{"id":859,"date":"2008-07-30T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T00:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2008-07-30T11:08:23","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T00:08:23","slug":"mayor-visits-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Mayor visits Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayoral visit to historic Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Monsieur Hubert Huchette, Mayor of Fromelles, accompanied by his wife Mme Therese Huchette visited Sydney with Monsieur Martial Delebarre OAM, President of the Fromelles Weppes Territoriale Memoriale following the unveiling of the “Cobbers” Statue at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on 19 July .<\/p>\n

Monsieur Claude Annonier, Deputy Consul for France, hosted a luncheon at the historic Hyde Park Barracks Caf\u00e9 in Macquarie Street, Sydney on Monday 28th July.\u00a0 Also attending was Theodore Arfaras, President, Association Des Anciens Combatants Francais , Russell Curley, President, Families and Friends of the First AIF (FFFAIF) and Alan Kitchen, FFFAIF Membership Secretary.<\/p>\n

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Mme Therese Huchette, Claude Annonier, Deputy Consul for France, Martial Delebarre OAM, President of the Fromelles Weppes Territoriale Memoriale, Consul-General’s press Secretary, Russell Curley, President Families and Friends of the First AIF, Monsieur Hubert Huchette, Mayor of Fromelles and Theodore Arfaras, President, Association Des Anciens Combatants Francais, Russell Curley, President Families and Friends of the First AIF at Hyde Park Barracks Cafe, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Monday 28th July.
\n[Photo by Alan Kitchen]<\/p>\n

Prior to the luncheon, the Mayoral couple and Martial Delebarre were shown the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney where the Association Des Anciens Combatants Francais have participated in the Remembrance Day service on 11 November for the past several years.<\/p>\n

Photos: Remembrance Day 2006<\/p>\n

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A short walking tour also took them to St Stephens Church, Macquarie St. where the 30th<\/sup> Bn Colours are laid up (Fromelles Bn. 8th<\/sup> Bde) and then to St James Church opposite Hyde Park Barracks where 36th<\/sup> Bn colours are laid up. Following the luncheon, the guests visited historic Garden Island in Sydney Harbour, where the Royal Australian Navy has had a fleet base since 1913. \u00a0Monsieur and Mme Huchette and Martial Delebarre, stayed in Sydney as guests of Bob and Gwen Cleworth of Roseville where an “Aussie” barbeque was held prior to them returning to France.<\/p>\n

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Martial Delebarre, Colin Kidd, Mme Therese Huchette, Monsieur Hubert Huchette and Neville Kidd were amongst the guests at the Cleworth’s home. [Jim Munro]<\/p>\n

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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
\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

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