In the northern French village of Fromelles, the first of a number of unidentified allied soldiers from the First World War have been buried.
More than 7000 soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain were killed or injured in an attack on the German lines near the village in 1916. After the attack, around 250 of the dead were dumped in pits by the German defenders.
Their bodies were discovered in 2008 by an Australian researcher. In the coming months, all the rediscovered bodies will be officially reburied.
Photo of monument to the Australian dead at Fromelles by bpmm (flickr)
Picture by bpmm (flickr)
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The brave man is not he who feels no fear, for that were stupid and irrational; but he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
I respectfully salute and shed my tears, humbly, for all those great heroes who, courageously, paid the ultimate price for their country and fatherland.
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