Fromelles: A WW1 Mass Grave Discovery by historian Tim Lycett

24 April 2022
11:00am – 12:30pm
  Police Headquarters
200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

FREE ENTRY
Bookings Essential via Eventbrite or email museum

This lecture will also be Livestreamed

The whereabouts of hundreds of Australian soldiers killed during the First World War was unknown for almost a century until the discovery in 2008 of unmarked mass graves in woods on the outskirts of Fromelles, a small village in northern France.  The remains of these 250 men sparked a mission to recover them and reclaim their identities.

Historian Tim Lycett will present “Fromelles: A WW1 Mass Grave Discovery” and discuss Australia’s worst 24 hours in military history, during which thousands of men were shot down amid the horror of that blundered attack.

Tim became a key player in the identification project, volunteering his time and working alongside other amateur advocates and international experts.  They fought to have authorities reopen investigations into the mass graves, sought to find the untold stories of the diggers and through identification, embarked upon a quest to reconnect them to their families.

The one-and-a-half hour presentation will begin at 11am on Sunday, April 24 and will provide interesting and educational content suitable for any audience.

The Museum opens its doors to the public on the last Sunday of each month from 10am to 3pm from February to November in addition to the standard Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm opening hours. Monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums.

PLEASE NOTE: The Police Museum will open Sunday, April 24 from 10am to 3pm, and is located on the ground floor of Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.