Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France

Cemetery Details

Location
Co‑ordinates N49.95364, E2.83171
Description

This is a small cemetery and somewhat off the beaten track for Australians visiting the Somme.  Most of the 138 Australians interred here were casualties of the attack on Mont St Quentin, and include a VC winner, Robert Mactier, VC.  Australian troops of the 2nd Division passed through this vicinity on their way to assemble for the attack on the Mont after crossing the nearby Canal du Nord.

Monacu and Hem-Monacu are two villages about 13 kilometres south-east of Albert, a little south of the road from Albert to Peronne and north of the River Somme. Hem Farm Military Cemetery lies to the west of the village of Hem.

16 kilometres from Albert on the D938 (Albert-Peronne), turn south on to the D146 to Hem-Monacu. After 500 metres turn west onto the D1 to Curlu. Continue for 1.2 kilometres and then turn south.

Hem Farm Military Cemetery can be seen next to a large farmhouse 300 metres down this road.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

BARRIE, Stanley Arthur

Service number 3176
Private
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Apr 1891

SANDFORD, Percy Harold

Service number OFFICER
Second Lieutenant
42nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

DULHUNTY, Norman John

Service number 1924
Company Sergeant Major
17th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Mar 1892

MACTIER, Robert

Service number 6939
Private
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 17 May 1890

RAND, Frank William

Service number 2194
Corporal
5th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1

MORIARTY, Joseph Fitzgerald Jordan

Service number 4168
Lance Corporal
17th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Jan 1889

BATTERBURY, John Charles

Service number 298
Sapper
7th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1

FOLLEY, Edwin Powell

Service number 6037
Second Lieutenant
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 20 May 1888

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