AS FIELD Marshal Sir Douglas Haig’s big Somme offensive entered its dying days in November, 1916, it took with it the lives of hundreds of Australian soldiers, including a number of young Wagga men.

"See that little stream? We could walk to it in two minutes. It took the British a month to walk to it -- a whole empire walking very slowly, dying in front and pushing forward behind." -- F. Scott ...

“See that little stream? We could walk to it in two minutes. It took the British a month to walk to it – a whole empire walking very slowly, dying in front and pushing forward behind.” – F. Scott ...

See that little stream? We could walk to it in two minutes. It took the British a month to walk to it — a whole empire walking very slowly, dying in front and pushing forward behind. — F. Scott ...

“See that little stream? We could walk to it in two minutes. It took the British a month to walk to it — a whole empire walking very slowly, dying in front and pushing forward behind.” — F. Scott ...