YOUNG soldiers from Bridgetown were remembered on July 23 with a new memorial at Somme Creek.
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The memorial was unveiled exactly 100 years after the Battle of the Somme.
RSL members from Bridgetown and Greenbushes attended the service along with shire representatives and family of the young Bridgetown men who went to battle at Pozieres to fight the Germans.
Pozieres, a small village in the Somme valley in France, was the scene of the bitter and costly fighting for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions in July 1916.
There were more than a million casualties on both sides of this battle, marking the Somme as the bloodiest battle in the world’s history, with 23 Sons of Bridgetown on the Roll of Honour.
The two plaques were unveiled at the ceremony with family members and representatives from Bridgetown, Manjimup and Collie placing a poppy on the plaque as the names were read out.
Bridgetown RSL president Terry Linz thanked the shire for their support in helping the community to recognise the importance of the battle that so many young men gave their life for with shire president John Nicholas unveiling the plaques.
