{"id":2629,"date":"2018-07-23T11:31:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T03:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/?page_id=2629"},"modified":"2018-07-23T11:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T03:35:49","slug":"broome-boys-at-the-front-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/?page_id=2629","title":{"rendered":"Pozi\u00e8res : The Battle of the Somme"},"content":{"rendered":"

In July 1916 the 28th Battalion, as part of the 2nd Division were involved in a series of attacks aimed at the capture of key German positions and the wearing down of the enemy. By the 23rd July the 1st & 2nd Division had been successful in capturing the Pozi\u00e8res village despite almost continuous artillery fire and repeated German counter-attacks. A further push to take Pozi\u00e8res heights was planned for the 29th July but the Germans were ready and the attack failed at a cost of 3,500 Australian casualties.<\/p>\n

[su_quote] We made a charge on the night of Friday July 28th soon after midnight. The various companies went over in a wave. The Germans opened tremendous fire on us with artillery trench mortar, machine gun and every conceivable form of weapon. The men were falling in all directions. [\/su_quote]<\/em><\/p>\n

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The men who fell from Broome on the 29th July were<\/p>\n

Paddy Bell<\/a><\/p>\n

Arthur Davies<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Hardey<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Ferris<\/a><\/p>\n

Robin MacKellar<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornelius Townsend<\/a><\/p>\n

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