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A century on, family yearns for return of soldier's 'bones'

Peter Milliken
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It has been a century since the death of the only Aboriginal soldier acknowledged in Australia’s official history of World War One.


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It has been a century since the death of the only Aboriginal soldier acknowledged in Australia’s official history of World War One.


William Allan Irwin died after charging four German machine guns on a French battlefield in 1918.

Now, 100 years later, his family is searching for his medals and hoping to return his remains to his traditional country.


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