Third Australian Division Memorial

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 monument, First World War 1914-1918
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On the high country above Sailly–le–Sec, at the intersection of the D1 and the road that climbs northwards out of the village, is the Third Australian Division Memorial. The leading battalions of the division came here on the 27 March 1918 marching up towards this spot from the village of Heilly.Their task was to occupy an old French defence line between the river Ancre in the north and the Somme in the south

www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/sailly-le-sec/index.html
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Coordinates:   49°56'10"N   2°34'47"E
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