Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles, France
The Australian Memorial Park (filmed in 2010), Fromelles, France marks the battle of 19-20th July 1915 when the 14th Australian Brigade assaulted the German line here.
The Park is home to the so called Cobbers statue of Sgt Simon Fraser (by Peter Corlet) who with his company brought 250 wounded men to safety during the battle (saying the Germans treated us very fairly). The Cobber statue is so called after the wounded man crying out from the battlefield, Don't forget me, Cobber.
Statue des Cobbers, australian memorial park à Fromelles, Hauts de France, 59
Statue des Cobbers, australian memorial park à Fromelles, Hauts de France, 59
Statue des Cobbers, australian memorial park à Fromelles, Hauts de France, 59
Statue des Cobbers, australian memorial park à Fromelles, Hauts de France, 59
Australian War Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France
Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France
One of the features of World War One was the large number of Commonwealth soldiers from around the world who fought with the British & French on the Western Front (and in no way forgetting Gallipoli, where the nations of Australia and New Zealand were born).
The Australian National War Memorial near VillersBretonneux, France, honours over 10,000 Australian soldiers who fought and died in France but have no known grave.
VillersBretonneux was chosen for this amazing monument because Australian troops re-captured the town in the final successful advance on the invading German army. The success of the Australians in this area was key to the final outcome of the war. Their sacrifice should never been forgotten.
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Fromelles
A reflection on the Battle of Fromelles 19-20 July 1916.
The Australians have a close association with Fromelles, as this is one of the sites where they lost heavily during the Great War. The Australian 5th Division, along with the 61st British (South Midland) Division, attacked here on July the 19th, 1916. At this time, the main Somme battles were raging around 40 miles to the south of Fromelles, and the intention was to make a feint here to prevent the Germans from bringing reinforcements to the Somme. Originally an artillery barrage only was planned, but then an infantry assualt was also agreed. The Australian attack here was their first serious battle in France, and the only one in which they achieved no success.
The background music is courtesy of the Band of Brothers soundtrack.
VC Corner Australian Cemetery (2017-04-21)
VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial - Fromelles, France.
This is the only cemetery on the Western Front battlefields where only Australian soldiers are interred.
The cemetery was established after the end of WWI. The remains of 410 Australian soldiers were brought here from the surrounding area. None of these soldiers could be identified, at the time. They were Australians and believed to have been killed during the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916.
It was decided to inter these unknown Australian soldiers in this cemetery without headstones. The names of Australian soldiers missing in action and known to have been killed during this battle were inscribed on the memorial wall at the north-eastern end of the cemetery.
The Battle of Fromelles, intended as a diversion for the British offensive on the Somme, is considered to be the worst 24 hours in Australian military history. By the close of fighting the Australian Forces had suffered 5,533 casualties in what was their first military action of the Great War on European soil.
Australian Memorial, Pozières Windmill - France
This is a short video of the Australian Memorial at Pozières showing the crosses in the field that were placed to mark the Centenary to the battle of the Somme in 1916.
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Fromelles, France Monument
footage taken June 2008 from WW1 memorial to the perished Australian soldiers who died in the Battle of Fromelles in 1916. 1299 Australian Diggers perished over the period of 19-20 July and their bodies only recently found. Very touching place to visit for all Australians, australian world war, We will remember them.
FROMELLES 24 09 2014
The video centres on the Section Euro class from Notre Dame College, La Bassee in the North of France. The following areas are highlighted; Neuve Chapelle Memorial; Fromelles Museum & Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery; The Cobbers Statue; VC Corner and Trou Aid Post Cemetery. Also included are selected clips from the 19/7/14 ceremony at Pheasant Wood. Thank you to a group of very special friends from France whose dedication in guiding the youth maintains the spirit and memories of the fallen from WW1. They are Chantal Maille who is in charge of the Section Euro class at Notre Dame; her husband Philippe whose work you see in the video and Pierre Seillier, a local war historian whose vast knowledge and expertise has been valued by many (plus he is a Frenchman who loves vegemite).
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The Australian Memorial Park is a World War I memorial, located near Fromelles, France commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles.
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FROMELLES: TNT AT OPENING OF NEW WAR CEMETERY IN FRANCE
In July 2010 the Prince of Wales attended the dedication ceremony of a new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Fromelles in northern France.
Thousands of British and Australian soldiers were killed in a nearby battle in 1916 and many were dumped in huge mass graves by the German forces.
Lembis Englezos, an Australian schoolteacher discovered the existence of the graves and, eventually, persuaded the authorities that the graves should be exhumed and wherever possible the bodies should be identified and given individual headstones in the new cemetery.
In July 2010 his ambition was achieved when the Prince of Wales attended the dedication service at Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
This programmes features the ceremony, tells the story of the Battle of Fromelles and interviews and fellow Aussie Tim Whitford, whose relative was the first to be identified from the mass graves.
The Cobbers Statue Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance
Originally made for the Australian Memorial Park WW1 memorial, located near Fromelles, France. Sculpture by Peter Corlett of Sergeant Simon Fraser rescuing a wounded Aus from No Man's Land after the battle. This video is of the replica of the sculpture in the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Victoria. The title comes from a letter that Fraser, a farmer from Byaduk, Victoria, wrote a few days after the battle and that was widely quoted in Australia's official history of World War I
France consecrates graves of Australian WWI soldiers
The graves of 14 newly identified Australian World War I soldiers were consecrated Tuesday in the French fields where they lie, 95 years after they died along with thousands of comrades. Duration: 01:23
Fromelles diggers laid to rest
The last of the Australian and British World War I soldiers recovered from mass graves are laid to rest in northern France.
Fromelles Memorial Part 1
Last Fromelles soldier reburial - no comment
The last of British and Australian World War I troops recovered from mass graves has been reburied with full military honours at the Fromelles Military Cemetery in northern France.
Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles and some relatives of identified soldiers attended the ceremony....
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