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CWGC Cemetery
Australian Grave
Diggers at Bullecourt

Full Day Private Tour of Australian Battlefields from Arras

By WW1 Battlefields guided tours: Brigitte De Cuyper from Get a Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$680 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

This tour will take you in the footsteps of the Diggers in Bullecourt, Peronne, and the St Quentin Canal. It completes the very popular “Full day Private Australian Battlefields Tour from Amiens” covering Villers-Bretonneux and Pozieres. This one-day Tour will focus on the years 1917 and 1918; the German Spring Offensive and the 100 days leading to the Armistice. We will also talk about the place of Australians in WW1, the effects this war had on the Diggers, and life afterwards for them and the French civilians.

Activity location

  • Arras
    • Arras, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Amiens
    • Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

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Visit of your relative's grave
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

This option is free of charge and included in the tour price
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$680.19 x 1 TravellerAU$680.19
Total
Price is AU$680.19
Until Mon, 25 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch will cost about 10 euros per person
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe entrance at the Museum Historial in Peronne which is 10 euros per person
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe entrance at "Letaille Museum" which is 5 €/adult, 3 €/students and free for under 12 years old.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Arras
  • 34m
Arras is blessed with a very rich architectural heritage as its two Flemish Baroque style squares: « La Place des Heroes » and « La Grand Place » will confirm. It is also a place full of history going from Roman times and across the centuries including the first world war. During these 20 minutes, your guide will take you on a journey through time.
London Cemetery
  • 32m
A visit to a CWGC cemetery is the occasion to find out how each country dealt with their dead when the war was over and to draw particular attention to the fantastic work of the CWGC.
Musee Jean & Denise Letaille
  • 31m
  • Admission ticket not included
This museum tells the storey of thousands of soldiers who came to defend the Arras sector. It was created by Jean and Denise Letaille, a farmer couple, from objects that witnessed the fighting of the Great War, found in the fields around Bullecourt after the two battles of Bullecourt in April and May 1917. Hundreds of artefacts tell the storey of the "Diggers" on one of the most deadly but often overlooked episodes of the Great War.
Slouch Hat Memorial
  • 6m
  • Admission ticket included
A Bullecourt school teacher, Claude Durand, began to translate Charles Bean’s account of the battles, partly for his own interest, partly for the benefit of his students. He was struck by the scale of the British and Australian casualties and realised that they had no local memorial. He and the mayor Jean Letaille started a campaign to build one. The funds were raised locally and the memorial was unveiled outside the village church on 24 May 1981.
The Bullecourt Digger
  • 36m
This monument commemorates the two Battles of Bullecourt in April - May 1917 which will be described to you in detail whilst on the site.
Hotel de Ville
  • 38m
In Bapaume, the Germans had set up a mine in the Town Hall which would explode 9 days later. Australian soldiers started using the recently vacant building as a billet when the mine exploded killing them all as well as two French members of Parliament who were visiting the newly liberated area.
2nd Australian Division Memorial
  • 1h 6m
The 2nd Australian Division took the strongly defended, Mont Saint Quentin by storm in one of the finest feats of fighting of the war. This Memorial was erected in 1925 to remember the 3000 Diggers who lost their lives during this battle. Your guide will describe and put this amazing event into context.
Le Bistrot D'Antoine
  • 1h 1m
  • Admission ticket not included
After a busy morning, we will have an hour for lunch at this restaurant or an Eating Place of your choice (Lunch Break can be less than an hour)
Historial de la Grande Guerre
  • 52m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Historial, Museum of the Great War was opened in 1992, at the very heart of the Somme Battlefields in Péronne. The contemporary museum, designed by architect Henri-Edouard Ciriani, was incorporated into Péronne’s 13th century castle, an emblem of the town of Péronne, besieged many times throughout history.
German Military Cemetery Maissemy
  • 26m
  • Admission ticket included
The visit to this cemetery will give us a chance to talk about the creation of the German cemeteries after WW1, their design, and the way German people remember their fallen
Pont de Riqueval
  • 23m
The Battle of St Quentin Canal began on 29 September 1918 and was part of the 100-day offensive involving the British, Australian, and American forces. Lieutenant General Sir John Monash with his well-earned reputation was put in charge of the Australian Corps. Full details will be given on this site.
Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
  • 1h 15m
On this site, we will talk about the part played by the Americans during the Battle of St Quentin Canal and the creation of their cemeteries after WW1.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESArras
    • Arras, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAmiens
    • Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

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