{"id":4640,"date":"2009-07-01T02:51:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2009-07-01T02:51:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T15:51:11","slug":"where-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=4640","title":{"rendered":"*Where in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">Where in the World is Lambis Englezos?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FFFAIF member Lambis Englezos AM\u00a0has recently returned to Australia from France after visiting the Pheasant Wood site at Fromelles where the excavation and exhumation of the\u00a0allied soldiers buried by the German Army following\u00a0the Battle of Fromelles is underway.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4641\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/01\/where-in-the-world\/lambis-_-4-06-2009-fromelles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4641\" title=\"Lambis _ 4 06 2009 Fromelles\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/lambis-_-4-06-2009-fromelles.jpg\" alt=\"Lambis _ 4 06 2009 Fromelles\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>Photo: Lambis\u00a0in front of CWGC information panels Pheasant Wood [Carol Laignel]<\/p>\n<p>Whilst in France Lambis had the opportunity to address the villagers of Fromelles and explain his research and the process which led to the British and Australian Governments commiting to the excavation and exhumation of the &#8220;missing&#8221; allied soldiers of the Battle of Fromelles.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4642\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/01\/where-in-the-world\/lambis-fromellians_sml\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4642\" title=\"Lambis &amp; Fromellians_sml\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/lambis-fromellians_sml.jpg\" alt=\"Lambis &amp; Fromellians_sml\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>Photo: Lambis Englezos, Mme Demassiet, Martial Delebarre,\u00a0Carole Laignel &amp; Hubert Huchette, Mayor of Fromelles [Carole Laignel]<\/p>\n<p>Fellow researcher and battlefield explorer Johan Vandewalle from Polygon Wood, Belgium joined Lambis on a visit to Pheasant Wood.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4644\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/01\/where-in-the-world\/johan-w-lambis_sml\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4644\" title=\"Johan W. &amp; Lambis_sml\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/johan-w-lambis_sml.jpg\" alt=\"Johan W. &amp; Lambis_sml\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Photo: Johan Vandewalle \u00a0and Lambis Engelzos<\/p>\n<p>Johan Vandewalle played an integral part in the exhumation and re-internment of the <em>Zonnebeke 5<\/em>. Johan is also the proprietor of the <em>ANZAC Rest<\/em> at Polygon Wood \u2013 a must on the itinerary of Australians visiting the Western Front. To read about Johan\u2019s work visit his website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygonwood.com\">www.polygonwood.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4645\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/01\/where-in-the-world\/lambis-yves-_sml\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4645\" title=\"Lambis &amp; Yves _sml\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/lambis-yves-_sml.jpg\" alt=\"Lambis &amp; Yves _sml\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lambis-yves-_sml.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lambis-yves-_sml-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Photo:Lambis Englezos and Yves Fohlen [Yves Fohlen]<\/p>\n<p>Lambis also travelled to Bullecourt where he met with fellow FFFAIF member <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/about\/join-us\/yves-fohlen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yves Fohlen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lambis_Bullecourt\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/lambis_bullecourt.jpg\" alt=\"Lambis_Bullecourt\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Photo: Lambis visits the battlefield at Bullecourt [Yves Fohlen]<\/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\u00a0buried in mass graves at Pheasant Wood by\u00a0German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles\u00a0on 19\/20 July 1916\u00a0dignified individual reburials in a new CWGC cemetery at Fromelles, and applauds\u00a0the 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;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4646\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/01\/where-in-the-world\/lambis_bullecourt\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where in the World is Lambis Englezos? 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