Le Hamel

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- Jul 6, 2022, 2:59 PM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 65 m
- France Hauts-de-France Le Hamel 49.899834, 2.58139349°53’59” N 2°34’53” E
Day 10
Le Hamel
July 6, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Crusufix corner and Le Hamel- An amazing walk through of the battle of Hamel and CPL Cocherans final movements by Tony and Andrew from the fallen diggers association. It's amazing to see the amount of work put into finding these once unidentified Australian soldiers. Even after 100+ years the search is still continuing for the 12000 Aussies who still remain unidentified.

Then we visited the Australian corps memorial Park which still has original trench lines from WW1. Followed by the place where the Red Barron was shot down by Australian artillery.Read more
Traveler Must be amazing to be there Taylah. Sadly so many lives lost but a turning point in WW1. Unbelievable to imagine what it must have been like at the time.
7/6/22Reply
Traveler yea, the historians have shared some amazing recounts of the events with us. standing on the same ground is pretty surreal.
7/7/22Reply
Traveler Btw, have you seen a bunch of men in lycra riding bikes near you on the Tour de France? They are very close to you at the moment.
7/6/22Reply
Traveler we did, a few stayed in our hotel. the tour took off from the town we are staying in, but we were out of there working by the time it started.
7/7/22Reply
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