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conference with two other 58/Bn lieutenants. In the process of reorganising the remaining troops, Moon was hit again – his jaw was broken and twelve teeth were shattered. It was not until the new position was secure that Moon was assisted to the rear. After nightfall, the
Australians took control of the vital crossroads to complete the difficult assignment. Three hundred yards of the Hindenburg Line and its strongpoints had been taken: five machine-guns, three flame-throwers, two bomb-throwing machines, and 186 prisoners, mostly trapped by Moon and fifteen or so of his platoon, had been captured.
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