Post on 18-Dec-2021
2018 Western Front Tour – Objectives
Attend large 1918 historical recreation campat Verdun, invitation from French governmentauthorities.
Carrying items made by the students of PortCurtis Road State School, to present to thecitizens of Verdun and to place on Memorialsat the Western Front.
Represent Central Queensland as members ofthe 9th Battalion AIF Living History Unit inFrance. Carry Australian National Flagdonated by Michelle Landry MP.
Travel to Australian battlefields on the WesternFront in period uniform, attend andparticipate in remembrance services.
Wear the kit, walk the battlefields andremember the service and sacrifice made bythe men and women who fought for Australia.
Cpl - David Bell
LCpl – Chris Withoos
Pte – Jacob Withoos
Pte - Lyndon Moorhouse
Pte – Ron Stehn
A total contingent of 10 living history
members from across Australia will
attend representing other AIF
Battalions.
Members of the 9th Battalion AIF Living History Unit Participating
2018 – Western Front Itinerary Week 1 – Walk Western Front Battlefields in full kit
Fromelles
VC Corner
Pheasant Wood Cemeteries,
Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, Hill 60, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele,
Menin Gate (Last Post Ceremony)
Bellecourt
Christmas Truce Trench (Sleep in Trench)
Villers- Bretonneux Australian Museum
Sir John Monash Centre
Ypres Last Post Ceremony
2018 – Western Front Itinerary Week 2 – Western Front Battlefields and Verdun
Commemorative Camp
2nd Australian Division Memorial Corner
Peronne and Mont St Quentin
Verdun Commemorative Camp
9th Battalion AIF
The 9th Battalion was among the first infantry
units raised for the AIF during the First World War.
It was the first battalion recruited in
Queensland, and with the 10th, 11th and 12th
Battalions it formed the 3rd Brigade.