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"What was the role of Australian mess orderlies during the Battle of Messines in Belgium?"
Australian mess orderlies played a significant role in providing hot soup to reserve troops near Hyde Park Corner in the Messines Sector, Belgium, in January 1918.
The Messines sector was the site of key battles in June 1917, where Australian forces, supported by heavy artillery fire, captured German positions.
The Battle of Messines was the first large-scale action involving the Australian Imperial Force in Belgium.
The Anzac Memorial in Sydney lists the Australian contribution to the victory at Messines in West Flanders, Belgium, as a significant event in Australian military history.
In January 1918, Australian mess orderlies were conveyed hot soup to troops near Hyde Park Corner in the Messines Sector, Belgium, on shell-pitted ground near Zillebeke Lake.
The mess orderlies' action was part of the preparations for the Battle of Messines, which began on 7 June 1917, with the objective of capturing the MessinesWytschaete ridge south of Ypres.
The Battle of Messines was the first large-scale action involving the AIF in Belgium and marked the entry of the 3rd Division into a major battle.
The battle was an important success for the British Army, leading up to the beginning of the Third Battle of Ypres several weeks later.
At 3:10 am on 7 June 1917, the Battle of Messines began with the detonation of 19 huge mines, obliterating thousands of frontline German soldiers.
The Battle of Messines was the first time ANZAC forces had engaged in battle together since the disastrous events 12 months before at the Gallipoli Peninsula.
At the Messines sector, the ns encountered for the first time the German innovation of concrete blockhouses, which they dubbed 'pillboxes.'
The Messines sector was the site of the first large-scale action involving the Australian Imperial Force in Belgium and marked the entry of the newly formed 3rd Division commanded by Major-General John Monash.
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