Fromelles updates

Listed below are a number of interesting links to information on the Fromelles archaeological dig  to recover the bodies of British and Australian soldiers buried by the German army at Pheasant Wood after the Battle of Fromelles fought on 19 July 1916.

Fromelles Fallen, an ABC News Special multimedia presentation that is well worth a look. Click here.  

remembering Fromelles   project of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC): Read about the work performed by the six anthropologists who worked with the team in Fromelles by clicking here.

Don’t forget me Cobber   project of the Australian Army latest update, issued on 24 November 2009, can be read by clicking here.

The individual soldier stories keep coming to light. Each one playing a significant role in Keeping The Memory Alive (KTMA) of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the Battle, including Private John O’Day in The Cairns Post article DNA clue may solve war grave mystery .

Photo: Private William John O’Day N^o.1737 [AWM PO7343.001]

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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.