Stay: Bullecourt - car park free, no services N50°11.6880' E2°56.2872' / 50.19485, 2.93811
Another busy day visiting Australian Monuments in the Somme Battlefields.
Began with the 3rd Australian Division Memorial. Even though their first battle was in Belgium, the memorial is built here where they fought in March 1918.
We then proceeded to Albert, which we had visited 10 years before. We had a look at the Basilica which had been severely damaged by 2000 shells in WW1 but now beautifully restored.
Our next stop was at the 1st Australian Division Memorial at the 'Gibraltar Site'in Pozières where they had captured the town on 23 July 1916.
On the way to Thiepval we then found the memorial for the battle at Mouquet Farm starting on the 5 August 1916.
We spent some time reading and looking at the British Memorial in Thiepval before we had a stop in Bapaume.
Having decided to continue on, we stopped at the Australian memorial at the Windmill Site just out of Pozières where there were extensive Australian losses.
Our final stop for the day was just outside the town of Bullecourt to see the the statue of the 'Bullecourt Digger' . In the surrounding fields 10,000 Australian soldiers lost their lives. So so sad. The surrounding fields are scattered with poppies and you can understand why it is the symbol of remembrance.
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