Obelisk of the 5th Australian division - Zonnebeek - Belgium
N 50° 51.368 E 002° 59.534
31U E 499453 N 5633826
Obelisk in tribute of the 5th Australian division during the great war.
Waymark Code: WMY97C
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 05/14/2018
Views: 3
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.
Date Created/Placed: 10/05/1932
Address:
Lange Dreve (Buttes New British Cemetery)
Zonnebeke, Zonnebeke
Belgium
Height: 8 meters
Illuminated: no
Website: Not listed
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