{"id":8557,"date":"2010-04-28T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2010-04-28T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T12:55:00","slug":"anzac-day-in-france-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=8557","title":{"rendered":"Anzac Day in France Pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yves Fohlen report on Anzac Day Commemorations held at Bullecourt France on 25th April 2010 continues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The service took place in the centre of the village:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8560\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_10\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8561\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_8\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8562\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_9\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Photos<\/strong>: Official Party in position outside the Bullecourt church [Yves Fohlen]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Wreaths were laid on the Memorial outside the Mairie and at the\u00a0Slouch Hat Memorial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8563\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_20\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8564\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_22\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>[Carole Laignel]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The band from Sydney Boys High School played 3 songs during the service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8565\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_21\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n[Carole Laignel]<\/p>\n<p><em>After completion of commemorations in the village all the Flag bearers, the VIPs and the visitors\u00a0marched to the Young Digger Memorial Park for the next part of the Anzac Day ceremonies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8566\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_23\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8568\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_24\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Photo<\/strong>: Crowd assembled at Digger Statue, Bullecourt [Carole Laignel]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8569\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_6\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8570\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_7\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Photo<\/strong>: Scenes\u00a0during the service at The Digger Statue [Yves Fohlen]<\/p>\n<p><em>Then every body was invited by the Mayor of Bullecourt to enjoy &#8220;le verre de l&#8217;amiti\u00e9&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt was the end of another Great Anzac Day for me. Once again everything went perfect at Bullecourt. The Sydney Boys High School Concert Band performed very well. The staff of the Australian Embassy and Vets Affairs\u00a0did indeed once again a great job and was once again were surprised by Bullecourt local commitment and help.<br \/>\nAt last every body was happy to hear in the French Pr\u00e9fet Speech speaking about\u00a0the opening of a\u00a0 New Museum at Bullecourt !!!! (We got the planning permission to build just 2 days ago !!!)<br \/>\nIt was great to meet Friends of Fromelles\u00a0(Carole Laignel FFFAIF member), the Mayor of Fromelles &#8230;\u00a0and many good\u00a0 friends from United Kingdom<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8571\" title=\"Anzac Day Bullecourt 2010_26\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/anzac-day-bullecourt-2010_26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Photo:<\/strong> Yves Fohlen (centre)<strong> <\/strong>during the service at Digger Statue [Carole Laignel]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Read Yves&#8217; report on the Villers Bretonneux\u00a0Dawn Service and the commemoration service at the &#8216;Little Cross for the Missing&#8217; at Bullecourt in <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/2010\/04\/28\/anzac-day-in-france-pt-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Anzac Day in France Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yves Fohlen report on Anzac Day Commemorations held at Bullecourt France on 25th April 2010 continues. The service took place in the centre of the village: Photos: Official Party in position outside the Bullecourt church [Yves Fohlen] Wreaths were laid &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=8557\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anzac-day","category-bullecourt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}