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Soldiers pay their respects at Fromelles cemetery dedication

Fromelles: A carriage carrying the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier arrives
19 July 2010: A carriage carrying the coffin of an unknown Australian soldier arrives at the British Australian cemetery in Fromelles, northern France Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/AP
Fromelles: British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an unknown Australian
19 July: British and Australian soldiers carry the unknown soldier's coffin Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/AP
Fromelles: The burial of the final soldier who died in the battle of Fromelles
19 July: The coffin of the final soldier found in a mass grave for those who died at Fromelles in 1916 is carried to its resting place in the village's new cemetery Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Fromelles: Opening Of Fromelles Military Cemetery And Reburial Of The 250th Soldier
19 July: Soldiers hold rifles as they pay their respects at the military ceremony Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Fromelles: A military band plays during the burial of the final soldier
19 July: A military band plays during the Fromelles ceremony Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Fromelles: Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall lay flowers at the grave
19 July: Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall lay flowers at the grave Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Fromelles: Soldiers from D Company, 31st Battalion, Australian Army
Soldiers from D Company, 31st Battalion, Australian army, many of whom were buried at Fromelles Photograph: Collect
Fromelles: 1916: The Battle of Fromelles during the First World War in France
1916: A soldier is helped during the battle of Fromelles Photograph: Rex Features
Fromelles: Archaeologists start work on the excavation of a possible mass grave
August 2008: Archaeologists at the site of a mass grave containing the bodies of Australian and British troops killed at Fromelles during the first world war
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Fromelles: August 2008: Archaeologists start work on the excavation
August 2008: Archaeologists start work on the excavation of a possible mass grave containing the bodies of Australian and British troops killed during the battle of Fromelles
Martin Argles/The Guardian
Fromelles: Kate Brady from Oxford Archaeology holds part of a First World War uniform
An archaeologist holds buttons from a soldier's uniform recovered from the Fromelles area in May 2009 Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Fromelles: Inauguration of Pheasant Wood First World War mass burial site at Fromelles
The inauguration and blessing of Pheasant Wood, a first world war mass burial site at Fromelles, by British and Australian army officials in May 2009 Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Fromelles: Objects are recorded by the Oxford Archaeology Institute
Objects and remains are recorded by specialists at the Oxford Archaeology Institute in August 2009 after being recovered from mass graves in Fromelles Photograph: Mikael Libert/EPA/Corbis
Fromelles: Oxford Archaeology institute recording objects recovered in mass graves
Specialists from the Oxford Archaeology institute work on the recording of objects Photograph: Mikael Libert/EPA/Corbis
Fromelles: An unknown First World War soldier is buried at Pheasant Wood cemetery
An unknown first world war soldier is buried at Pheasant Wood military cemetery in Fromelles in January Photograph: David Rose/Rex Features
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