TIME FOR A LITTLE HISTORY?
After many years of talking about it, I was finally going to visit Villers-Bretonneux. Nicole was to take me with a friend of hers who has a car. Nicole was born there and had visited the sister town in Victoria, Robinvale. I wonder how many people know about Villers-Bretonneux or understand what is behind it. My brother certainly does and some other Australians I have talked to are aware of it. It defines a chapter in our history. Like other countries of the British Empire, Australia immediately came to the support of the "mother country" at the outbreak of war in August 1914. Together with their neighbours, the New Zealanders, they created the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). Their first offensive was at Gallipoli in Turkey on 25th April 1915. Their first action on the Somme took place on 23rd July 1916 at Pozières and later in April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux. This was a very significant battle for the Australian troops who stopped the German push at V