{"id":324,"date":"2008-06-08T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2008-06-08T08:01:48","modified_gmt":"2008-06-07T21:01:48","slug":"on-site-at-fromelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"On Site at Fromelles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_10_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-003.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_9_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-009.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_9_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-009.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_11_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-032.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_8_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-023.jpg\"><\/a>On Saturday 7 June locals donned their gum boots to visit the site of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood Fromelles in France. Although the area had received heavy rain overnight the rain held off for the site visit.<\/p>\n<p>The photo below from Carole Laignel, Secretary of the Fromelles Museum ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asbf14-18.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">F.W.T.M 14-18<\/a> ) shows the locals and visitors gathering under grey skies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-325\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_10_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-003.jpg\" alt=\"On site visit at Pheasant Wood Fromelles\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_10_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-003.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_10_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-003-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">It may not have rained during the visit by the locals of Fromelles but the rain has certainly made working conditions on the excavation site very difficult. Modern day duckboards have been put into action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_9_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-009.jpg\" alt=\"Modern day duckboards at Fromelles\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_9_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-009.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_9_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-009-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-328\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_11_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-032.jpg\" alt=\"Modern day duckboards at Fromelles_2\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_11_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-032.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_11_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-032-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Excavation work continues in the mud:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-329\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_8_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-023.jpg\" alt=\"Excavation at Pheasant Wood Fromelles 7 June 08\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_8_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-023.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/fromelles-dig_8_fouilles4-expose-le-7062008-023-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><strong>CALL BACK TOMORROW FOR UPDATES AND MORE PHOTOS OF THE VISIT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\">FROMELLES is NOT honoured on The Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney.\u00a0 FFFAIF supports the recognition of FROMELLES on all state memorials.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 7 June locals donned their gum boots to visit the site of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood Fromelles in France. 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