{"id":2325,"date":"2009-02-11T07:17:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T20:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2009-02-11T07:17:53","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T20:17:53","slug":"briefing-room-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"*Briefing Room Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Briefing Room<\/em> will be a regular posting by <em>FFFAIF<\/em> members who wish to share their information and experiences related to the Great War. The postings will contain reports and photos contributed by members. If you are a <em>FFFAIF<\/em> member and would like to contribute to <em>Briefing Room<\/em> check out the Members Area\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/11\/briefing-room-no1\/\" target=\"_blank\">inaugural <em>Briefing Room<\/em> <\/a>on the Tyne Cot Railway was contributed by member Stuart Curry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2327\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/11\/briefing-room-intro\/stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2327\" title=\"stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate.jpg\" alt=\"stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate\" width=\"336\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2327\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/11\/briefing-room-intro\/stuart-shrapnel-charlie_menin-gate\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Photo: <em>FFFAIF<\/em> member Stuart Curry,\u00a0wearing the uniform of\u00a0an Australian\u00a0Field Artillery\u00a0Gunner, with Belgium members Ivan Sinnaeve (&#8216;Shrapnel Charlie&#8217;) and Marie-Claire at Menin Gate, Ieper.\u00a0[Munro Collection]<\/p>\n<p>The next <em>Briefing Room<\/em> is scheduled for next Web-Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\">The<em><strong> Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/strong><\/em> thanks the Australian, UK and French governments for affording Australian and British soldiers &#8211; presently buried in mass graves at Pheasant Wood &#8211; dignified individual reburials in a new CWGC cemetery at Fromelles, and applauds Minister Snowdon and his British counterpart, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans, Kevan Jones MP, for their joint decision to DNA test the remains at exhumation and use every reasonable method to attempt identification of each soldier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#333333;\">*****<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong><em>FFFAIF<\/em><\/strong> supports the inscription of <strong>\u201cFROMELLES\u201d<\/strong> on National and State Memorials<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Briefing Room will be a regular posting by FFFAIF members who wish to share their information and experiences related to the Great War. 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