Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux

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World War I memorial military cemetery war memorial

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is a major First World War memorial and cemetery in France commemorating Australian soldiers who fought and died on the Western Front, particularly in the battles of the Somme.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I memorial ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTown	Villers-Bretonneux NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	Australian Imperial Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian soldiers ⓘ
commemoratesBattle	Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratesConflict	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratesTheatre	Western Front in World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
designedBy	Sir Edwin Lutyens NERFINISHED ⓘ
eraOfConstruction	interwar period ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	classical revival ⓘ
hasCategory	Australian military memorial ⓘ Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I memorial in France ⓘ
hasFeature	Cross of Sacrifice NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone of Remembrance NERFINISHED ⓘ cemetery ⓘ central tower ⓘ memorial wall ⓘ
hasLanguageOnInscriptions	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasViewOver	former Somme battlefields ⓘ
inscribedWith	names of missing Australian soldiers ⓘ
locatedIn	Hauts-de-France ⓘ Somme department NERFINISHED ⓘ Villers-Bretonneux NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
near	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodCommemorated	1914–1918 ⓘ
significance	principal Australian memorial on the Western Front ⓘ
unveiledBy	King George VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
unveiledOn	1938-07-22 ⓘ
usedFor	Anzac Day ceremonies NERFINISHED ⓘ commemorative services ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somme (department) → containsMemorial → Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ

Somme battlefields memorials → hasPart → Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ

Cross of Sacrifice at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery → isFocalPointOf → Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ

Sir John Monash Centre, Villers-Bretonneux, France → locatedNear → Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir John Monash Centre

this entity surface form: Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial

Cross of Sacrifice at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery → partOf → Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux ⓘ