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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 ...
The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux The Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial stands within Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. Villers-Bretonneux became famous in 1918, when the German advance on Amiens ended in the capture of the village by their tanks and infantry on 23 April.
American military cemetery and memorial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial; American military cemetery and memorial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; Australian national memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial and Commonwealth military cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery; Canadian national memorial: Vimy Memorial
The cemetery is located between Villers-Bretonneux and Fouilloy on the hill (belonging to the latter but overlooking the former) from which the famous night attack was launched. Some 10 miles (16 km) east of Amiens and north of the Roman road to St-Quentin, it rises gently to a plateau overlooking Amiens, the Somme valley and the town.
The centre, located near the village of Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) in northern France, is set behind the Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial and within the military cemetery. The centre opened in April 2018.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield [39] Villers-Bretonneux Monument aux morts The war memorial at Villers-Bretonneux: Villers-Bretonneux Somme: The area around this village saw much fighting between April and August 1918, being strategically placed in relation to the German Army's access to Amiens.
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. CWGC. France: Villers-Bretonneux: 10,773: Australia: entire war, especially April 1918: several battles, especially the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux: 22 July 1938: Edwin Lutyens: King George VI [17]
Villers-Bretonneux view from the Australian memorial park. Villers-Bretonneux is situated some 19 km due east of Amiens, on the D1029 road and the A29 motorway.. Villers-Bretonneux borders a particularly flat landscape towards the east, which can be considered as the western boundary of the Santerre plateau and the eastern boundary of the Amiénois.