale), 5th Battalion: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karoola to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of a collapsed lung. He would later re-enlist for home service.
Spr Robert Smith (Mt Evelyn), 8th Field Company Engineers: Arrives back in Australia from Europe on the HT Karoola to be discharged as medically unfit as a result of suffering myalgia and shell shock.
THE ATTACK ON BULLECOURT, FRANCE
In March 1917 the AIF went on the attack as the German forces began withdrawing towards the Hindenburg Line. The most heavily defended of these was the village of Bullecourt.