Villers-Bretonneux, Le Hamel & Bullecourt
in Picardy, September 2005
From Gallipoli, April-December 1915, the
Australian 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Divisions went to France. Of the
313,814 Australians who fought in the War, 53,000 died in France &
Germany. Some 18,000 have no known grave. 152,171 Australians were
wounded. Australians will be remembered at Villers-Bretonneux and Le
Hamel for their victories against the German army.
By contrast, the total number of Australian casualties on Gallipoli the
previous year was 28,150, a figure which included 8,709 dead.
Of the Australian graves, many who are buried were 18
years old, some were 16, and some as old as 50. All the Australians were
volunteers.
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