Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian Corps and brilliant architect of the Battle of Hamel victory. AWM A02697

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, controversial British commander-in-chief, who believed in General Monash and was banking on his Battle of Hamel plan delivering the Allies a much needed victory. AWM A03713

General Sir Henry Rawlinson, Monash’s British direct superior, who would take credit for putting the Americans and Australians together. AWM E03898

Company Sergeant-Major Ned Searle, 15th Battalion AIF, who set out to win a Victoria Cross in the Battle of Hamel. Courtesy of Craig Searle

Corporal Thomas Pope, the Chicago boy who won the US Army’s first Medal of Honor of World War One in the Battle of Hamel. Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Jack Axford, 16th Battalion AIF, one of the Australian heroes at Hamel. AWM P02939.030

Henry Dalziel, 15th Battalion AIF, who became better known as ‘Two-Gun Harry’ as a result of the Battle of Hamel. AWM H15992A

General John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief, American Expeditionary Forces, who forbade his men from going into battle with the Australians, and was furious when they did. US Library of Congress

General George Bell Jr, commander, US 33rd Division, who was determined that his American troops go into battle to learn from the Australians. Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Here being decorated in the field, Joseph Sanborn, commander, US 131st Infantry, the diminutive colonel who led his men when they fought alongside the Australians. Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Australian PM Billy Hughes, with war correspondent Keith Murdoch, on his disruptive visit to Australian Corps troops, 3 July 1918, the day before the Battle of Hamel. AWM E02650

As the battle continues to rage, Australian stretcher-bearers carry a wounded man past the wreck of one of the British RE8 fighter aircraft brought down outside Hamel, 4 July 1918. AWM E04888

Australians of the 43rd Battalion and Americans of Company E, 131st Infantry, share a trench as they await the German counterattack during the Battle of Hamel, 4 July 1918. AWM E02690

On the outskirts of ruined Hamel, Australian troops with one of the British tanks knocked out in the battle. AWM E03843

The German machinegun detachment destroyed by Ned Searle at the Battle of Hamel. Ned took this photograph from one of the Germans in the picture. Courtesy of Craig Searle

Just hours after the Hamel battle, German prisoners are escorted to the ‘bird cage’ by Australian pioneer battalion troops. AWM E02634

On his visit to Australian Corps, 7 July 1918, to congratulate the Australians on their Hamel victory, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau with 4th Division commander General Ewen Sinclair-Maclagan and corps commander General Monash. AWM E02527

Australian and American troops photographed with German heavy weapons captured during the Battle of Hamel. AWM E03393

Just weeks after the Hamel battle, the band of the US 132nd Infantry with Australian troops at the 4th Brigade sports day held at Querrieu. AWM E02836

King George V knights General Monash on the steps of Chateau Bertangles, August 1918, with a borrowed sword. AWM E02964

General Monash presents medals to Australian troops for their Battle of Hamel exploits. AWM E02758