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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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  • Mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux (fr)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (nl)
  • Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial (en)
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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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  • Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux (en)
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  • View of the memorial tower and Cross of Sacrifice (en)
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  • Sir Edwin Lutyens (en)
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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)
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