PASSCHENDAELE REFLECTIONS
04 October 2007
Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium
The family of WWI soldiers Sergeant George Calder and Private John Hunter have arrived in Belgium to witness the re-interment of their relatives.
The remains of the two soldiers, from the 51st Battalion and the 49th Battalion respectively, were found with three unknown Australian diggers at a pipeline excavation near Westhoek, Belgium, last year.
They were killed in the area during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917.
21 soldiers from the 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment will re-inter the remains at Buttes New British Cemetery on October 4.
The next of kin will attend the ceremony.
Although the Australian Government does not actively seek out the remains of service members missing in other countries, when they are found it will make every effort to re-inter them appropriately.
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| 20071001adf8262658_028 Mrs Anne Morrison and Mrs Sue Moore, descendants of Sergeant George Calder, are welcomed on arrival in Brussels by Chaplain Major Jim Pearson from the 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment. (Date taken: 01 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071001adf8262658_061 Private Craig Armstrong from the 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment reflects at the Memoral Panel for the 51st Battalion at Menin Gate. (Date taken: 01 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071001adf8262658_096 Sergeant Andrew Couchman from the 51st Battalion the Far North Queensland Regiment reflects at Menin Gate. (Date taken: 01 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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