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Members of the 27th Battalion en route to Dernancourt, 5 April 1918. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.

  • Orange labourer, Arthur Bergin, dies of wounds in France
  • George Edward John Seers is killed in action at Dernancourt in France
  • The 4th Australian Division suffers 1,230 casualties when four German divisions launch a second attack at Dernancourt. The Division manages to hold its line; General Erich Ludendorff calls off the German attack.