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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto<\/strong>: Large screen erected in the main square of Ieper to cope with the expected overflow crowd Photo:<\/strong> The bands assembling for Last Post Remembrance Day Service The following photos were taken, at what Anny described as ‘the moving Last Post Service under Menin Gate.’<\/p>\n Photo:<\/strong> Dr Brendan Nelson (right), Ambassador to Belgium, Photo:<\/strong> Poppies ‘falling’ during the Menin Gate Remembrance Day Service<\/p>\n Members of the \u00a0FFFAIF you can read further reports on Remembrance Day commemorations in Belgium by visiting the Members’ Area<\/a> and read the lastest Waragem Report <\/em>by FFFAIF member Johan Durnez.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n The Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/em><\/strong> applauds\u00a0the joint Australian\u2013UK decision,\u00a0to conduct a full DNA testing program on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found in mass graves at Pheasant Wood (Fromelles), and for their continuing commitment to identify as many of the fallen as is possible. We also thank the Australian, UK and French governments for affording dignified individual reburials for these soldiers, buried by\u00a0German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles\u00a0on 19\/20 July 1916,\u00a0in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remembrance Day in Ieper Belgium was very different to the bright sunshine of Canberra. FFFAIF Belgium member Anny Decker sent these photos of the commemorations in a very wet and windy\u00a0Ieper where the crowds were smaller than anticipated due to … Continue reading
\nat the Menin Gate Remembrance Day\u00a0Service<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nat the Menin Gate Ieper<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLuxemburg and the European Union<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n