Mont Saint-Quentin - Australian memorial
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The Mont Saint-Quentin Australian War Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Australian Second Division during the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in World War I. The memorial is located on the summit of Mont Saint-Quentin in Péronne, France. The original memorial consisted of a sculpture of an Australian soldier driving his bayonet into a German eagle, but was destroyed by German soldiers in 1940 because of its anti-German image1. The current sculpture, entitled Digger, was created by Australian sculptor Stanley James Hammond and erected in 1971. The memorial is one of five memorials commissioned by soldiers of the Australian Second Division.
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•August 17, 2024
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