Thurs 16 Feb 4° light fog

Electric hook up for 2 hours to charge all  devices and wifi €4. The sun came out and Tony researched drive to cemetery,  Battle of the Somme, where his Grandads cousin, Hubert Wiramu Steel fought and died in 1916 aged just 23.

Cemetery named Catterpillar Valley, headstone coordinates VI. D. 19 at Langueval 45 mins from Arras, so decided to go and find him.

Walked up and down couldn't find him in D. 19,  Tony found the registrars book and using his powers of deduction, deciphered that the VI as in 6 was the row D and 19 was the headstone.  So looked for row 6 counted along 19 and there he was, success. The sun came out, it warmed up to make a perfect day for our visit.

This wall has the names of  soldiers who were killed in action, but never found.

These are the fields where a lot of the bodies were found, just opposite the cemetery. 

Tony visited the Australian war memorial,  the scene of biggest loss of life in Australia's wartime history.
A very surreal day pleased we found Hurbert.