$6,745 In-depth military study tour of the Western Front with historian Hugh Dolan

Dates: 29 April to 6 May (2027 & 2028) (Limited to 15 people)

Join historian Hugh Dolan on an in-depth military study tour of the Western Front.

Beware! This is not a cemetery tour but an in-depth battlefield analysis with original maps and orders in hand. We will identify trenches – perhaps where a family member once stood in July 1916? – and “hop the bags” to run across to the windmill at Pozieres or towards OG2 trenches east of Bullecourt!

We will start from the mustering tapes and walk across potato fields to the enemy front line. Often cement German strong points remain, showing the location of the secondary line of defence. We will stoop to gouge shrapnel balls from the cloying mud beneath our feet.

In the evenings we will spread ourselves across a table in one of the many establishments where the Anzacs visited. We will enjoy local beer, moules marinieres & pommes frites and discuss the next day’s battlefield walk. We will be guests of Talbot House, an original Everyman’s club from 1916. We will return here each evening to a welcoming cup of tea.

We will follow in the footsteps of our ancestors following the battles of 1916, 1917 and 1918. We will visit the best local museums including the Sir John Monash Centre and Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux.

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