Investigating the Australians at Pozieres
The victorious capture of the village of Pozieres on 23 July 1916 won the 1st Anzac Corps a reputation as a competent and polished formation, but a closer examination of ongoing activity along the Pozieres Ridge indicates that this is anything but the case. The lessons learned were deeply flawed, and indicative of the desperate nature of fighting on the Somme.
In this presentation, Meleah Hampton (who was until recently a historian in the Military History Section, Australian War Memorial) details the battles in 1916 at Pozières and Mouquet Farm.
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