Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial, War memorial on Mont Saint-Quentin, Péronne, France.

Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial stands on the hill of Mont Saint-Quentin beside the D1017 road from Bapaume to Péronne. A bronze soldier in a slouch hat, tunic, trousers and boots, rifle at his right side, stands with bowed head on a light-gray stone pedestal with a molded cap and base. Bronze bas-reliefs by May Butler-George on the pedestal show soldiers hauling a gun and advancing with bayonets and grenades. A flagpole behind the statue flies the French tricolor.

The 2nd Australian Division captured the position in September 1918 in a critical victory that forced German forces to retreat to the Hindenburg Line. This success marked a turning point in the Western Front campaign.

The memorial carries a dedication to the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 2nd Australian Division who fought in France and Belgium in 1916, 1917 and 1918. It is the only one of the division's five memorials raised on the soldiers' own initiative; the others, at Pozières, Sailly-le-Sec, Bellenglise and Zonnebeke, are obelisks.

The memorial sits on a hilltop along the D1017 road between Bapaume and Péronne, easily accessible by car or foot. Wear comfortable shoes for the walk up, as the elevation offers views over the surrounding landscape.

The stone plinth survived 1940, when German troops took down Charles Web Gilbert's 1925 sculpture of a soldier bayoneting a German eagle and sent it to be melted down in Germany. The base stood empty until 1971, when Stanley Hammond's statue of a digger with a bowed head was installed. May Butler-George's bronze reliefs of men hauling a gun and advancing with bayonets remain on the pedestal.