Hill 60

We began our day with a visit to Hill 60. On June 7th 1917 at 3.10am the Allies detonated huge qualities of dynamite that had been tunnelled underneath German lines at 19 locations. This signalled the start of the Battle of Messines, a success for the Allies. This is a shot of an enormous crater from the blast.

Digger Project - Amelia Davies

Amelia Davies studied Arthur Frederick James Payne from Ulmarra. Amelia told a very interesting story of his life made even more poignant by the fact that she is not related to him and had researched his life over the last 6 months. Amelia placed a photo of Arthur at his grave.

Digger Project- Shannon Kennedy

Shannon researched Michael Mulchay, an Engineer who was in the Engineeer Corps with Shannon's great grandfather. He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge. This cemetery contains over 11,000 burials and during the war it was the largest cemetery on the Western Front.

Digger Project -Natalie Tees

Natalie researched James Tees who was her Grandfather's uncle. He is buried at Haringhe Military Cemetery which is also known as Bandaghem as it was linked to a station were men were treated for their injuries.