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Battle of Fromelles

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 3807 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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Captain Kenneth Mortimer (left) and Private Henry Bell, both 29th Battalion, AIF.
Australian News Veterans 

Nine more Australian soldiers from Battle of Fromelles identified

09/04/201809/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5027 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

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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 6418 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

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