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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.