Australians on the Western Front: Patients and duty above all else

Updated June 5 2018 - 7:31am, first published June 2 2018 - 12:00pm
LEADER: Second Lieutenant Ruthven VC. Picture AWM D00019
LEADER: Second Lieutenant Ruthven VC. Picture AWM D00019

Collingwood-born Bill ‘Rusty’ Ruthven was at the forefront when Australian 2nd Division troops successfully attacked German strongpoints near the Somme village of Ville-sur-Ancre on 19 May 1918.

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