Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 17

Australian 45th Battalion during the breaking of the Hindenburg Line, September 1918.

The Australian Corps was a First World War army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front. It was the largest corps fielded by the British army in France during the war. Formed on 1 November 1917, the corps was originally commanded by General William Birdwood and from May 1918 by Australian general John Monash who led the corps during the Battle of Hamel and the concluding Hundred Days Offensive. For the Battle of the Hindenburg Line in September 1918, the Australian Corps also contained two American divisions; the 27th and 30th.