The 5th Australian Division memorial - Zonnebeke - Belgium
N 50° 51.360 E 002° 59.524
31U E 499441 N 5633811
Memorial in tribute of the 5th Australian division during the great war.
Waymark Code: WMY95G
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 05/13/2018
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Before 1914 the Ypres Military Riding School used this wood for its exercices. The old butte, a large mound on the north-east side of the wood, was used as rifle butte for musketry training by the Belgian Army before WW I. Inside the butte are tunnels. The Germans took the wood on May 3, 1915. On September 27, 1917 the Australians retook the wood and the memorial obelisk of the 5th Australian Division now crowns the old butte.
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Lange Dreve
Zonnebeke, Belgium
8980
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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