Friday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?
- Written by Romain Fathi, Lecturer, History, Flinders University
This large 'Do Not Forget Australia' sign in a yard at the Victoria school in Villers-Bretonneux, is the heir of smaller signs once placed in classrooms by Australian authorities.Author provided
When the first world war came to an end on the Western Front in November 1918, it was time for Australian soldiers to return home. As in Gallipoli, they...