Our final digger, Edward James Alfred Gray, is in a little cemetery just the other side of Peronne, so not far from the Moulin. Today we are heading for our final French accommodation, a chateau in Sailly-Flibeaucourt, and our first stop was the Herbecourt British Cemetery.
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| It's not on the road |
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| It's in the middle of a wheat crop |
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| Signpost...... |
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| ......and a narrow, grassy path |
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| British Cemetery. It contains 51 Aussies and 8 Brits. |
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| The old poppy indicates that someone has previously been here to visit him. Unfortunately, this cemetery does not have a guestbook, so we have no way of finding out who it was |
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| We picked some real poppies that were growing in the wheat |
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| You can see the path back to the road |
Our second stop was the Victoria School at Villers-Bretonneux. Caelli has been here before but I haven't. Unfortunately, the building housing the museum is undergoing reconstruction and the museum is temporarily in a much smaller building, so some of the artefacts are not currently on display. However, one can still see the sign in the school courtyard.
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| Currently unattractive front view of the school and museum |
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| Temporary museum |
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| Large photos from Victoria and all the state flags |
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| "Let us never forget Australia" |
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| One of a dozen carved wood panels (made by Daylesford Technical College) |
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| The sign |
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| And the Aboriginal art in the shelter |
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