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Australian Remembrance Trail Brochure Australian Remembrance Trail Colophon: Chief & managing editor: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 Texts: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Freddy Declerck Photography: MMP1917, Tourist Office Zonnebeke, Freddy Lattré, B.ad, Westtoer, Henk Deleu, Office du Tourisme de Comines-Warneton Maps: Passchendaele Research Centre Zonnebeke Design & prepress: Impressionant Print | Impression: Lowyck & Pluspoint Website: www.passchendaele.be © - Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Berten Pilstraat 5/C, BE-8980 Zonnebeke. All the information dates from December 2016. A BRIEF HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN WORLD WAR I IN FLANDERS MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917 Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. Australian and New PASSENDALE Zealand troops land on the Turkish peninsula. The MMP 1917 presents the historic story After eight months of stalemate the military of the First World War, with a particular operation at Gallipoli fails, but the legend emphasis on the Battle of Passchendaele. of the ANZACs as soldiers of great courage, CWGC TYNE COT CEMETERY With more than half a million casualties loyalty, sacrifice and comradeship is born. 4 Au. D. for a frontline movement of only eight 3 Au. D. kilometres, ‘Passchendaele’ became a After Gallipoli the Australians move to the symbol of the great futility of the violence of THE AUSTRALIAN Western Front. They take part in the Battle of 2 Au. D. war in all its horror. The MMP 1917 combines EXHIBITION: AN ENTRY POINT the Somme and also see heavy losses in ‘minor’ ZONNEBEKE the interactive design of a modern museum FOR AUSTRALIAN VISITORS actions such as the one at Fromelles. During with the exceptional aspect of experiencing 1 Au. D. the course of 1917 all Australian forces arrive the Dugouts & Trenches. Zonnebeke was the centre of Australian in Belgium for the ‘Flanders offensive’. Their 4 Au. D. The museum section provides an overview operations in Flanders during the first major battle takes place on 20 September of the five battles of Ypres, with historical First World War. Today the village and 2 Au. D. 1917 near the Menin Road during which the objects, authentic letters, posters and other the surrounding area still include a 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions reach the 5 Au. D. documents, uniforms of the various armies number of historical sites of interest outskirts of Polygon Wood. 1 Au. D. and video clips etc. The tour continues to Australia. The Memorial Museum BESELARE through the unique Dugout Experience and Passchendaele 1917 plays an important 20/09/1917 Six days later, on 26 September 1917, the 12/10/1917 concludes at the faithful reconstruction of role in the valorization of several of these GELUVELD 0 0,5 1 2 Battle of Polygon Wood begins. The 4th and Km German and British trenches, along which sites. Because of the strong affiliation 5th Australian Division are on the attack. The original shelters have been replicated. between the MMP1917 and Australia, 5th expels the Germans from the infamous An intense visit that will only enrich your the Australian exhibition in the museum Butte. The 4th is advancing on the left hand knowledge of the battle sites in the area. doubles as an entry point to the historical side of the allocated sector. battlefields. In this part there is a strong focus towards Australians and their On 4 October 1917, the 3rd Australian heritage in Flanders. Beside historical Division captures CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery, facts, Australia-related objects and a strategic position in the German Flandern panels, the visitors are linked to other I line defended by concrete bunkers and heritage sites and points of interest on machine guns. This episode is also known as the Western Front. the Battle of Broodseinde and is regarded as one of the most successful Australian actions of World War I. Two and a half years after Gallipoli, on 12 October 1917, the Australian efforts reach a bloody climax during the fight for Passchendaele village. Weather conditions worsen and the rain turns the battlefield into a quagmire of deep and unremitting mud. Location: The attack is a failure, but for Australians it is Berten Pilstraat 5/A, B-8980 Zonnebeke a turning point. 