{"id":296,"date":"2008-06-04T09:28:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T22:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-06-04T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T22:28:28","slug":"fromelles-cobbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Fromelles Cobbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Work continues at Pheasant Wood to uncover the remains of\u00a0Australian soldiers of the first AIF\u00a0killed at the Battle of Fromelles and buried by the German Army.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lambis Englezos from Melbourne has been a driving force behind the establishment of this archaeological project and can be seen in the photo below being interviewed by international journalist on site at Pheasant Wood.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"International<\/p>\n

Patrick Lindsay in his book Fromelles <\/em>says that: Without Lambis, the missing Diggers of Fromelles would still be languishing in their unmarked and lonely graves at Pheasant Wood.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Word is spreading world wide about the dig – even to Moldova – read the report on<\/span> Archaeologists find WW1mass grave remains\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(by clicking on the title) or practice your Romanian by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Closer to home the Australian published this report in yesterday’s paper: Remains found in five pits at Fromelles<\/a><\/p>\n

Other\u00a0updates from yesterday did not appear to very late in the day – have you caught up with those reports? Not sure – see Recent News Missing Diggers.<\/em><\/p>\n

The UK media is beginning to report on the archaeological dig at Fromelles. Read their view on the project by clicking on the following links:<\/span><\/p>\n

itv.com: <\/strong>WW1troop remains discovered<\/a><\/p>\n

Telegraph.co.uk<\/strong>: Archaeologists hopeful they have found graves of First World War ‘lost army’<\/a><\/p>\n

Mirror.co.uk<\/strong>: Search for First World War mass grave<\/a><\/p>\n

DailyRecord.co.uk<\/strong>: Scots team find World War 1 Australian mass grave<\/a><\/p>\n

LOOK FOR MORE\u00a0UPDATES TOMORROW<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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