Australian Fromelles Poppy
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Owner:
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Wombatwandering
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Released:
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
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Origin:
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London, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of Tommy_Laura.
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This Poppy would like to travel to travel to the European battlefields where so many Australians lost their lives. It's just a small token to say 'We remember'.
Sadly, someone stole the first version of this poppy from an event in Alice Springs, Australia. It had travelled 19,266kms. It was a knitted one as described below.
And #2 was stolen by kayjosh12 in London, England after travelling 36241.5km.
Version 3 - a red reflective English Poppy Day poppy attached to a yellow homemade travel tag.
Version 2 - a red and gold poppy from the United Kingdom. I would have put another Australian one on but I can't get home. Green homemade travel tag.
Version 1 - This was a knitted poppy made for '5000 Poppies' by people all over Australia (and some in New Zealand) and sold by the Victorian RSL. Some of the poppies form part of installations like the photo below. They were at the recent Chelsea Flower show. The poppy has an Australian flag travel tag.
An excerpt from the Australian War Memorial Website : The battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916 was a bloody initiation for Australian soldiers to warfare on the Western Front. Soldiers of the newly arrived 5th Australian Division, together with the British 61st Division, were ordered to attack strongly fortified German front line positions near the Aubers Ridge in French Flanders. The attack was intended as a feint to hold German reserves from moving south to the Somme where a large Allied offensive had begun on 1 July. The feint was a disastrous failure. Australian and British soldiers assaulted over open ground in broad daylight and under direct observation and heavy fire from the German lines. Over 5,500 Australians became casualties. Almost 2,000 of them were killed in action or died of wounds and some 400 were captured. This is believed to be the greatest loss by a single division in 24 hours during the entire First World War. Some consider Fromelles the most tragic event in Australia’s history.
Status Update
May 2017 19,266kms #1 stolen in Alice Springs, NT, Australia
April 2021 36241.5km #2 stolen Cockfosters, London, England
March 2024. 59938.9km #3 Warragul, Vic, Australia
April 2024. 67532.9km. Bangkok, Thailand
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Wombatwandering took it to The Muslim Burial Ground and Peace Garden
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South East England, United Kingdom
- 24.63 miles
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A Sunday drive to Ottershaw in Surrey for you. Got a few caches I need for various projects im working on. Finished in the dark alongside a canal though. Bit sketchy! 🦦
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Gazania Rigens discovered it
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Seen in the hands of the owner during a walk in London. Thanks for sharing.
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Wombatwandering took it to TUBE SideTracked - Arsenal
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London, United Kingdom
- 5.84 miles
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It was a day of mopping up some straggler caches in north London. You ended up past the Arsenal Football Stadium for some caching in the dark. 🏟
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Wombatwandering took it to ????, ????, What have we here?
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London, United Kingdom
- 2.87 miles
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It has taken me years to find this cache in Holland Park, Notting Hill. It’s always been missing every time I looked. Very wet day for caching but at least that kept the muggles away. Even the resident peafowl stayed hidden. 🦚
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Wombatwandering took it to You were only supposed to...
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London, United Kingdom
- 4 miles
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I felt like some essential doughnuts from Borough Market so stopped in at Rotherhithe to see where the actor Michael Caine was born. 🍩
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Wombatwandering took it to TUBE SideTracked - Oxford Circus
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London, United Kingdom
- 5.7 miles
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Into London for some medical appointments. Took the opportunity to grab some central London caches. 🩺
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Wombatwandering took it to Put your head between your legs
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London, United Kingdom
- 8.66 miles
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A spot of geocaching for you in the Wood Green area north of London. This cache was above a bunker used by The Royal Oberserver Corps. They had the job of reporting the intensity, direction and distance of the nuclear bursts in the event of a nuclear attack. There were rations for seven day, possibly not quite enough. It seemed appropriate to find this cache during these trying times. ☢️
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Wombatwandering took it to TUBE SideTracked - Ravenscourt Park
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London, United Kingdom
- 10,000.62 miles
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Welcome back Australian Fromelles Poppy, it’s Remembrance Day so a good time for you to visit a cache. This one is just near my work. It’s CuteOtters 18th birthday today so I have a lot of essential shopping to do to make it special since Lockdown and Covid have stopped the parties. 🎁
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Wombatwandering grabbed it
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You’ve been reincarnated.
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Wombatwandering posted a note for it
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