Itinerary
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Stop At: Musee de la Bataille de Fromelles, Rue de la Basse Ville 10 rue d'Eglise, 59249 Fromelles France
Hear about the battle and the story of the mass graves at Pheasant Wood in this excellent museum and visitors centre
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Rue de la Basse Ville, Fromelles France
We will pay our respects to the soldiers recovered from the mass graves at Pheasant Wood and re buried in this new cemetery
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Australian Memorial Park, Rue delval, Fromelles France
See the famous Cobbers Memorial on the German front line
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery, 91 rue Delval Next to the Australian Memorial Park, 59249 Fromelles France
Visit the only all Australian Cemetery in France
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Ploegsteert Memorial, Rue de Messines Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton 7782 Belgium
See where the 3rd Division will prepare for the Battle of Messines and hear about the 1st Australian Tunneling company who dug the Catacombs here.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Christmas Truce Memorial, Chemin du Mont de la Hutte, Comines-Warneton Belgium
Learn about the Christmas Truce of 1914.
Pass By: Messines Ridge, N314, Mesen 8957 Belgium
Learn of the successes of this offensive as we drive along the ridge
Stop At: Hill 60, Zwarteleenstraat 36-40, Ieper (Ypres) 8902 Belgium
See the preserved battlefield, the Bunkers and the two mine craters that the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company blew on the 7th June 1917
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Battle of Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke Belgium
Visit the Wood captured by the 5th Division on the 26th September 1917
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: 5th Australian Division Memorial, Menin Road, N8 Meenseweg, Ieper (Ypres) 8980 Belgium
See the 5th Division Memorial in the New Buttes Cemetery
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium
Visit the largest Commonwealth Cemetery in the World and hear of the terrible Battle of Passchendaele, the final phase of the third battle of Ypres, here you will see the two Australian VC.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Menin Gate Memorial, Menenstraat Poort gebouw, Ieper (Ypres) 8900 Belgium
At 1800hrs we arrive in Ypres, time to eat before the Last Post Ceremony at 2000hrs. You may lay a wreath here if you wish- please let the guide know.
Duration: 2 hours
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