The Sorrento Boys - Lost at Fromelles
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From the 19th to 21st of July 1916 Australian soldiers fought their first battle on the Western Front at Fromelles. Over 1950 Australians died over the three days.After the Battle, the Germans cleared the battlefield in front of their positions, and buried the bodies of Australians who had died close by, in mass graves. The mass graves would become lost, and remain undisturbed for the next 90 years.
From 2002, Australian Lambis Englezos started searching for the graves. The site of the mass graves would be identified next to what is now known as Pheasant Wood in 2007.
From May to September 2009 the exhumation of the remains of 250 soldiers took place.
DNA has been used to identify many of the soldiers exhumed.
The 250 soldiers’ remains were re-buried at the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
Among those 'missing' at Fromelles were Albert Hibbert and William Brumby, from Sorrento.
This is their story.
As told by Lambis Englezos . . . Hosted by NHS's Clive Smith
Location
Sorrento Museum
827 Melbourne Road, Sorrento Vic 3943
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The Sorrento Boys - Lost at Fromelles
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