WAR MEMORIAL
AUSTRALIAN IN FRANCE IMPOSING CHARACTER LONDON, May 18. Officials at Australia House, who have returned from an inspection of the Villers Bretonneux memorial, report that it is almost finished. They brought back photographs illustrating the beauty of the memorial.
The entrance comprises two pavilions. Three flights of stairs lead up to the great war stone, after which there is a turfed avenue, 380 yards long, flanked by 2000 graves, including those of 770 Australians. A graceful tower rises at the end of the avenue, and a Cross of Sacrifice, 40ft high, stands in the centre. The general effect is imposing.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23505, 20 May 1938, Page 10
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102WAR MEMORIAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 23505, 20 May 1938, Page 10
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