WAR MEMORIAL
TRIBUTE TO THE AUSTRALIANS GENERAL EFFECT IMPOSING United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, May 18 Officials at Australia House, who have returned from an inspection of the Yillers 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, 40 feet high, stands in the centre. The general effect is imposing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 9
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110WAR MEMORIAL Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 9
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