30 September 2008
Wreath laying ceremony at Pheasant Wood
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, pays his respects on Monday 29 September 2008 at a wreath laying ceremony at the site of a group burial of Australian and British soldiers at Pheasant Wood in the village of Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008
President of the Local Australia/ France Association, Monsieur Martial Delabarre OAM, and the Mayor of Fromelles, Monsieur Hubert Huchette pay their respects at a wreath laying ceremony on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Chairman of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Lord Richard Faulkner; Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP,and; the Mayor of Fromelles, Monsieur Hubert Huchette at a wreath laying ceremony on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
President of the Local Australia/ France Association, Monsieur Martial Delabarre OAM, at a wreath laying ceremony at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP and Senior Australian Army Representative on the Fromelles project, Major General Mike O'Brien, on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP addresses media on Monday 29 September 2008 on the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Director of Battlefield Archaeology at the Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division, Dr Tony Pollard, and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP on the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles. Dr Pollard lead a team of archaeologists who conducted a limited excavation of the site in May and June 2008 which confirmed the presence of remains.
Director of Battlefield Archaeology at the Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division, Dr Tony Pollard, and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP on the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles. Dr Pollard lead a team of archaeologists who conducted a limited excavation of the site in May and June 2008 which confirmed the presence of remains.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; President of the Local Australia/ France Association, Monsieur Martial Delabarre OAM, and; and the Mayor of Fromelles, Monsieur Hubert Huchette on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
A temporary commemorative slate marks the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
President of the Local Australia/ France Association, Monsieur Martial Delabarre OAM; Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP,and; Chairman of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Lord Richard Faulkner; at a wreath laying ceremony on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Director of Battlefield Archaeology at the Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division, Dr Tony Pollard; Senior Australian Army Representative on the Fromelles project, Major General Mike O'Brien,and; Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; at a wreath laying ceremony on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
The Mayor of Fromelles, Monsieur Hubert Huchette; Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, and; Australian Ambassador to France, Mr David Ritchie; on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
The Mayor of Fromelles, Monsieur Hubert Huchette President; President of the Local Australia/ France Association, Monsieur Martial Delabarre OAM, and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; on Monday 29 September 2008 at the site where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; Historian and Co-Secretary of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Mr Peter Barton, and; Chairman of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Lord Richard Faulkner in the village of Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008.
The Australian Memorial Park near Fromelles,in North France on Monday,29th September 2008
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP pays his respects at the VC Corner Cemetery near the village of Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP lays a wreath at a ceremony at VC Corner Cemetery near Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP at the VC Corner Cemetery near the village of Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008.
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP; Senior Australian Army Representative on the Fromelles project, Major General Mike O'Brien; Historian and Co-Secretary of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Mr Peter Barton, and; Chairman of the British All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group, Lord Richard Faulkner at the VC Corner Cemetery near the village of Fromelles, France on Monday 29 September 2008.
An exchange of gifts between Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, and Madame Marie-Paul Demassiet (with her daughter) at the village of Fromelles on Monday 29 September 2008. Madame Demassiet owns the land where up to 400 Australian and British First World War soldiers lay interred in a group burial.
A Cross and Australian flag at the VC Corner Cemetry outside the village of Fromelles, North France on Monday,29th September 2008
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, and the Military Governor of Lille, Major General Monfort at lunch in Bapaume, France.
