The V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I cemetery and memorial. It is in the commune of Fromelles, in the Nord departement of France, about
View of the cemetery with the memorial in the background
The burial areas at VC Corner Australian Cemetery
Attack at Fromelles
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The operation was conducted by XI Corps of the First Army with the 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division of the Australian Imperial Force against the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, supported b
V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial
…of Fromelles, in the Nord departement of France, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Fromelles on the D22C road (rue Delval). The Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 is significant as the first occasion on which the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) saw action on the Western Front. The battle is…
Panorama of Fromelles, 1914.
Troops holding a well constructed breastwork near Fleurbaix, June 1916; one of the troops has a periscope rifle.
A German strongpoint in the Fromelles salient, July 1916
Troops of the 53rd Australian Battalion, only three of the men survived the battle, all wounded