2010 20c Australia Remembers Lost Soldiers of Fromelles PNC

The bloodiest day in Australian military history, occurred on the plains of Flanders on 19 July 1916. The Battle of Fromelles witnessed more than 1,900 Australian deaths, over 3,100 wounded and 470 captured. The Australian toll at Fromelles was such that over 1,000 casualties recovered after the war were unable to be identified and are buried as unknown soldiers in war cemeteries in the area. Some 410 of these casualties are buried in the VC Corner Australian Cemetery, where those who have no identified grave are commemorated on the cemetery’s screen walls.