
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery is situated on the high ridge overlooking Montauban, just visible through the arch, to the rear, and High Wood on the next ridge in front. The cemetery contains the remains of 5,568 men, including 100 Australians, 8 Canadians, 18 South Africans and 213 New Zealanders. A further empty grave once held the remains of an unknown soldier from New Zealand, who was exhumed in 2004 and now lies in the Tomb of The Unknown Warrior in The National War Memorial, Wellington. A memorial wall on the eastern side of the cemetery holds the names of over 1200 New Zealand officers and men whose graves are not known, and who died in the fighting here in September of 1916.
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