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... . At 05:00, Dawn service began. A procession of Australians spoke about the battle and the links with France. The Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux stated the same. A couple of stories came out, but one stood out in particular. The notorious Ned Kelly ...
... Farm, Pozierres, High Wood, Longeval, Delville Wood, crossed the Somme several times and stood on the top of the monument at Villers-Bretonneux where a sniper could see for miles and miles. There was an excellent museum at Villers run by the local school ...
... located has been given in perpetuity from the French to the 'fallen', as their mark of French respect and gratitude for keeping France free. It is not until you walk between the headstones that you begin to appreciate the magnitude of the 'war' and the ...
... was to go north of Paris into the French countryside to a city called Amiens, and a little village nearby called Villers-Bretonneux. Some may have heard about it. It was where the commonwealth troops held ground against the Germans. Australia lost ...
Villers-Bretonneux, Picardy, France
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