Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1918, zvichitevera kuparara kweRussia uye kuguma kwekurwa paEastern Front, maGerman akaunganidza mauto avo kumadokero ndokutanga kurwisa kukuru, uko kwakazozivikanwa seSpring Offensive. Sezvo maAllies akadzoserwa shure nechiito chokurwisa, mapoka eAustralia akaendeswa kumaodzanyemba kuSomme kuti abatsire kudzikisira kufambira mberi kweGermany. Mukati meizvi, 53rd Battalion yakachengetedza nzvimbo dzekudzivirira kuchamhembe kweVillers-Bretonneux, ichichengetedza nzvimbo dzayo kunyangwe guta rakawira mumaoko echiGerman panguva yechipiri Hondo yeVillers-Bretonneux
. Apo Allied Mazuva zana Kurwisa kwakatanga muna Nyamavhuvhu, 53rd Battalion yakanga isingabatanidzwe pakutanga kunyange pedyo nekupera kwemwedzi, pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve14th Brigade vaive vakazvipira kurwisana nePéronne, ne 53rd Battalion ichirwisa Anvil Wood panguva yehondo yeMont Saint-Quentin. Nokuda kwezviito zvake mukati mokurwa, mumwe mutezo webato racho, William Currey, gare gare akapiwa Victoria Cross.