Australian presence in the French Naours caves (Somme)
The Lives behind the Names:
Speaker: Gilles Prilaux, Venue: The Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance
No cost
Gilles Prilaux is a leading French archaeologist of the WW1. For many years, he has been working in the battlefields of the Western Front. During his work in the underground city beneath the French town of Naours, he discovered the names and regimental numbers of WW1 soldiers scrawled on the limestone walls. Many of them were Australian.
Speaker: Gilles Prilaux, Venue: The Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance
No cost
Gilles Prilaux is a leading French archaeologist of the WW1. For many years, he has been working in the battlefields of the Western Front. During his work in the underground city beneath the French town of Naours, he discovered the names and regimental numbers of WW1 soldiers scrawled on the limestone walls. Many of them were Australian.
Location
Shrine of Remembrance
Birdwood Avenue, Shrine Reserve, Melbourne VIC 3001