VC Corner Memorial
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| Monument Details | |
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| Name | V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial |
| Location | Approx 2 km northwest of village of Fromelles on rue Delval. |
| Dedication Date | 1921 |
History
The site was constructed in 1920 and 1921:[5] The name VC Corner has no obvious relation to actions in the region of Fromelles. It might just refer to a nickname soldiers gave the area during the war referring either to the bravery of the Australian troops or the danger of the place that demanded bravery to be held.[6]
The cemetery contains 410 unidentified bodies retrieved from the battlefield after the Armistice, that is, more than two years after the battle.[3][7] There are no headstones in the cemetery, two large concrete crosses laid face down in the grass mark where the soldiers are buried. Although the graves are not individually marked, these are individual graves, not a mass grave, as can be seen on the CWGC cemetery plan.[3] There is also a Cross of Sacrifice.