News
27 October Update - Work on site at Pheasant Wood is complete with over 6000 artefacts recovered and analysed. The work to try and identify some of the 250 soldiers recovered from the site is well underway more...
Excavation Complete - On 10 September 2009, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science the Hon Greg Combet announced that the excavation phase of the project was over, with 250 sets of remains recovered more...
27 October DNA Test Kits - Registered relatives who are identified as suitable DNA candidates will receive a test kit from LGC Forensics in the coming weeks. Not all relatives who are suitable will be tested. We thank all of you who have contributed to this phase of the project and look forward to identifying as many of the soldiers as possible.
Register Additional Relatives - If you are already registered on Army's database but know of other relatives who might assist in providing a chance of a DNA match, please encourage them to register here...
Statistics Update - The latest statistics on the project can be found here...
Welcome
A project is underway to recover and re-inter in individual graves the remains of 250 Australian and British First World War soldiers, discovered in a group burial at Fromelles, France in May 2008. These soldiers lost their lives in the Battle of Fromelles which was the First Australia Imperial Force's first major offensive on the Western Front; taking place on 19 and 20 July 1916.
The Army has a dedicated team to manage the Australian aspects of this project, which includes the allocation of resources, coordination of memorial ceremonies, and identification of descendants. This website will endeavour to keep the Australian public informed on the progress of the project.
If you believe your relative may be one of those buried at Fromelles, please register your details.
In Focus
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| View back to Fromelles Church from Cemetery |