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Image: Australian War Memorial in France VILLERS BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY IMG 3020

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Description: A view from the top of the Australian National Memorial at the Villers-Bretonneux Commonwealth War Graves Cemeterey showing the graves of over 770 Australian soldiers, as well as those of other Commonwealth soldiers involved in the campaign.There are now (July 2012) 2,142 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 609 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to five casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to 15 buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery also contains the graves of two New Zealand airmen of the Second World War.
Title: Australian War Memorial in France VILLERS BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY IMG 3020
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