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

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Peter Milliken Source: SBS

It has been a century since the death of the only Aboriginal soldier acknowledged in Australia’s official history of World War One and now his family is searching for his medals and hoping to return his remains to his traditional country.


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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 and now his family is searching for his medals and hoping to return his remains to his traditional country.



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