Café historique - 18 March 2016

Arriving in France: Aussie Diggers land in Marseilles, 19 March 1916

Come to the Alliance Française and discover the Australian part in the first World War.
Free event from 5pm to 7.30pm. Booking essential by 15th of March.

From 5pm to 5.30pm, enjoy some live music with the Canberra Brass Quintet.

Welcome speech by Major General Dave Chalmers AO CSC, First Assistant Secretary, Commemorations & War Graves Division, Deparments of Veterans' Affairs.

The discussion will be led by distinguished panelists:
- Peter Burness, Senior Historian, Australian War Memorial
- Bill Gammage AM, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow, ANU
- Peter Pedersen, Military Historian (formerly Australian War Memorial)