Fromelles
An Old Victorian and a member of Jersey’s
Militia who served as a member of the Australian Imperial
Forces during the Great War, Sergeant Chester Cecil
Church is believed to be one of the (approximately)
400 men whose remains have recently been discovered
in a mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles that was
originally dug by the Germans after the Battle of Fromelles
on 19th/20th July, 1916. The remains of these men are
currently being disinterred, and will be subject to
DNA analysis in the hope that some men can be identified.
A new cemetery is being constructed for their re-interment
which will take place in 2010. It is not currently known
whether Chester Church had any relatives. More
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