*Tour Update

The announcement of the inaugural Commemorative Western Front Battlefield Tour has been well received by FFFAIF members. The tour will take place from 14^th – 27^th July 2010.

The tour will give members a comprehensive view of the Australian battlefields of Belgium and France during the Great War. The tour is designed to accommodate a maximum of 46 members and in less than a week since its launch, 26 members have already signed up. Members who are interested in finding out more about the tour can visit the Members’ Area and click on the appropriate links (updated on 30 September). Act now so you don’t miss this unique opportunity.

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The Families and Friends of the First AIF applauds the joint Australian–UK decision, announced by The Hon Greg Combet AM MP and the Hon Kevan Jones MP, to conduct a full DNA testing program on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found in mass graves at Pheasant Wood (Fromelles), and for their continuing commitment to identify as many of the fallen as is possible. We also thank the Australian, UK and French governments for affording dignified individual reburials for these soldiers, buried by German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles on 19/20 July 1916, in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery presently under construction at Fromelles.