4 5 ZONNEBEKE CHATEAU RESEARCH CENTER dead from the surrounding battlefields. Of GROUNDS these, only 3,800 bodies could be identified. The research centre is housed in the former The wall behind the cemetery contains the The historic chateau grounds of Zonnebeke rectory at Zonnebeke, a modernistic building names of 35,000 soldiers with no known are the ideal departure point for an by Huib Hoste. It is a place where researchers, grave. They include British, Irish and New exploratory route along the battlefields students and interested individuals can ask Zealanders who perished in the region after of 1917. The well-known Polygon Wood their questions about the region’s battlefields 16 August 1917. Many tens and even hundreds and CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest and heritage. of thousands of visitors come each year to pay Commonwealth cemetery in the world, are their respects to the men – some still only located less than three kilometres away. You PASSCHENDAELE ARCHIVES boys – who lost their lives in the surrounding can completely relax in the chateau grounds, battlefields. A visit that leaves no one unmoved. read a book on a bench in the park, stroll No matter how impressive a visit to CWGC The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert hand-in-hand by the lake or take a moment Tyne Cot Cemetery, the German cemetery Baker and inaugurated in 1927. Nowadays, to stop and think about the history of WWI in Langemark, or other cemeteries and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in the ‘Poppy gardens’, themed gardens memorials is, one can only find names is responsible for maintaining the cemetery. dedicated to the various nations that fought there, with the scantiest of details. With The visitors’ centre, which the British Queen in the Battle of Passchendaele. the ‘Passchendaele Archives’ the Memorial Elizabeth II and the former Belgian Queen Museum Passchendaele intends to put a face Paola inaugurated in 2007, provides more and a story to those names. Contact: information about the cemetery itself and The ‘Passchendaele Archives’ are a collection Ieperstraat 1, B-8980 Zonnebeke offers a panoramic view over the battlefields of personal files of soldiers who fell between T 051 77 04 41, [email protected] of 1917. A 3 km walking route, with thematic 12 July and 15 November 1917 of whom a information panels, takes you from the photograph is available. The files contain Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 to photographs, family and military information. CWGC TYNE COT CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery. Nonetheless, the MMP1917 also builds up CEMETERY The visitors’ centre is open daily from an archive even when there is no picture 10:00h to 18:00h. Closed from 1 December PASSCHENDAELE available. Anyone who has information CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery is an impressive to 31 January. MEMORIAL GARDENS on a soldier who fell during the Battle of yet understated haven of tranquillity AND PASSCHENDAELE Passchendaele can contact the museum via that extends through the former battle MEMORIAL PARK [email protected] landscape. With its 11,956 graves, it is one of The museum will try to find out exactly what the largest Commonwealth cemeteries in the The project 'Passchendaele Memorial happened and will create a report, based on world and it is a silent witness to the bloody Gardens’ is part of the masterplan ‘Legacy war diaries and journals of his unit. Next to Battle of Passchendaele. During the British of Passchendaele’. A part of this project was this, the museum will also provide a map with offensive of 1917, almost 500,000 victims to reunite two Zonnebeke Chateau Grounds, the approximate place of where the soldier fell in 100 days for a territorial gain of only that were separated since 1960. was killed or mortally wounded. eight kilometres. ‘Tyne Cot’ was originally Seven gardens in the form of a poppy will a German defence position on the first line be incorporated into the chateau grounds. in Flanders. In October 1917, the Australian Location: The aim is to create a memorial garden for troops established an aid station there that Tyne Cotstraat, the countries that fought during the First soon grew in to a small cemetery with 340 B-8980 Passendale (Zonnebeke) World War. Each year from 2014 to 2018 the graves for the soldiers who had succumbed Parkspace via Vijfwegestraat, community of Zonnebeke will open one or to their injuries on the spot. After the B-8980 Passendale (Zonnebeke) more gardens. Each poppy consists of three war – between 1919 and 1921 – the British little gardens. ‘Exhumation Companies’ collected 12,000 6 7 CYCLE, WALKING AND depots and field hospitals etc. Daily life in this ‘THE LEGACY OF PASSCHENDAELE’ CARTRAILS occupied region was tough for the inhabitants. The British, Irish, Australians and New The walking map with historical CYCLE TRAILS Zealanders in particular, were positioned on information can be purchased the western side of this front.The Pioneer car at the Tourist Office: Cycle route 'The Legacy' route is 75 km long and fully signposted. The The cycle route is 37 km long and enables you accompanying brochure can be purchased Berten Pilstraat 5/A to encounter the monumental heritage of the from the Zonnebeke Tourist Office for€ 6.00. B-8980 Zonnebeke Battle of Passchendaele. The route starts at +32 (0)51 77 04 41 the Zonnebeke Tourist Office from where you In-Flanders-Fields route [email protected] cross the rolling landscape and travel along Is a car route that’s covering 82 km. The route various WWI and WWII sites. This route is also explores the Southern Westhoek and takes ideal to cycle on an electric bicycle.
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