BATTLE OF FROMELLES
COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES
FROMELLES
Sunday 19 July 2009
at
10:30am
The famous Cobbers Statue at the Australian Memorial Park at Fromelles has recently undergone a refurbishment in preparation for the 93rd Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. A commemorative service will be held on Sunday 19 July at Fromelles at Australian Memorial Park.
Photo: Cobbers Statue under ‘wraps’ as it underwent refurbishment in June 2009
Photo: The Cobbers Statue after refurbishment, July 2009
Photo: Cobbers Statue July 2009
The photos of The Cobbers Statue, during and after refurbishment, were taken by FFFAIF member and Secretary of Fromelles Weppes Terre de Mémoire 1914-1918 (Fromelles Museum) Carole Laignel.
The Fromelles Weppes Terre de Mémoire 1914-1918 (Fromelles Musem) is situated on the second floor of the Fromelles Town Hall.
Photo: Fromelles Town Hall [Chris Munro]
The museum was founded in 1990 and houses a comprehensive collection of World War 1 and World War 2 memorabilia and is under the care of a dedicated committee of volunteers. A visit to the museum can be arranged by contacting Mairie de Fromelles on: 00 33 (0)3 20 50 20 43
Photo: ‘Museum Guide’ Lambis Englezos [Carole Laignel]
To take a virtual tour of the museum click on the ’screen’ below:
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The Families and Friends of the First AIF thanks the Australian, UK and French governments for affording Australian and British soldiers buried in mass graves at Pheasant Wood by German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles on 19/20 July 1916 dignified individual reburials in a new CWGC cemetery at Fromelles, and applauds the joint decision to DNA test the remains at exhumation and use every reasonable method to attempt identification of each soldier.
