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Search for lost Gallipoli relics
coffscoastadvocate.com.au
4/27/2010
AN expedition to uncover lost war relics beneath the waves at Gallipoli will set off for Turkey next month after being saved by a grant from the State Government. The archaeological survey, known as ‘Project Beneath Gallipoli’ will map the forgotten underwater battlefields of Anzac Cove, North Beach and Suvla Bay.
Last World War I Digger Jack Ross's last post
theaustralian.news.com
6/4/2009
NOW they are gone. With the death of Jack Ross yesterday, none remain of the 416,809 who signed up for the Great War, a national baptism of blood and senseless slaughter that continues to hold Australia in emotional thrall. Mr Ross, who died peacefully in his sleep aged 110, never saw action after his mother pleaded with the authorities for him to remain in Australia rather than join his brother on the battlefields of France.
Fromelles DNA fears
theaustralian.news.com
6/3/2009
AS forensic archeologists unearth from mass graves the bodies of nearly 200 victims of the World War I battle of Fromelles, concern is growing that the prospects for DNA identification are plummeting and the long-dead Diggers will be reburied anonymously. The problem is that no decision has been announced about which genetics team will tackle the job. Meanwhile, the timeline established by British and Australian officials states all bodies will be exhumed by September, testing will be done by December and the remains will be re-interred in groups of 20, beginning next February.
Defence releases names of 191 Aussies dead at Fromelles
Archaeology.org
4/2/2009
A list of 191 Australian soldiers who are believed to have died in the Battle of Fromelles in 1916 has been published by the Defence Force. The group area among 400 Australian and British soldiers who are believed to still lie at Pheasant Wood in Fromelles, France, after fighting in the first battle fought by Australians at the western front in the First World War. An excavation last May confirmed the group burial.
ANZAC letters point to female soldiers in Gallipoli
www.todayszaman.com
3/19/2009
Director of the Atatürk and Battles of Çanakkale Research Center (AÇASAM) Mete Tuncoku has said he came across letters and diaries of Australian and New Zealand soldiers that mentioned Turkish female warriors fighting against them during the Battle of Gallipoli, which was won by the defending Ottoman army in 1915 and laid the groundwork for the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the Turkish Republic.