New Families and Friends of First AIF member Warren Baker met Lambis Englezos while visiting Fromelles on 24th May.
Awaiting despatches from the field ….
As the second week of the archaeological dig for the missing Diggers at Pheasant Wood Fromelles has been dominated by wet weather, there are few reports from the field or in the media, however this is likely to change as the third week progresses.
During the quiet time, Families and Friends of First AIF (FFFAIF) members will be able to enjoy the latest edition of the quarterly DIGGER Magazine, that should have reached Australian members in the past few days and international members should be receiving their copy shortly. DIGGER 23 contains 40 pages of stories of individual soldiers and a list of the “missing soldiers of Fromelles”. A copy of the cover and listing of the articles is included in the DIGGER tab of this website, as is usual for all copies of DIGGER.
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FFFAIF members are scattered throughout all Australian states and overseas in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. FFFAIF members generally have an area of interest and many are regarded as experts in their area of interest and a significant number are published or aspiring authors, so membership also brings with it access to this network of interesting individuals.
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Update to yesterday’s photos from Fromelles….
Yesterday’s post indicated that locals donned their gum boots to visit the site of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood.
A photo from Carole Laignel, Secretary of the Fromelles Museum showed the locals and visitors gathering under grey skies.
While we await despatches from those present, we have received additional photos from Carole, which have been added to yesterdays post “On site at Fromelles“.