Pozieres, France (1st Div, A.I.F., Windmill site)

 
 Australian tour group at the Windmill site
Plaque at the Windmill site reads "The ruin of Pozieres windmill which lies here was the centre of the struggle in this part of the Somme Battlefield in July and August 1916. It was captured on August 4th by Australian troops who fell more thickly on this ridge than on any other battlefield of the war."
 
 Memorial to the 1st Division AIF

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Mark Abercromby
November 2003