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Century on, descendants honour couple who helped the helpless

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The unsung efforts of the Australians who helped Armenians after the First World War have been celebrated in a special ceremony in Sydney almost a century later. The grandsons of a couple who ran an orphanage in Lebanon have met for the first time with the relatives of those who sought refuge there.


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By Hannah Sinclair, Anastasia Tarasova

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The unsung efforts of the Australians who helped Armenians after the First World War have been celebrated in a special ceremony in Sydney almost a century later. The grandsons of a couple who ran an orphanage in Lebanon have met for the first time with the relatives of those who sought refuge there.



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