MORCHIES AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY
Morchies
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: From Bapaume take the N30 towards Cambrai. After leaving the village of Beugny, continue for approximately 1 kilometre and then turn left onto the D18 and continue for 1.1 kilometres. Morchies Australian Cemetery will be found on the right hand side of the road.
The village was occupied by British troops on the 20th March, 1917; lost on the 21st March, 1918; and retaken in September, 1918. It was later "adopted" by the Urban District of Barking. Morchies Australian Cemetery was begun by Australian units at the end of March, 1917, and used until the end of April. Four burials in Row D were made by the Germans in March, 1918; and the remainder of the burials were made in September, 1918.
Casualty Details: UK 41, Australia 20, Germany 2, Total Burials: 63
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