Near the Australian Memorial on Pozières Ridge is a tablet describing the action in the area with the following inscription:

The First World War began on 4 August 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.  It involved many nationalities fighting in many countries but the longest and bloodiest of the battles were fought in Belgium and France along the Western Front.

This front ran in a continuous, narrow line for 700 kilometres, from the Belgian coast to Switzerland.  The principal Allied nations of France and Great Britain (including the Empire) were in combat with Germany for four years along the Front, however its position altered little.

In 1916 the Australian Army entered the Western Front with a force of 180,000 men, three times the number that had served at Gallipoli (Turkey) in 1915.

The Australian troops won undying fame in the battlefields of France and Belgium during three years of war.  In doing so, 46,000 of the 60,000 Australians killed in the War, died on the Western Front.  From a population of just 4.5 million people, 313,000 volunteered to serve during the war and 65% of these became casualties.

The relationships formed during the war by France and Belgium with Australia flourish today with cultural, educational and economic exchanges.  The friendship extended by local people to visiting Australians is indicative of the fellowship forged in the old battlefields, a fellowship born of mutual striving and sacrifice of these nations at that formative time.

Tablet on the Australian Memorial, Pozières Ridge. 20 March 1994. (Ref 94/107/32)

Inscription on Australian Memorial, Pozières Ridge.  20 March 1994.  (Ref 94/107/33)

The Australian Memorial is built on the site of the former windmill on Pozières Ridge.  It is situated 1km northeast of the village on the north side of the D929 Albert to Bapaume road