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Old 19th Jul 2019, 19:58
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Auxtank
 
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Originally Posted by India Four Two
Asturias, it's just visible on GE if you know where to look:

Núi means hill or mountain and Đất means land or soil, so Núi Đất loosely translates as Dirt Hill. It was known to the Aussies as Sapper Hill.

I felt I needed to post that clue to put dook out of his misery! What did you Google, dook?

Why was it called Sapper Hill?
Was it where the boys with the bridges and surfaces and stopwatches and mines went in?
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