Gloucester Anzac Day program

By Frank McGovern
April 21 2017 - 2:00pm
Soldiers from the 53rd Battalion enjoy a last smoke before donning their gear to 'hop the bags' at Fromelles. Of the eight men shown, five will be killed and the other three wounded. Picture. The Anzacs Gallipoli to the Western Front.
Soldiers from the 53rd Battalion enjoy a last smoke before donning their gear to 'hop the bags' at Fromelles. Of the eight men shown, five will be killed and the other three wounded. Picture. The Anzacs Gallipoli to the Western Front.

Of the soldiers of 53rd Battalion of the Fifth Australian Division at Fromelles only three of the men in the photograph came out of the battle alive and all three were wounded. 

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