Memorials and Museum
There are several memorials in the Fromelles area commemorating the battle. The V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial was constructed and unveiled in the early 1920s, the Australian Memorial Park was unveiled in 1998, and the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery was established and opened in 2010. There are also several small cemeteries in the area that include burials from the Battle of Fromelles. In Fromelles itself, on the second floor of the town hall, there is a museum (Fromelles Weppes Terre de Mémoire), run by the local Association pour le Souvenir de la Bataille de Fromelles (ASBF).
On 19 July 2010, the anniversary of the battle, the burial of the last soldier, identity unknown, occurred with full military honors. The cemetery was then dedicated in the presence of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Kent, Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce, and a minister, a priest and a rabbi. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission hosted from afar relatives of the fallen, having letters from their loved ones, which they read aloud. Many of the letters showed clearly a prescience of death. The ceremony was broadcast live in part by the BBC America television channel and by other media.
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