The head of the GUARD team was Dr Tony Pollard from the University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Photo: Dr Tony Pollard, Pheasant Wood, June 2008 [Lambis Englezos]<\/p>\n Dr Pollard recently featured in an article The Glasgow Herald<\/em> (Scotland) entitled Digging deep to reveal the human cost of war<\/em>. Tony describes details of the number and condition of the soldiers’ remains and the effect on the team members in the weeks following the archaeological dig. Some of Tony’s other projects and interests are also discussed. To read the article click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo: Digger Bear<\/p>\n FROMELLES<\/strong> IS NOT HONOURED ON THE NATIONAL OR ANY STATE MEMORIAL IN AUSTRALIA.<\/span><\/p>\n FFFAIF<\/strong> SUPPORTS ALL EFFORTS TO RECOGNISE FROMELLES<\/strong> ON OR AT THE NATIONAL AND ALL STATE MEMORIALS THAT PRESENTLY LIST BATTLES BY NAME.<\/span><\/p>\n FFFAIF Policy Statement The Battle of Fromelles was fought by the British and Empire forces 92 years ago. The AIF suffered 5,533 casualties in the battle and through the research of Lambis Englezos, the burial place of over 400 of the fallen soldiers, … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/tony-pollard_lambis_sml.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>The Families and Friends of the First AIF believes that the Australian Government through the Minister for Veterans\u2019 Affairs should commit the to re-burial of the \u201cmissing of Fromelles\u201d with individual graves and headstones in a new Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Pheasant Wood after DNA testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"