Lost Soldiers of Fromelles: Naming the Dead

Professor Margaret Cox was Scientific Advisor to the Fromelles Project from 2008 to 2021 responsible for archaeology, anthropology and identification. This is the extraordinary story of the excavation of 250 young Australians, who enlisted in 1915 only to fall in the Battle of Fromelles of 1916, and the efforts necessary to determine the identification of as many as possible.

Margaret describes the processes undertaken to ensure the respectful and scientific recovery and analysis of the soldiers bodies, and the confident assignment of names to 166 of these brave young men providing some belated solace for their families. Margaret ends her presentation with consideration of the legacy of the Fromelles Project with particular focus on the families and communities most affected.