Comments on: 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Arras

By: Cameron McCrae

Cameron McCrae — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:24:43 +0000

My family and I were at the beginning of the line at the Bullecourt Memorial site on this occasion. We were guests of Mr Jean Letaille and had travelled to Bullecourt especially for the 90th anniversary. The ‘flambeau’ made for a real spectacle as the sun set over this most evocative of battlefields.

By: Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:08:15 +0000

My Grandfather’s brother was lost at Passchendaele. He was reported missing in action - believed killed. After six months with nothing more heard from him his mother was sent a telegram saying ‘he must be assumed dead.’ Her diary that day simply says, ‘My Dave gone. Oh how cruel.’ In 1987 my brother, also named David, tried to find out all he could about his namesake and received a copy of army records saying the Uncle was killed in action sometime between 9 - 12 October 1917. Not only was the exact location of his death a mystery, so was the date. He is one of the many with no known grave. My family always hoped he’d be found. We still hope. Every day, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we remember him.

By: Daniel Mcintosh

Daniel Mcintosh — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:50:36 +0000

The torchlight would have been very stirring, i wish to have witnessed it. I wonder what the demographic of the torchbearers was composed of? at times it’s very easy for one to feel like the only western front/ AIF nerd in one’s generation - (under 30).