AIF Burial Ground

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F.I.A. Burial Ground is a British military cemetery of the First World War in France, located on the territory of the commune of Flers in the department of the Somme.

Location: The cemetery is located 1.6 km north of the centre of the village of Flers, less than a kilometre west of Gueudecourt and close to the boundary between the departments of the Somme and Pas-de-Calais.

History: During the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in 1916, Flers was captured by the 41st British Division and the New Zealand Division, where the tanks were first deployed. The cemetery was established in November 1916 by Australian medical units and remained in use during the winter. At the German Spring offensive in March 1918, Flers again fell into German hands until his release in August. After the war the cemetery was considerably expanded with tombs of the surrounding battlefields. In the 1920s, the graves of other cemeteries at Flers, Factory Corner and North Road Cemetery were transferred to the A.I.F. Burial Ground. On the occasion of the expansion of the cemetery, initially rectangular...