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Travel through history: Last post in Belgium for unknown Australian and British soldiers

Funeral for unidentified soldiers at Tyne Cot Cemetery

A funeral has been held for two Australian soldiers and a British soldier who died in WWI. (AAP) Source: AAP

10 million dead and 20 million injured - that's the result of the First World War. Despite 100 years have passed since armistice, until today some soldiers are being laid to rest, like the two unknown Australian soldiers and an unknown British soldier who were recently found near Belgium Ypres.


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10 million dead and 20 million injured - that's the result of the First World War. Despite 100 years have passed since armistice, until today some soldiers are being laid to rest, like the two unknown Australian soldiers and an unknown British soldier who were recently found near Belgium Ypres.


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