Register to attend the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September | Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

The haunting Polygon Wood Today Polygon Wood near Ypres is eerily still. As the pictures show, mature willow trees have replaced splintered tree stumps; and lush undergrowth covers the cratered ground. There's little to indicate that in September 1917, over 5,500 Australian soldiers were killed, wounded, or went missing to capture this small parcel of land. For over 100 years, in the cemeteries, gardeners have swept up the russet-brown leaves that floated in on the autumn breeze, manicured flowe

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium… | Sacred Ground Tours