Poziers

The small rural town of Poziers in the Somme region of northern France was the scene of brutal World War I trench warfare at its worst.
The level of casualties, Australian, British, French and German was staggering.
As each side attempted to wrest control of the situation and create a death blow to the other to hopefully succeed in ending the war.
This unfortunately was not to be here at the Somme. The stalemate continued as a brief success turned into a loss as the other side counter attacked and won back the day.
In the meanwhile the sons of each country involved paid the price without achieving a resounding victory.
More Australian war dead are buried in Poziers than in any other single location anywhere in the world.
After paying our respects and reflecting on our more fortunate life we were now done with our early mission in France and would proceed now towards Belgium.