LGC Forensics has been working with the Australian and British governments and various organisations on the specialised recovery and identification of soldiers who died at the Battle of Fromelles.
The company is working with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Ministry of Defence on the project to identify the casualties of the battle, which took place in northern France on 19 July 1916.
Modifications of modern-day forensic DNA techniques have been used by LGC Forensics to match DNA from potential relatives with samples extracted from soldiers' remains.
From 250 recovered bodies, just fewer than 100 have been positively identified using the modified DNA analysis in conjunction with artefacts, anthropological and historical data.
