<P> The battle caused one of the greatest numbers of Australian deaths in action in 24 hours , surpassed only at the Battle of Bullecourt in 1917 . The 5th Australian Division lost 5,513 casualties , 2,000 men in the 8th Brigade , 1,776 men of the 15th Brigade , 1,717 men in the 14th Brigade and 88 men from the divisional engineers ; two battalions had so many casualties that they had to be rebuilt . Of 887 personnel from the 60th Battalion , only one officer and 106 other ranks survived unwounded and the 32nd Battalion suffered 718 casualties . The 31st Battalion had 544 casualties and the 32nd Battalion lost 718 men killed and wounded . The 61st Division was already under strength before the battle , engaged half as many men as the 5th Australian Division and lost 1,547 casualties . German casualties in the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division were 1,600 -- 2,000 men . Allied soldiers killed in the area that was re-taken by the Germans , were buried shortly after the battle . The burial pits were photographed from a British reconnaissance aircraft on 21 July but marked as dugouts or trench - mortar positions . The bodies were taken by narrow gauge trench railway on 22 July and buried in eight 10 m × 2.2 m × 5 m ( 32.8 ft × 7.2 ft × 16.4 ft ) pits . </P>
<P> The battle caused one of the greatest numbers of Australian deaths in action in 24 hours , surpassed only at the Battle of Bullecourt in 1917 . The 5th Australian Division lost 5,513 casualties , 2,000 men in the 8th Brigade , 1,776 men of the 15th Brigade , 1,717 men in the 14th Brigade and 88 men from the divisional engineers ; two battalions had so many casualties that they had to be rebuilt . Of 887 personnel from the 60th Battalion , only one officer and 106 other ranks survived unwounded and the 32nd Battalion suffered 718 casualties . The 31st Battalion had 544 casualties and the 32nd Battalion lost 718 men killed and wounded . The 61st Division was already under strength before the battle , engaged half as many men as the 5th Australian Division and lost 1,547 casualties . German casualties in the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division were 1,600 -- 2,000 men . Allied soldiers killed in the area that was re-taken by the Germans , were buried shortly after the battle . The burial pits were photographed from a British reconnaissance aircraft on 21 July but marked as dugouts or trench - mortar positions . The bodies were taken by narrow gauge trench railway on 22 July and buried in eight 10 m × 2.2 m × 5 m ( 32.8 ft × 7.2 ft × 16.4 ft ) pits . </P>
how many australian soldiers died in the battle of fromelles
how many australian soldiers died in the battle of fromelles
5,513
5,513