When 22-year-old David Irvin went off to World War I, he arrived in time to fight in Australia's greatest military disaster — at Fromelles in France. He was never seen again after being first reported ...
The 100th anniversary of the darkest day in Australia’s military history gives us pause to ponder the utter pointlessness of what happened, as well as what, if anything, we’ve learned from it French ...
The archaeologist who located an unrecovered war grave of Australian diggers in France says the astonishing find was his career highlight, as the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles ...
The worst day in Australian history has been marked with a centenary service at a war cemetery at Fromelles in northern France. An Australian soldier unveils a headstone at the Fromelles WWI ...
A century ago, Australian troops launched the Battle of Fromelles, their first major action of the Western Front of WWI and a costly disaster. Next Tuesday, the centenary of the Battle of Fromelles ...
Clingan’s job is to oversee Australian commemorations on the Western Front, but as the last post sounds later today to commemorate the worst 24 hours in the nation’s history, Clingan will cast a ...
It’s been 100 years since the darkest day in Australian military history, which saw the most casualties in 24 hours of any Australian battle. AT 6PM, ON 19 July 1916, Australian and British soldiers ...
He was buried in Trois Cemetery in France – so far from his beloved Cairns. His mother received a medal with one star for the loss of one son. Of ancient sculptures dedicated to long forgotten wars ...
For Lynn Berry, the 26,500 crocheted poppies “she planted” in the field in the Somme was more than just two days of hard labour to mark the centenary of Australia’s greatest single loss of life in the ...
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