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On Sunday 9 November 2008, at Waterloo, Sydney, the Administrator, Her Excellency Professor Marie Ba...

On Sunday 9 November 2008, at Waterloo, Sydney, the Administrator, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, delivered an Address at the 15th Birthday Celebrations of The Luncheon Club AIDS Support Group Inc.

Earlier, at Fromelles, France, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Pr?”fet D?”legu?” for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Mr Joel Bouchite, toured the World War 1 mass grave site of Australian soldiers in Pheasant Wood, at which the Governor-General laid a wreath. Afterwards, at the VC Corner Memorial to the Missing, the Governor-General laid a wreath in honour of Australian soldiers who lost their lives in World War 1. Later, at Fromelles Town Hall and Museum, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Mayor of Fromelles, Mr Hubert Huchette, toured the Museum and met with the owner of the land where the mass grave is situated, Ms Marie-Paul Demassiet.