Image Gallery: July 2010
22 July 2010
Menin Gate Ceremony
Private Alan James Mather of the 33rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, was today remembered at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium.
Private Mather’s relatives, represented by great niece, Kim Blomfield and nephew John Mather, today joined the Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie and Dr Brendan Nelson Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg, in a solemn remembrance ceremony led by the Last Post Association.
Wreaths were laid for Private Mather, who was one of the 6,178 Australian men killed in action, with no known grave from World War I, and one of 54,896 soldiers who lost their lives on the Western Front.
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Dr Brendan Nelson, Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg, (left) and Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie stand inside the Menin Gate archway in conversation while waiting for the daily ceremony to commence.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie recites the Ode at the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie lays a wreath during the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie pays his respects after laying a wreath during the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie turns to walk back to his position after paying his respects during the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Relatives of Private Alan James Mather lay a wreath during the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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VIPs and members of the public face the wreath laying area during the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie talks to visitors after the Menin Gate daily remembrance ceremony.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie and Warrant Officer of the Army, Warrant Officer Class One, Stephen Ward, listen to a historian explaining the significance of the Toronto Cemetery at the Battlefield Tour in Ploegsteert, Belgium.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Family members scan the farmland where Private Mather's remains were found in August 2008.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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Wreaths laid – flowers adorn a display stand inside the Menin Gate and visitors stop to read some of the many names carved into the walls of the memorial.
(Date taken: 21 July 2010)
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