2131 Commonwealth soldiers are buried in the military cemetery here
In April 1918, the brigade was committed to battle in the path of the advancing German Army at Dernancourt.
By December 1917, Lavarack was a Lieutenant Colonel and General Staff Officer, 1st grade in the Australian 4th Division, and took part in battles at Dernancourt, Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel and Amiens, with Lavarack's hand in planning for the Battle of Hamel setting the stage for several subsequent Australian victories.