Fromelles

Fromelles

Fromelles is a village in France in the Nord-Pas de Calais area. In 2004 it had a population of 907; its inhabitants are called "Fromellois".

The Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 is significant as the first occasion on which the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) saw action on the Western Front.

The battle is widely regarded as a disaster for the Allies.It resulted from a plan to divert German attention from the Somme, but historiansestimate that 5,500 Australians and 2,000 British troops were killed or wounded.

In July 2007, historians located the largest mass grave of allied soldiers discovered since the end of the Great War [ Sunday Telegraph Number 2,406 p14: 22nd July 2007 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/22/wgraves122.xml] ] .

In Fromelles is the "VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial" [ Department of Veteran's Affairs and Board of Studies NSW - Fromelles [http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/fromelles/fromelles-casualties.html] ] . There are no headstones in the cemetery, two large concrete crosses marking where 400 soldiers are buried.A 1998 sculpture by Peter Corlett of Sergeant Simon Fraser, 57th Battalion, (a farmer from Byaduk, Victoria), rescuing a wounded compatriot from "no man's land" after the battle is prominent. A 2008 replica of the sculpture made by Corlett is in the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Victoria.
Adolf Hitler served as a messenger on the German side with the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division . Fact|date=June 2008

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew5lsprUIms Video of VC Corner and Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles. Jason Fielding]

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