Blair Wark
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Blair Anderson Wark, was an Australian soldier, quantity surveyor, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members
Blair Wark c. 1919
Captain Blair Wark c. 1916
One of the 77 mm guns captured by Wark on display at the Australian War Memorial in 2012
Blair Wark's medals while on temporary display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra in 2017
5th Division (Australia)
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The 5th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army which served during the First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the Australia
Blair Wark
…the month and into early September. From 29 September to 1 October 1918, Wark assumed temporary command of the 32nd Battalion, leading the unit in the 5th Division's attack against the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt (part of the Battle of St Quentin Canal), and the subsequent advance through Nauroy, Etricourt, Magny…
A machine gun position established by the 54th Battalion during its attack on German forces at Peronne, France, 1 September 1918.
Tel el Kebir camp, where the 5th Division was formed in 1916
Members of the 53rd Battalion, shortly before the Battle of Fromelles, July 1916
Members of the 5th Division, on "smoko" by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, on the Somme, December 1916.