HILLSIDE CEMETERY
Le Quesnel
Somme
France
General Directions: Hillside Cemetery is located halfway between the villages of Caix and Le Quesnel on the D41, and is accessible via a signposted road off the main road.
Le Quesnel village, which had been for sometime in Commonwealth hands, was captured by the Germans on 27 March 1918, but was retaken on the following 9 August by the 75th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Hillside Cemetery was made by the Canadian Corps in August 1918.
Casualty Details: UK 7, Australia 101, Total Burials: 108
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