About: Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial

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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 Grande Guerre, le mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux est dédié à tous les morts australiens sur le front occidental lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il est situé sur le territoire de la commune de Villers-Bretonneux, dans le département de la Somme en France, à mi-chemin entre Villers-Bretonneux et Fouilloy. (fr)
  • 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). Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial consists of a tower within the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, which also includes a Cross of Sacrifice. The tower is surrounded by walls and panels on which the names of the missing dead are listed. The main inscription is in both French and English, on either side of the entrance to the tower. The memorial and cemetery are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (en)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, ook wel Australian National War Memorial genoemd, is een oorlogsmonument gelegen in de Franse plaats Villers-Bretonneux (Somme). Het maakt deel uit van het Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. Het monument werd ingehuldigd op 22 juli 1938 door George VI van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Het monument herdenkt 10.765 Australische slachtoffers zonder graf uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog . (nl)
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  • View of the memorial tower and Cross of Sacrifice (en)
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  • France (en)
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  • Sir Edwin Lutyens (en)
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  • To the Glory of God and in memory of the Australian Imperial Force in France and Flanders 1916–1918 and of eleven thousand who fell in France and have no known grave (en)
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  • Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux (en)
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  • 1938-07-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Lieu de mémoire majeur de la Grande Guerre, le mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux est dédié à tous les morts australiens sur le front occidental lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il est situé sur le territoire de la commune de Villers-Bretonneux, dans le département de la Somme en France, à mi-chemin entre Villers-Bretonneux et Fouilloy. (fr)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, ook wel Australian National War Memorial genoemd, is een oorlogsmonument gelegen in de Franse plaats Villers-Bretonneux (Somme). Het maakt deel uit van het Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. Het monument werd ingehuldigd op 22 juli 1938 door George VI van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Het monument herdenkt 10.765 Australische slachtoffers zonder graf uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog . (nl)
  • 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). (en)
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  • Mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux (fr)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (nl)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial (en)
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