Previous to his departure from France, the King had unveiled the Australian War Memorial at Villers Bretonneux, near Amiens, in the presence President Lebrun, and before a crowd pf about 5,000 people.
Australian ex-servicemen formed a guard of honour for the King.
Sir Earle Page, Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, in inviting His Majesty to unveil the memorial, said that the monument would recall to future generations the days when the armies of France and the British Empire fought side by side for a great ideal.
Referring to the presence at the ceremony of President Lebrun, he said that both the President's presence, and the provision of a site for the memorial by the French Government, were "eloquent testimony that our two nations still stand shoulder to shoulder for the maintenance of the ideals for which so many of our people laid down their lives."
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