Day 3 - COBBERS MEMORIAL AND YPRES

After saying goodbye to our guide it was a quick visit to Cobbers Memorial; a large bronze statue featuring a soldier from Western Victoria carrying a fallen comrade from the field and is a memorial to Australian service and sacrifice at the Battle of Fromelles during World War One.

We then drove into Belgium and visited the town of Ypres; best known as the site of three major battles of the First World War, the most famous being the Battle of Passchendaele from July—November 1917. Attending the Last Post ceremony that night at the Menin Gate was a special treat as the boys laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen soldiers. That night there was also a choir which added to the reverent atmosphere.

It had been a big day and we all slept well that night.

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