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retrieve viable Y and mitochondrial samples from the remains and trace maternal and paternal ancestors. At least two attempts at DNA testing will be made on the exhumed remains.
    Families who registered their ancestral connections to the missing soldiers have also been assisting teams in Australia and the UK to create family trees. Over 2000 relatives were invited to provide genetic tissue to further aid efforts to identify the unknown. Personal facts about unidentified soldiers such as physical traits and wounds, medical and army records will also be used to enhance the process of identification. On occasion that personal objects are recovered with soldier remains they can also be used and potentially returned to the families.
    The first successful identifications of the 250 men re-interred in the cemetery were announced on 17 March 2010. Of these, 75 Australians had been identified by name, a further 128 men were confirmed as Australian, three as British, and 44 remain with no nationality or other identification established. A second identity board was held in May 2010, announcing that a further 19 Australian soldiers had been identified by name, with two more Australian identifications being announced on 7 July 2010, including Lieutenant-Colonel Ignatius Bertram Norris, who commanded the 53rd Battalion in the fateful attack.
    On 19 July 2010, the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles, the official opening and dedication of the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery took place with one final burial. At last the missing Diggers of that tragic battle had their final resting place.
    The identification board reconvened in London on 4 April 2011. The identities of an additional 14 Australian soldiers were confirmed, bringing the total of identified Australian soldiers to 110. The revised number of unnamed soldiers stands at 100 Australian and two British; the nationality of 38 are unknown. Further boards will convene annually until 2014.
    Identified soldiers March 2010 (75):
    Pte Arnott Colin Henry #1968 30th Battalion
    Pte Balkin Michael #4254 54th Battalion
    Pte Barrett Rossiter Alfred #3031 55th Battalion
    L/Cpl Bennett Allan #1602 32nd Battalion
    Pte Benson George Verner #840 30th Battalion
    Cpl Bolt Herbert Thomas #3009 55th Battalion
    Pte Bourke Harold John #1682 30th Battalion
    Pte Brumm Norman Leslie #1470 29th Battalion
    Pte Burney Edward Nason #1226 32nd Battalion
    Lt Burns Robert David #16 14th Machine Gun Company
    Pte Clingan Alexander Stanley #3168 53rd Battalion
    Pte Corigliano Maurice #2011 32nd Battalion
    Pte Cosgriff Thomas Joseph #2150 59th Battalion
    Pte Cressy Henry Alfred (Harry) #4179 54th Battalion
    Pte Cuckson William Joseph #3032 54th Battalion
    Pte Cullen William #623 31st Battalion
    Pte Dibben Edwin Henry #4183 54th Battalion
    Pte Dunstan Benedict John Arthur #4483 54th Battalion
    Pte Dyson Fred Arthur #3560 54th Battalion
    Pte Esam Harold #391 31st Battalion
    Pte Fahey Patrick William #3060 55th Battalion
    Pte Farlow Samuel #80 29th Battalion
    Pte Fenwick Robert Gladstone #882 30th Battalion
    Cpl Green Robert Courtney #1274 32nd Battalion
    Pte Griffiths Gilbert Allen #1276 32nd Battalion
    Pte Hale Norman Arthur #702 31st Battalion
    Pte Hart Leslie William #865 32nd Battalion
    Pte Higgins William Bruce #196 30th Battalion
    Pte Holliday Clifford Dawson #4801 54th Battalion
    Pte Holmes Arnold #955 32nd Battalion
    Pte Irving Allan William James #1528 32nd Battalion
    Pte James Frederick #3347 14th Machine Gun Company
    L/Sgt Jentsch Ernest Augustus #3331 53rd Battalion
    Pte Johnston Cyril Donald #4315 54th Battalion
    Cpl Kendall Hassell Marsden Harding #365 31st Battalion
    Pte Lawlor Daniel Michael #126 32nd Battalion
    Pte Leister Leslie #4840 55th Battalion
    Pte Loader Frank Oliver #2064 32nd Battalion
    Pte Lucre George Henry #467 30th Battalion
    Pte Mayer Henry #2873 55th Battalion
    Sgt McDowell Athol Halliday #3194 60th Battalion
    Pte McKenzie Alexander (Alec) McGregor #1797a 32nd Battalion
    Lt