Australian and New Zealand Battlefield Day Tour in the Somme from Lille or Arras

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Le Hamel where Sir John Monash used for the 1st time tanks and infantry on a modern way, Albert and Thiepval Memorial and Pozières, the Windmill  are the other places you will also visit that day.

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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Lille, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours



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Le Hamel where Sir John Monash used for the 1st time tanks and infantry on a modern way, Albert and Thiepval Memorial and Pozières, the Windmill  are the other places you will also visit that day.

Itinerary
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Stop At: École Victoria, 9 Rue Victoria, 80800 Villers-Bretonneux, France

You will stand at the Victoria School rebiuld with the help of Australian school Children.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Australian National Memorial, route de Villers Bretonneux D23, 80800 Fouilloy France

You will stand at the memorial bearing 11 000 names of Australians that died in France during WW1 and have no known grave. You can go up in the tower to have a view on the battlefields.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Australian Corps Memorial, 80800 Le Hamel France

You will stand on the German lines and see from where Sir John Monash launched the assault on 4 July 1918.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France

You will stand near the Crater.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pozieres Memorial, 80300 Pozieres France

For Australian visitors spending time in Pozières to see the 1st Australian Division Memomrial, Moo Cow, and the Windmill Memorials.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Caterpillar Valley Memorial, D20, 80360 Longueval France

For New Zealand visitors focus on the Caterpillar Cemetery and the Memorial. Going to…

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: New Zealand Battlefield Memorial, 80360 Longueval, France

Seeing the Memorial and the Caterpillar valley.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Historial de la Grande Guerre – Musee de Thiepval, 8 rue de l Ancre, 80300 Thiepval France

Visit of the Thiepval Memorial and the museum

Duration: 2 hours



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