MONUMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS
ERECTED ON FRENCH BATTLE- , ■' FIELDS. ' (Rcc. October 10, 5.5 p.m.). , London, October D. Four obelisks, .marking the battlefields, where the'"Australians were principallyengaged, have been completed at Polygon Wood, Belle-en-Lise, Mericourt,. andPozieres, and a fifth is being constructed at St. Quentin. The obelisks . . aro. constructed of grey basalt, are 45 fy>et high,, and. .bear. inscriptions to the officers and men of the division operating in ■ the particular field on whicli this monument stands. The date of tho un< veilings lias not yet been fixed. Canada selected eight sites for similar memoCable Assn. ■
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 7
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95MONUMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 7
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