

A cemetery containing the remains of more than 30,000 German soldiers who fought and died on the Somme between 1915-1918.


In the village of Veillers-Bretonneux, France.

The names of more than 70,000 men who have no known graves are listed on its walls.



An original soldier of the 1914 BEF rests in the same cemetery as Anzacs at Codford village in Wiltshire, UK.

This memorial commemorates remembers the Australian and New Zealand troops who after the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 returned to hospitals and training camps in Dorset. Behind the monument is the Prince Regent hotel, in the war a major hospital.












After a century of being separated from their mates, the remains of three Australian soldiers killed at Pozieres were interned with full military honours in the military cemetery on the outskirts of the town in July, 2016.

The Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneaux on the Somme, France. 2015

Australian Imperial Forces Third Division Memorial at Sailly-le-Sec, France.


Entrance to the largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in the world, Tyne Cot in Belgium, near Ypres.

Entrance to the largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in the world, Tyne Cot in Belgium, near Ypres

The largest Commonwealth war graves cemetery in the world Tyne Cot near Ypres, Belgium.

The largest Commonwealth war graves cemetery in the world Tyne Cot near Ypres, Belgium.

The largest Commonwealth war graves cemetery in the world Tyne Cot near Ypres, Belgium.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

Just outside Bullecourt, along the Rue des Australiens and along the side road to Reincourt-les-Cagnicourt, is the Australian Memorial Park with its statue of the bronze 'Bullecourt Digger'. He gazes out over the fields of Bullecourt where in April and May 1917 the AIF lost 10 000 soldiers, killed or wounded, in their efforts to break into and hold part of the Hindenburg Line.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

One of three memorials for Australians at Bullecourt, France.

The roadside Australian Memorial Cross outside the village of Bullecourt.

Anzac Cemetery was begun by Australian units in July 1916, immediately before the Attack at Fromelles, and it contains the graves of many Australian soldiers who died in that engagement.

VC Corner Cemetery in Fromelles, France.

The view from Mud Corner Cemetery.

Harry Adamson, not much younger than many who died at Pozieres, the young man from Geraldton, West Australia stands in front of a wall naming all those who died at Pozieres in 1916, the wall is in Le Tommy cafe, Pozieres.

Monument commemorating the use of the tank for the first time in battle at Pozieres, where in September 1916, the tank first appeared on the battlefield.

Anzac Cemetery was begun by Australian units in July 1916, immediately before the Attack at Fromelles, and it contains the graves of many Australian soldiers who died in that engagement. I

One of three memorials for Australians and British soldiers at Bullecourt, France.

One of three memorials for Australians and British soldiers at Bullecourt, France.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

In Fromelles.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border. Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916.

A street in the small village where the AIF and the British army held off a massive German attack in April 1918.

A school named after an Australian city, following an action involving the AIF.

A school named after an Australian city, following an action involving the AIF.








