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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 5 sec.) ; 157293616 bytes |
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This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson is joined by Lambis Englezos, the amateur historian responsible for solving one of the great mysteries of the First World War.Englezos found the mass grave at Pheasant Wood near Fromelles in northern France, an unmarked burial ground of 250 Australian and British soldiers. They had been among the thousands of soldiers who died on one single horrific night during the Battle of Fromelles in 1916.Along with a few supporters, Englezos spent years gathering evidence about the grave site and then had to persuade reluctant military authorities that it was worth investigating.His research proved to be spot on. And finally this year the 'missing' soldiers were reburied in a new military cemetery in France dedicated in their honour, in front of families and dignitaries.Why did Lambis - who arrived here from Greece as a boy - become so passionately interested in Australian military history. And what next after Fromelles? |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-11-08 at 18:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Detective and mystery stories.
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Fromelles, Battle of (France : 1916)
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Historians -- Research.
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War casualties.
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World War (1914-1918)
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Australia.
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France -- Fromelles.
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Streaming video
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Englezos, Lambis, contributor
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Thompson, Peter, host
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