CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Contay
Somme
France
General Directions: Contay is a village on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The Cemetery lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
The site for the cemetery was chosen in August 1916 for burials from the 49th Casualty Clearing Station, which arrived at Contay at the end of August. It was joined by the 9th CCS in September. All the burials in Plots I to IV and the majority of those in Plots VII and VIII (the plot numbers V and VI were not used) cover the period August 1916 to March 1917. Most of them were made from these two clearing stations. The German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in the spring of 1917 brought the medical units further east and it was not until April 1918, when the Germans advanced to Albert, that the 38th and other Divisions used the cemetery again, completing Plots VII and VIII and forming the two rows in Plot IX. The last burial took place in August 1918.
Casualty Details: UK 689, Canada 414, Australia 29, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 1133
4553 Private
George Henry Albert Mazey
52nd Bn. Australian Infantry,
A. I. F.
04/09/1916, aged 19.
Son of George Finn Mazey and Agnes Mazey. Native of Tasmania.
Plot I. A. 22.
Picture courtesy of Carole Allie, great niece of this soldier
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