Western Front WW I
My 3 day tour of the Western Front Battlefields in 2017
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Memory cards
While in Copenhagen, we visited the
summer residence of the
Danish Royal Family.
Symmetry in Dubai
Wimmeera River at Horham Viictoria.
Wimmera River
at Horsham
Victoria.
The 100 year Commemoration of
Firing the First shot of World War I,
Point Nepean National Park,
Portsea
5th August 2014
Wartime Ammuntion
Somme Battlefields
France
The Australian National Memorial,
Villers Bretonneux
Somme Battlefields
France
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Cee’s
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Okavango Delta Bridge
Botswana
Under bridge walkway
Fremantle
Western Australia
Australian War Memorial
Villers Brettoneux
France
Saint Kilda Pier
Melbourne
Crop
A Country Road leading to the Southern end
of The Great Dividing Range,
also known as
The Grampians.
Stepless staircase
Vatican City
Rome
Italy
Escalator
Burj Al Arab
Dubai
Railway line
Old Railway Bridge near
Skagway,
Alaska
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poignant
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
In 2017 I visited the Western Front Battlefields
in France and Belgium
where my grandfather served during
World War 1.
Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.
Merricourt Cemetery.
Nowhere was it as poignant as at…
…Menin Gate,
Ypres,
Belgium…
…during the Last Post Ceremony
held each evening at 8 PM.
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Fishbait on Point Lonsdale Pier
French farmers are still finding unexploded
ammunition in their paddocks.
These munitions are taken to a depot
outside their town, which is cleared
every two or three weeks.
Shrapnel is also in plentiful supply
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On
ANZAC DAY
It is appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle, red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
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In 2017 I visited the World War I…
…Western Front Battlefields in
France and Belgium.
My Paternal Grandfather served on
the Western Front during that conflict.
Lochnagar is a privately owned ‘attraction’
created after allied forces tunnelled
under Germany’s Army and detonated
25 tonnes of explosives.
The crater is approximately 300 feet
in diameter by 90 feet deep
and is the only surviving crater
of many other such craters,
which are now filled in.
Along the boardwalk around the crater
are these small plaques commemorating
a family member who had served on
the Western Front during
The Great War.
In 2017 each plaque cost
GBP25 or approximately $AUD45.
After several emails, the transfer of funds
and a few months waiting for
the ‘next batch‘ to be placed,
I now have a small memorial
to my Grandfather on the battlefields
upon which he served.
Lest We Forget.
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On
ANZAC DAY
It is appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle, red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
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At 11 AM, on November 11th, 1918
War ceased in Europe.
The guns of the Western Front fell silent
after more than four years
of continuous warfare.
Since then November 11 has always
been remembered as
Red Poppy, Armistice or Remembrance Day.
When we started daylight saving time
a few decades ago, there was some discussion
about remembering ‘an hour earlier’.
On the other side was a discussion that
either Australia had daylight savings time
during World War I, or it was
daylight saving in Europe.
I’m not sure if answer was found to that debate.
Now its a case of
Lest We Forget
at the eleventh hour,
of the eleventh day,
of the eleventh month.
Today is remembered with a
Poppy from the Somme Battlefields,
a scene displayed on a water tower
at Pozières.
And the Last Post at Menin Gate, Ypres.
Recently I discovered that the
Menin Gate Lions
actually belong to Australia….a 1936 gift,
to the Australian War Memorial
from the Mayor of Ypres.
This year the Australian War Memorial has
loaned them back to Ypres.
Lest We Forget
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Some French views.
Beginning with a German Military Cemetery
at Rancourt.
There is 11,442 soldiers lying at rest here.
This cemetery appears to have far fewer graves
here than other similar sized cemeteries,
because each headstone
represents three soldiers.
A beautiful drive in the French countryside.
Approaching Quennemont Farm Military Cemetery
for American soldiers of The Great War.
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