HEATH CEMETERY
Harbonnieres
Somme
France
General Directions: Heath Cemetery is situated on the south side of the straight main road from Amiens to St Quentin - the N29, approximately 13 kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. CWGC signposts will be seen directing visitors to the cemetery.
Harbonnieres was captured by French troops in the summer of 1916. It was retaken by the Germans on 27 April 1918, and regained by the Australian Corps on 8 August 1918. Heath Cemetery, so called from the wide expanse of open country on which it stands, was made after the Armistice, next to a French Military Cemetery, now removed. Graves were brought into it from the battlefields between Bray and Harbonnieres and from other burial grounds in the area. The earliest date of death is September 1915, the latest October 1918, but the majority died in March or August 1918.
Victoria Cross: Private Robert Matthew Beatham, VC, 8th Bn. Australian Infantry, killed in action on 11/08/1918, plot VII. J. 13.
Victoria Cross: Lieutenant Alfred Edward Gaby, VC, 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, killed in action 11/08/1918, plot V. E. 14.
Casualty Details: UK 859, Canada 9, Australia 984, New Zealand 6, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 1860
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