During the First World War, 250 soldiers were buried behind enemy
lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the village of
Fromelles, Northern France. They were among several thousand
Australian and British soldiers who were killed in the Battle of
Fromelles on the 19th and 20th July 1916, the first action on the
Western Front to involve the Australian Imperial Force. This volume
describes Oxford Archaeology's contribution to a joint Australian
and British government mission, under the management of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to recover the soldiers and
re-bury them with full military honours in a new Commonwealth War
Graves cemetery in Fromelles. Bringing together an international
team of forensic and investigative professionals, Oxford
Archaeology excavated and scientifically examined the remains of
the soldiers and items - remnants of uniforms, insignia, and
poignant mementoes of home, among them a return train ticket and a
heart-shaped leather pouch - buried with them. With the full
support and co-operation of the soldiers' families, this evidence
was employed alongside DNA and historical sources in an attempt to
identify the soldiers by name for their commemoration on
headstones. Since the recovery operation began in 2009, limited
information has been revealed about the project. This volume is the
comprehensive account of the work. Ultimately, however, this is a
story of the soldiers, their bravery and sacrifice. With
contributions by: Alison Anderson, Matt Bradley, Carl Champness,
Ambika Flavel, Wayne Hoban, Peter Jones, Dai Lewis, Tim Loveless,
Paul Murray, Dan Poore, Lucian Pricop, Ian Scott, Mark Viner, James
Walker, Roland Wessling and Richard Wright
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