Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Fromelles, 57th ya shafe shekaru biyu da rabi masu zuwa a cikin rami a Faransa da Belgium, yana ganin aiki a yawancin manyan yaƙe-yaƙe da 'yan Australia suka yi a wannan lokacin. A shekara ta 1917, rundunar ta shiga cikin gajeren ci gaba da Allies suka yi lokacin da Jamusawa suka janye zuwa Hindenburg Line. Daga nan sai ya dauki nauyin karewa a lokacin yakin Bullecourt na biyu, kafin ya kai babban hari a Polygon Wood a watan Satumba bayan da aka tura 5th Division zuwa Ypres a Belgium. A shekara mai zuwa, Jamusawa sun kaddamar da wani babban hari a Yammacin Yamma bayan rushewar Tsarist Rasha. Rundunar ta 57 ta dauki nauyin tsaro a kusa da Corbie, kafin ta shiga cikin hare-haren da aka yi a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1918 a Villers-Bretonneux.
Ka yi haƙuri. A watan Yuli, na 60 ya shiga cikin harin da aka yi a kusa da kogin Ancre, a lokacin yakin Hamel. A watan Agusta, 57th ya shiga cikin Allied offensive wanda ya kawo karshen yakin. Ya yi yaƙi na ƙarshe a kusa da St Quentin Canal a watan Satumba, kafin a janye shi daga layin a watan da ya biyo baya. Bayan yakin an rushe rundunar a watan Maris na shekarar 1919. A lokacin yakin, bataliya ta sha wahala 505 da aka kashe da kuma 1,253 da suka ji rauni. Don sa hannu a cikin yaƙin, an ba Battalion na 57 jimillar lambobin yabo 16 a cikin 1927.