Another bone found at Fromelles grave site

Friday - 30 May 2008 - ABC News Online

More human remains have been found during the excavation of the site of a World War I mass grave in France.

Archaeologists are examining several grave pits at Fromelles where up to 170 Australian soldiers were said to have been buried in 1916.

Defence Minister Warren Snowdon has told ABC NewsRadio it is still not known if the remains are those of Australian soldiers, or off around 250 of their British comrades who are believed to have been interred in the same pit.

"I've received information this morning that another human bone has been discovered on part of the Fromelles site," he said.

"Further investigation is obviously required to confirm the nationality of the remains, but it seems very likely from the advice that I've received, that these pits remained undisturbed from the time they were buried in 1916."

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