The remains of thousands of Diggers who died in the brutal World War I battle of Bullecourt in France will remain at rest after plans to build a giant wind farm at the historic site were abandoned following a campaign from the soldiers’ families.
The company that wanted to install six giant turbines at Bullecourt in northern France, where Australia suffered 10,000 casualties, now says the battleground should “remain undisturbed” more than two years after it first put forward the idea…
…In a letter obtained by The Australian from ENGIE’s Australia and New Zealand chief executive, Michel Gantois, to Veterans’ Affairs Minister Dan Tehan, Mr Gantois confirmed the project would “not proceed”…
…Mr Tehan personally spoke to French officials, including his counterpart in France, Genevieve Darrieussecq, the secretary of state to the French Minister for Armed Forces, and the French ambassador to Australia, Christophe Penot, to express his strong opposition to the project.
Today, Mr Tehan thanked ENGIE Group for its decision.
This website is proud to have participated in the campaign to protect the war graves of thousands of Australians who died in the intense fighting at Bullecourt in 1917 and who now lie in unmarked graves.
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Dan Tehan, deserves credit for doing his duty on this issue.
November 21, 2017
This is good news. And France will come out on the right side of this in the end. People will still continue to come from all over the world.
And need I add that terrible whine/vibe from the turbines is a big downer for tourism.