the environment that the invasion of normandy took place was normandy, france.
the environment that the invasion of normandy took place was normandy, france.
where was the environment that the invasion of normandy took place?
normandy, france
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a total of 44 australians are buried in commonwealth war graves commission cemeteries in the normandy region. these include men killed in the region prior to the invasion and those who died during the fighting in 1944. of the australian graves, 17 are located at the bayeux war cemetery, six at saint-désir de lisieux, five at banneville-la-campagne, four at the bretteville-sur-laize canadian war cemetery, three at both douvres la délivrande and hermanville-sur-mer, two in ranville and one each at ryes-nazenville, saint-manvieu-norrey, bolbec and tilly-sur-seulles. the bayeux memorial, which lists the names of commonwealth personnel killed in normandy with no known grave, does not include any australians. the most recent burial of an australian serviceman in normandy took place in april 2011 when no. 453 squadron pilot flight lieutenant henry lacy smith was interred at ranville war cemetery. smith drowned when his spitfire crash-landed in the river orne on 11 june 1944, but his body was not recovered until november 2010.
australian contribution to the battle of normandy