Toronto RSL Sub Branch Returned and Services League of Australia

                                                                    D DAY LANDING 6TH JUNE 1944

                                                                                                   A tribute to an unknown American soldier,

                                                                                   who lost his life fighting in the landing operations of the Allied Forces,

                                                                                                marks the sand of Normandy's shore, in June 1944.

                                    After landing at the shore, these British troops wait for the                     Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a

                                        signal to move forward, during the initial Allied landing                     beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast

                                               operations in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.                       of France on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast.

May 29th

Commemorative Ceremony at the Allied Memorial on the beach of Dunkerque, 1130hrs local time.

                                                                                                                                           The Australian 'Cobbers' Memorial, at Fromelles Memorial Park.

    The names of 75 of the 250 Australian soldiers, whose remains were uncovered at the World War 1 mass burial site at Fromelles in France

    were issued on March 17. A second identification board will sit in May and release any further names of the missing Fromelles soldiers.

    "The next large number of names to be released may be in March next year when another joint identification board sits.

    That figure is fully dependant on relatives registering with us and providing DNA samples." Lt Col Brownlie said.

    Every March from 2011 through o 2014, a joint identification board will sit and subsequently release further names if possible.

   The reinterment of 249  of the soldiers was completed on February 19,

 with the final unknown soldier to be buried at the dedication service on July 19.

A computer generated image of the first war cemetery

 to be built on the Western Front in 50 years will be the

final resting place for the 400 soldiers discovered

in a mass grave at Pheasant Wood.

    If you believe you are related to one of the missing soldiers found at Fromelles

   or would like to register your interest in attending the service in  July,

     visit the Fromelles project website.

www.army.gov.au/fromelles/Fromelles_Home.asp

    Selected text from ,Sgt Andrew Hetherington.

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