Image Gallery: July 2010
20 July 2010
Fromelles 250th Re-interment and Cemetery Opening
The last of 250 Australian and British World War I troops recovered from the mass grave at Pheasant Wood have been re-interred with full military honours in Fromelles, France.
It comes 94 years after the soldiers were killed in the Battle of Fromelles. Of the men recovered, 205 have been identified as Australian, 96 of which have been named, three served with the British army and 42 are still classified as unknown.
The ceremony also marked the official opening of the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Ceremony.
Her Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, His Royal Highness Prince Charles, military and community dignitaries, relatives of the deceased and thousands of members of the public attended the event.
The Battle of Fromelles was the costliest in Australian military history, with 5533 soldiers either killed, wounded, taken prisoner or missing in just 24 hours.
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The bearer party carry the coffin of the 250th soldier into the Fromelles Military Cemetery.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles and wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch on with Governor- General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and His Excellency Michael Bryce.
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Chief of Staff of the French Army General Elrick Irastorza (left), British Army Chief General David Richards (inside left), and Australian Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie (inside left), salute for the national anthems.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles meets members of Australia's Federation Guard.
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles meets members of Australia's Federation Guard.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles meets members of Australia's Federation Guard.
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles meets members of Australia's Federation Guard.
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles meets Warrant Officer Class One Kevin O'Halloran.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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Regimental Sergeant Major - Army, Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Ward pays his respect to each of the 250 soldiers at the cemetery dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the Battle of Fromelles.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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Captain Katherine Christie from Australia's Federation Guard, bows her head as a sign of respect during the Fromelles Ceremony.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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The general service wagon pulled by horses from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery amidst the crowd gathered at the Fromelles Ceremony.
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Bearer party carrying the coffin of the 250th soldier reburied in Fromelles.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Governor- General of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie and British Chief of Army General David Richards follow the bearer party through Fromelles.
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The bearer party lowers the coffin of the 250th soldier into his final resting place.
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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie speaks at the Fromelles Ceremony.
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Australian and British soldiers fire volleys in honour of the fallen soldiers from the Battle of Fromelles.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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Warrant Officer Class One Kevin O'Halloran (left) and Corporal Russell Cox-Brogan (right), flank bugler Corporal Mathew Creek.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles and the Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, lay a wreath during the Fromelles Ceremony.
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles and wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch on with Governor- General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and His Excellency Michael Bryce.
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Sergeant Mathew Craig lays flowers at one of the 250 tombstones at the Fromelles Military Cemetery.
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Flowers and tributes surround the tombstones of the soldiers who have been re-buried in the Fromelles Military Cemetery.
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Flowers and tributes surround the tombstones of the soldiers re-buried in the Fromelles Military Cemetery.
(Date taken: 19 July 2010)
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