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Unknown WWI soldier buried as mass graves give up secrets

Discussion in 'Roll of Honor & Memories - All Other Conflicts' started by kerrd5, Jan 30, 2010.

  1. kerrd5

    kerrd5 Ace

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    FROMELLES, France (CNN) -- An unknown World War I soldier was buried in Fromelles, France, on Saturday, the first of some 250 bodies recovered from a string of mass graves dating back to a bloody -- and largely pointless -- battle that claimed thousands of lives in a single night.

    About 2,300 British and Australian troops were killed, and thousands more wounded, captured or left missing in action when they were ordered to charge into German machine guns on July 19, 1916.

    Nearly a century later, the battle of Fromelles remains the deadliest 24-hour period in Australian military history, the country's minister for veterans affairs, Alan Griffin, said Saturday.

    Unknown WWI soldier buried as mass graves give up secrets - CNN.com
     
  2. luketdrifter

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    Hopes that they all rest in peace. Thanks for the link, kerr.
     
  3. sniper1946

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    my post yesterday.. ww1 battle of fromelles soldiers to be reburied...
     

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