Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War I. It is located on the Route Villiers-Bretonneux (D 23), between the towns of Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département, France. The memorial lists 10,773 names of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force with no known grave who were killed between 1916, when Australian forces arrived in France and Belgium, and the end of the war. The location was chosen to commemorate the role played by Australian soldiers in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (24–27 April 1918).
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Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War I. It is located on the Route Villiers-Bretonneux (D 23), between the towns of Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département, France. The memorial lists 10,773 names of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force with no known grave who were killed between 1916, when Australian forces arrived in France and Belgium, and the end of the war. The location was chosen to commemorate the role played by Australian soldiers in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (24–27 April 1918).
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Lieu de mémoire majeur de la G ...... illers-Bretonneux et Fouilloy.
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The Australian National Memori ...... nwealth War Graves Commission.
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Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, o ...... f uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog .
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View of the memorial tower and Cross of Sacrifice
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France
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
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To the Glory of God and in mem ...... France and have no known grave
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Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux
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1938-07-22
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Lieu de mémoire majeur de la G ...... illers-Bretonneux et Fouilloy.
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The Australian National Memori ...... Bretonneux (24–27 April 1918).
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Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, o ...... f uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog .
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Mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux
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Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial
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