{"id":385,"date":"2008-06-15T11:34:52","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T00:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2008-06-15T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T00:34:52","slug":"more-on-the-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;.more on the Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents and visitors of Fromelles attended the Memorial service to mark the completion of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood on Friday 13 June 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/11_ceremonie-des-fouilles-de-fromelles-part-1-13062008-105_sml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-384 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/11_ceremonie-des-fouilles-de-fromelles-part-1-13062008-105_sml.jpg\" alt=\"Pheasant Wood Memorial Service_11\" width=\"448\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo above shows the arrival of Reverend John Porter- Commonwealth War Graves Commission who along with local priest Father Roger Duprez offered prayers for peace.<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide media&#8217;s coverage of the event includes a video report from the <strong>BBC News<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>World War1\u00a0&#8216;missing&#8217; remembered<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0which is well worth a look. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/7454413.stm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian national TV also broadcast reports on the service:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC News<\/strong>: <em>Field of Conflict. <\/em>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=tER9WACm6o8\">here<\/a> to view.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Nine News:<\/strong> <em>Dig ends<\/em>. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=YR612XfIZbY\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to view.<\/p>\n<p>Other media coverage included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney Morning Herald: <\/strong><em>Diggers farewelled at last<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>Click <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/world\/diggers-farewelled-at-last\/2008\/06\/14\/1213321684900.html\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Fate of Soldiers&#8217; remains undecided. <\/em>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/national\/fate-of-soldiers-remains-undecided\/2008\/06\/14\/1213321674082.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC<\/strong> online News: <em>Search for diggers in Fromelles completed. <\/em>This page has been updated from yesterday to include an informative audio report in addition to\u00a0yesterday&#8217;s video report. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2008\/06\/14\/2274650.htm?section=justin\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a media release fom the <strong>Australian Defence Department<\/strong>, The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel The Hon. Warren Snowden gives details of those who participated in the Memorial Service. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minister.defence.gov.au\/Snowdontpl.cfm?CurrentId=7847\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read the release in full.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in reading about the activities at Pheasant Wood directly from the newspapers available in Fromelles\u00a0follow the links sent to <em>FFFAIF<\/em> by Carole Laignel, Secretary F.W.T.M. 14-18 (Fromelles Museum). To read\u00a0the report on the Memorial Service\u00a0at Fromelles in French,\u00a0click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/journal\/VDN\/2008\/06\/14\/REGION\/ART1178819.phtml\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0or to read a translation of the article\u00a0click <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavoixdunord.fr%2Fjournal%2FVDN%2F2008%2F06%2F14%2FREGION%2FART1178819.phtml&amp;sl=fr&amp;tl=en&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To view\u00a0other articles from <strong>La Voix du Nord<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0reporting on the archeological dig enter <em>Fromelles<\/em> in\u00a0the search engine on the site&#8217;s\u00a0opening page. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, to access La Voix du Nord opening page. Need help with translating the articles? Why not use <em>Google<\/em> &#8211; <em>Language Tools. <\/em>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/language_tools\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to\u00a0use\u00a0to access this web tool:\u00a0&#8216;Translate a web page&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><strong>CALL BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE NEWS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#339966;\">FROMELLES is NOT honoured on the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park Sydney. <em>FFFAIF<\/em> supports the recognition of FROMELLES on all state memorials.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents and visitors of Fromelles attended the Memorial service to mark the completion of the archaeological dig at Pheasant Wood on Friday 13 June 2008. 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