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Australian Army personnel ready to take up the Australian flag from the coffin of Australian WWI soldiers being re-interred in Belgium. The soldiers were finally laid to rest after being thought missing for 90 years. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Chris Moore.

Three previously unknown WWI soldiers identified

18/11/202229/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1220 Views 0 Comments 8th Brigade, Remembrance Day, WWI

The names of three unknown Australian soldiers, who died during some of the bloodiest fighting of World War 1, were

A headstone of an unknown Australian soldier. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims.

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Three more WWI soldiers identified

13/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2662 Views 2 Comments

Three Australian soldiers of the First World War have been formally identified more than 105 years since they were killed

Lance Corporal Ralph Johnson, 32nd Bn, AIF, age 19 of Middle Brighton, Victoria, left, and Lance Corporal John Alexander Crawford, 32nd Bn, AIF, age 30 of Hindmarsh, South Australia.

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Another seven Australian soldiers identified from the Battle of Fromelles

26/03/201926/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2940 Views 0 Comments Fromelles

Seven Australian soldiers who fought and died in the World War One attack at Fromelles in France between 19 and 21 July 1916 have been formally identified by the Fromelles Identification Board.

Captain Kenneth Mortimer (left) and Private Henry Bell, both 29th Battalion, AIF.

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Nine recently identified Fromelles KIAs get new headstones

20/07/201820/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3524 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles

Nine Australian World War I soldiers identified by the 2018 Fromelles Project Identification Board [announcement made in April] have had their new,

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Nine more Australian soldiers from Battle of Fromelles identified

09/04/201809/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4586 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles

Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced nine World War I Australian soldiers who fought in the Battle of

Australian Army soldiers from 31st/42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, at the service at Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery on 19 July 2016. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre

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Centenary of the Battle of Fromelles

20/07/201630/07/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5710 Views 0 Comments Fromelles, Pheasant Wood, VC Corner

Around 80 members of the Australian Defence Force honoured the service of those who fought on the Western Front during

Australian Defence Force personnel from Australia's Federation Guard and Australian Army's 2nd Division rehearse at VC Corner, Fromelles, France, ahead of the commemorations of the centenaries of the First World War battles of Fromelles and Pozières. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre

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ADF prepares to reflect on the Battle of Fromelles

19/07/201619/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4877 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles, Pheasant Wood

Australians will remember our soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Fromelles one hundred years ago today, during the First

Australian soldiers in France. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre

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Centenary of Fromelles and Pozières this week

17/07/201616/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3746 Views 0 Comments Fromelles and Pozières

Australia will honour the service and sacrifice of our First World War soldiers this week at the centenary commemorations for

Fromelles headstones. Photo by Petty Officer Mez Merrill

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Six more Fromelles soldiers identified

27/05/201623/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7227 Views 5 Comments Fromelles

The Australian Army has confirmed the identification of a further six Australians from the 250 Australian and British World War