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| Keywords: MontStQuentinMemorial1925.jpg Sculpture by Charles Web Gilbert - the figure of an AIF soldier designed as a part of the Mont St Quentin France AIF Memorial AWM caption Mont St Quentin Peronne France c 1925 The original Memorial to the men of the 2nd Australian Division featuring an heroic bronze statue of an Australian soldier bayoneting a German eagle A bronze plaque on the pedestal of the monument reads 'To the officers non-commissioned officers and men of the 2nd Australian Division who fought in France and Belgium in the Great War 1916 1917 1918 ' Several wreaths have been laid at the base of the memorial including one from Le Conseil Municipal and another with a ribbon that reads 'To our comrades of the Second Australian Division from the British Army ' The statue on top of the memorial and the bas reliefs on its sides which were sculpted respectively by Lieutenant Web Gilbert and May Butler-George were removed by the occupying German Army in 1940 They were later replaced with a new statue and new reliefs Australian War Memorial image number P02205 011 ~ 1925 public domain due to age Image GilbertMontStQuentinMemorial jpg PD-Australia Metadata from image War memorial of Péronne-Mont-Saint-Quentin Australia in World War I Charles Web Gilbert Black and white photographs of statues | ||||
