Fromelles, France - 108th Remembrance of the Battle of Fromelles July 2024

On the 19th of July 2024 a ceremony was held for the 108th remembrance of the Battle of Fromelles in Pheasant Wood Cemetery.

And also 7 rededications.

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2024-04-24/seven-first-world-war-soldiers-identities-restored

 

Order Of Service
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IV. C. 10. Private George Robert Barnatt - 1062, 29th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Died 20 July 1916 Age 31

Son of William and Florence Alice Barnatt, of 32, Jardine St., Wincobank, Sheffield, England. Native of Gosberton.

Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the V.C. Memorial

Born in Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England, 1885. Worked as a farmers labourer.

 

Barnatt 3050247
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IV. E. 10. Corporal Percy George Barr - 3006, 54th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Died Between 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916 Age 19

Son of Thomas and Beatrice Barr, of 146, Wardell Rd., Dulwich Hill, New South Wales. Native of Oxford, England.

Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, 1897. Worked as a Commercial Traveller.

“Believed to be” buried in Rue du Bois Military Cemetery

 

Barr 3052113
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I. B. 6. Private William Christopher Brumby – 585 - 31st Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Died Between 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916 Age 29

Son of William and Eliza Brumby, of Hedge Ends Farm, Grimoldby, Lincs, England.

Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Born in Grimoldby, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England, 1887. Worked as a labourer.

 

Brumby 3132875
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III. E. 12. Private Alfred William Fitch – 2825 / Ansell, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion

Died 23 July 1916 Age 29

Son of Frank Rich Ansell and Emily Tersia Ansell, of Swan Hill, Victoria.

Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Born in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1886. Worked as a labourer.

 

Fitch 3909765
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IV. A. 2. Private Herbert Graham - 3543, 54th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Died Between 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916 Age 24

Son of Thomas Albert Graham and Alice Maria Graham, of Geurie, New South Wales.

Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the V.C. Memorial

Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1892. Worked as a labourer.

 

Graham 4669400
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III. E. 14. Lance Corporal Harold Thomson Smith - 509 / 4474, 8th Field Company Australian Engineers

Died 19 July 1916 Age 20

Son of David and Elizabeth Eleanor Smith, of 17, Donald St., Prahran, Victoria.

Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the V.C. Memorial

Born on 19 July 1896 in North Melbourne

     

    Smith 1780173
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    II. B. 2. Private Ernest Frank Welling – 1311 - 30th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

    Died 20 July 1916 Age 31

    Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated at the V.C. Memorial

    Born in Miller's Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1883. Worked in Warehouse Duties.

     

    Welling 8380543
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