Remembrance Friends IFFM - Mesen - 26/06/2014

On June 26th, 2014, the children of the 6th grade at the school of Annemie Decoene Immaculata Ieper held a remembrance at Mesen. The event took place at Bethleem Farm East Cemetery and was organized for Pte. Fred Hampton who came from Australia to fight at Mesen. 

Bethleem Farm East Cemetery was made by Australian units when the nearby Bethleem Farm was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 7 June 1917, in the Battle of Messines. The majority of the burials are those of officers and men killed in action on 8 or 10 June, though the cemetery continued to be used until the following September. There is also a West Cemetery nearby.

There are 44 servicemen of the first World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Eight of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty know to be buried among them.

The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith. The cemetery lies 1 Km beyond Mesen market place along the Rijselstraat, on the left hand side of the road. Visitors to this site should note a 250 metre grassed access path which is unsuitable for vehicles.

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