Fromelles fallen laid to rest

I wrote last year about the dedication of the first war cemetery in fifty years on the site of one of the worst battles of the First World War at Fromelles in France.
It was the first major battle involving Australian and British troops fighting side by side on the Western Front. The 5th Australian Division suffered 5,533 casualties, of which 1,780 were killed, and the 61st British Division suffered the loss of 1,547 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
Well, a couple of days ago the soldiers who ended up in mass, unmarked graves at Fromelles were finally laid to rest at the new war cemetery, watched by relatives of the fallen.
You see a short clip of the burial service for the unknown soldier at Fromelles from the BBC.
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