A striking -aerial view of the magnificent Australian War Memorial which is now nearing completion at the war cemetery at - VilUrs-Bretonneux, near Amiens, France. Designed by Sir Edwin butfens, the famous English architect and: artist, it takes the shape bfagreatlvall surmounted by a watch-tower 100 ft high'. The wall, forming three sides of a quadrangle, the central tower, and the four pavilions at the ends of the wall are of dressed ashlar stone.'The names of 10,860 Australians who have no known graves iri France are ta be carved on the wall, as the names of 6141 Australians who fell in Belgium are. already carved on, the.Menin Gate! Originally the memorial was planned for 1928', but the-financial depression of' 193C{interrupted the work, but it is now nearly completed, and the memorial will be unveiled by King George VI on K •.. :,rr.-y:.: : '■::■■..;■■ ■ July 22. : ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 17
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142A striking -aerial view of the magnificent Australian War Memorial which is now nearing completion at the war cemetery at – VilUrs-Bretonneux, near Amiens, France. Designed by Sir Edwin butfens, the famous English architect and: artist, it takes the shape bfagreatlvall surmounted by a watch-tower 100 ft high'. The wall, forming three sides of a quadrangle, the central tower, and the four pavilions at the ends of the wall are of dressed ashlar stone.'The names of 10,860 Australians who have no known graves iri France are ta be carved on the wall, as the names of 6141 Australians who fell in Belgium are. already carved on, the.Menin Gate! Originally the memorial was planned for 1928', but the-financial depression of' 193C{interrupted the work, but it is now nearly completed, and the memorial will be unveiled by King George VI on K •.. :,rr.-y:.:: '■::■■..;■■ ■ July 22. : ■ Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 17
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