{"id":15925,"date":"2026-05-30T23:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=15925"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:46:04","slug":"fromelles-day-2026-commemorating-the-110th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-fromelles-19-july-1916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=15925","title":{"rendered":"Fromelles Day 2026 – Commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles 19 July 1916"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fromelles Day Services of Commemoration of the 110th<\/sup> anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles will be held in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane and Fromelles on
\nSunday 19 July 2026<\/strong>.
\nLinks to key background documents relating to the Battle of Fromelles and reports of Fromelles Day Commemorative Services in previous years are in the table below the image.<\/p>\n

In Sydney,<\/strong> the Fromelles Commemorative Procession will gather at the Archibald Fountain at 10:10am to re-enact the final parade of the 5th<\/sup> Division Veterans to the Anzac Memorial in 1966, where there will be a Commemorative Service with wreath laying commencing at 10:55. Following the Commemorative Service there will be a Visual Art Exhibition highlighting aspects of the Battle of Fromelles story.<\/p>\n

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Commemorative poster for Reserving the date in your diary<\/p>\n

In Ipswich<\/strong>, QLD at the Honour Stone at the RS Memorial Hall, the commemoration, organised by the 31st Bn Association (Brisbane) will commence at 11a.m.
\nsee 31st Infantry Battalion Association \u2013 31st Infantry Battalion Association<\/a>.
\nImages of the 2025 commemoration are at 31st Infantry Battalion Association<\/a><\/p>\n

In Melbourne<\/strong> \u2013 The commemoration at The Shrine of Remembrance, organised by The Friends of the 15th<\/sup> Brigade will be live streamed on the Shrine\u2019s web site Remembrance services\u00a0 (shrine.org.au)<\/a> from 1:30pm Battle of Fromelles | shrine.org.au<\/a>.
\nThe Fromelles Day 2025 Melbourne Record of Service<\/a>\u00a0 can be seen and downloaded by clicking here<\/a>; and<\/p>\n

In Fromelles<\/strong>, Commemorative Services will be held at VC Corner CWGC and then at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
\nImages of the 2025 Commemoration can be viewed at postings on 20 July 2025 at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lalloeuterredebatailles19141918<\/a> (220 images)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eric.compernole.3<\/a> (29 images)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FromellesAssociationofAustralia<\/a><\/p>\n

KEY LINKS<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Background to the Battle of Fromelles<\/a><\/td>\nHistorical context for commemorating the Battle of Fromelles in Hyde Park, Sydney<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2026 Sydney Order of Service<\/a> and Vice-Regal Message<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2026 Sydney<\/a>
\nEvent Brief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Background and Update on identification of the Diggers from Pheasant Wood<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Association Soldier Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966 A record of the Parade and Ceremony held in Hyde Park on 19 July 1966<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2025\u00a0 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2024 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2023 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2022 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2021 Sydney, Melbourne and Fromelles Reports<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2020 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a> and 2020 Fromelles Commemoration<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2019 Sydney Report and Souvenir<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2018 Sydney<\/a> and Headstone Rededication and Commemoration at Fromelles<\/a><\/td>\nFromelles Day 2017 Sydney Report<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fromelles Day 2016 Commemorations at Fromelles and Sydney<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fromelles Day Services of Commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles will be held in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane and Fromelles on Sunday 19 July 2026. Links to key background documents relating to the Battle of Fromelles … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,73,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commemorations","category-events","category-fromelles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15925"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15942,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15925\/revisions\/15942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}