Remembering the Battle of Fromelles, 104 years ago today, the worst 24 hours in Australian military history.
1. Australians just before the attack. Only three men pictured survived the battle, and they were wounded...
2. German troops reoccupy their trenches after the battle. Note the dead Australians in the foreground...
3. The body of an Australian killed in the German line...
4. Australians taken prisoner in a village behind the lines...
Australian kit is strewn across the battlefield in 1918, more than 2 1/2 years after the battle.
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