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Fred Hallam, the forgotten war hero

The photograph that brought Hallam's story to the spotlight was found in a second-hand shop

Australian soldiers at the Battle of Gallipoli

Australian soldiers at the Battle of Gallipoli Source: Australian War Memorial

Fred Hallam was an Australian boxer and WWI hero who was forgotten over the years until an unearthed photograph of him as a young man on the New Town Harriers from Tazmania brought him back into the spotlight. 


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