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Thiepval under snow... ❄️
The snow has hit the Somme Battlefields this week ! 🌨️
©Centre d'accueil de Thiepval
#WW1 #LestWeForget – at Thiepval, France
A sunny week on the Somme Battlefields ☀️
Here at the Thiepval Memorial ⬇️
#LestWeForget #Thiepval
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Have you visited us yet?
Open almost all year round, the Sir John Monash Centre tells Australia’s story of the Western Front during the #FirstWorldWar in the words of those who served.
Book now to secure a spot: sjmc.gov.au/book-your-visit/
Entrance to the Gueudecourt Newfoundland Memorial 🇨🇦 In October 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment played a decisive role in the capture of a German trench 🍁
#WW1 #LestWeForget #Sommebattlefields
🔦 Discovering the Underground City of Naours and the WW1 graffiti.
➡️ Great War guided tours include : classic guided tour + access to specially protected areas (with particularly large concentrations of graffiti)
citesouterrainedenaours.fr/ – at Naours, France
Victoria School in the village of Villers-Bretonneux this morning ! ❄️
Do not forget Australia 🇦🇺
📸 Franco-Australian Museum
#WW1 #LestWeForget #snowday2019
Snowy days on the Somme Battlefields ! ❄️
📸Cathy Carnel
#WW1 #LestWeForget #Battlefields – at Villers-Bretonneux, France
The village of Pozieres was attacked on 23 July 1916 by the 1st Australian and 48th Divisions, and was taken on the following day.
Here is the Pozières British Cemetery 🙏🍃
#WW1 #LestWeForget #Sommebattlefields – at Pozières, France
Entrance to the Lochnagar Crater on a very cloudy day ☁️🌬️
#WW1 #Sommebattlefields #LestWeForget – at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
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Happy New Year!
The Sir John Monash Centre reopens today following the annual holiday closure. Normal winter opening hours will resume. The Centre is open 9.30am - 5.00pm, seven days per week (including public holidays).
To book your visit, go to: sjmc.gov.au/book-your-visit/
Cloudy morning at the Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese cemetery in the Somme ☁️🙏
#WW1 #Sommebattlefields
💫 Wishing you all the best for this New Year 💫 To a joyful future and well remembered past !
Greetings from the Somme 🙏
#Sommebattlefields #WW1
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It is time to post the flower of remembrance, the poppy, as the centenary of the First World War ends... 🙏🍃
#WW1 #Remembrance #ww1centenary – at Thiepval, France
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Planning to visit before Christmas or in the new year?
From 17/12/18 - 13/1/19 we have our annual closure.
During our closure the Australian National Memorial and cemetery can still be visited, with the exception of the tower.
We wish you all a safe and happy festive season.
Autumn on the Somme battlefields be like 🍂🌲🌤️
#thiepval #ww1centenary #autumnleaves – at Thiepval, France
🧐 Take a look at the new 'garden of peace' near the Historial of Péronne 🌳
➡️ bit.ly/GardensofPeaceSomme
#ww1centenary #gardensofpeace #WW1
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I’ve been lucky to be able to take thousands of battlefield photos during the #WW1Centenary, here some of my favourites. Dawn in the trenches at Beaumont-Hamel on the #Somme, June 2016.
