WW1 Western Front 1916 – 1918 tour: Belgium & France
Leaving from Australia in April 2025 - Book Now!
Frank Taylor Tour Director & Neville Browning OAM historian and author, team together to offer:
- 14 days tour - with 12 days actually touring the battlefields with Australian military historian Neville Browning, a tour director and experienced local team
- Small number of group participants
- Includes Anzac Day Commemorations – Dawn Service at Villers Bretonneux & afternoon service with the Bullecourt Village Community
- Search assistance for relatives and persons of interest
- No picnic or box meals and no war bore stuff ..
- Relaxing evenings - dining as you choose in rural
towns of Belgium and France - All breakfasts, 9 restaurant luncheons
Our programme is crafted for an exceptionally well informed and balanced tour of Australia’s military history in France and Belgium in The Great War – with the ability to assist with relatives’ research. We offer expert knowledge and commentary. Accurate, exploratory, but not overwhelming, and includes “tourist time” as well.
Get in touch here, or continue reading for more Western Front tour information.
OVER 40 YEARS PASSIONATE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE
TOUR DIRECTOR FRANK TAYLOR:
Frank Taylor has 40+ years of practical experience with off shore operations, including remote localities and developing countries, visiting Australian Military Heritage sites, leading tour groups, educational training, film documentary operations logistics, historical researchers and authors.
Frank, owner/manager, provides a complete approach to Australian Military Heritage Tours in sharing the full travel experience and campaign history with accurate information, content, and wide geographical knowledge in our programming.
A trusted and respected member of the Australian community, Frank has served 31 years in the Western Australia Police (Traffic, General Duties, Tactical Response, Emergency Operations) Deputy Principal Police Academy ) retiring as an Inspector, and 38 years in the Australian Army Reserve (Armour, Infantry and Military Police) through all ranks retiring as a Captain and acting as Provost Marshall Western Region Australia. Experience gained in those services is applied to effective planning and safe operations of tour activities. You can read more about Frank here. You're in safe hands.
HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR NEVILLE BROWNING OAM:
Leading the 2025 Western Front tour alongside Frank Taylor will be Neville Browning OAM.
Neville offers tour groups a vast expertise in Word War I, and brings a very Australian perspective to the meticulously planned tours in Belgium & France.
Recipient of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Australia Day Honours for ‘Services to the Preservation of Australian Military History.’ and twice nominated for Western Australian Of The Year, Neville has been rightly recognised in Australia.
Neville has regularly contributed articles to the West Australian newspaper, and has been publishing Australian Army unit histories for twenty-five years. His latest book is Bayonets and Barbed Wire, 16th Battalion AIF in World War 1, which you can read more about on his page here.
During the course of World War I, over 330,000 Australians served overseas. Neville has also produced an interesting article on the involvement of Australian forces on the Western Front during Word War One, called 'Western Australia in World War One - An Australian Perspective' which you can read here.
View out YouTube video below. The 74 slides give an excellent overview of the tour, with photographs from previous Western Front Belgium and France tours.
World War One - The Western Front 1916 - 1918
The Australian Story – a crafted tour
HIGH PRAISE
Be it your ambition to trace the service of a relative, or a passion for history, the desires of a member of a military history tour are simple and yet of paramount importance. You will want to be well-fed and watered; well accommodated; and especially, safe and secure. But the most satisfying and rewarding aspect of your tour will be Frank Taylor’s unrivalled tour-guide knowledge of the battle grounds and campaigns of your choice. He has provided all of the above for me beyond my expectations on four occasions. I thoroughly endorse a tour with him.
Dr Peter Brune, military historian and author.
The World War One The Western Front 1916 - 1918 tour itinerary is also available below in a slide format so you can read at your own leisure. Simply expand the size to full screen by clicking the three vertical dots at the bottom of the viewer:
OVER 40 YEARS PASSIONATE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE
Frank Taylor and his team have had a 40 year relationship with the people and landscape of the Kokoda Trail, the Western Front, Borneo, Kokoda Beach Head, the Thai-Burma railway system and Myanmar. Frank himself has travelled over the Trail over 140 times, coupled with numerous shorter explorations of specific areas and localities of historical importance. We offer a complete approach to Australian Military Heritage Tours in sharing the full travel experience and campaign history with accurate information content and wide geographical knowledge in our programming.
UPCOMING TOURS - ENQUIRE NOW!
KOKODA CAMPAIGN & BEACH HEADS
Likely to be 7 DAYS, 6 NIGHTS: A non trekking tour and guided study of the Kokoda Campaign and the final battles on the northern Papua shore (Buna, Gona, Sanananda).
MILNE BAY BATTLE (OPTIONAL) considered on request.
PREVIOUS TOURS - ENQUIRE NOW!
These tours have been run in the past, and will be considered for future tours wif we have enough interest.
So if you or a group of interested individuals would like to show your interest, please do get in touch here.
THAI-BURMA RAILWAY
Likely 8 DAYS, 7 NIGHTS: Thailand sector of the Thai Burma Railway focussed factual historical tour ‘right to the border” of the full length of the Thai sector of the Thai Burma Railway.
BORNEO - SANDAKAN & BEYOND
The history of the North Borneo Campaigns, the Oboe Operations and the entire Borneo PW experience. Domestic Borneo flight included.
For all tours : Single Supplement cost available. Land only unless stated otherwise.
We have an extensive folio of experience in planning and operations worldwide to sites and places of significance to Australians and our military history. Please consult with us for assistance and advice on visiting destinations and locations of interest not shown on the list above.
FRANK TAYLOR and his team approach a 40 year relationship with the people and landscape of the Kokoda Trail, the Western Front, Borneo, Kokoda Beach Head, the Thai-Burma railway and Myanmar. Frank himself has travelled over the Trail over 130 times. He has been the on-location liaison (location manager and location producer) for several separate historical documentary film shoots of the Trail, including for the Australian Army ('The Bloody Track') and the ABC’s Four Corners Team ('The Men Who Saved Australia') the ABC’s 2 part documentary 'Kokoda' and National Geographic's 'Buried Secrets of World War Two'. Additionally he has been acknowledged for guiding and advising several leading Australian military history authors over The Track, including Peter Brune, Paul Ham and Peter Williams. He has lead battlefield study tours for the Australian Army.
Authentic Military Heritage Tours by fully qualified and field-experienced Guides
40 years experience in tour operations and planning in remote areas, including Papua New Guinea, Borneo, Thailand, Burma, Egypt, Libya.
Management and staff who have in depth historical and geographic knowledge of areas toured and military historical sites and events, in PNG and other countries
Supervisors experienced in remote area and urban tour operations in PNG, Borneo, Singapore, Malaysia, France, Belgium, Greece, Crete, Thailand, Burma, Turkey, Egypt and Libya.
Full operational travel experience and campaign history with accurate information content and wide geographical knowledge in our programming.
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PHONE 08 9446 9856 or email admin@kokoda.com.au
