War Memorial's Menin Gate lions to return to Ypres for Passchendaele centenary

By David Ellery
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:28pm, first published September 3 2014 - 5:15pm

The 192-year-old stone lions guarding the entrance to the Australian War Memorial are about to leave Canberra on a round-the-world trip that will see them return to the Belgian city of Ypres in time for the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele in 2017.

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