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Unrecovered War Casualties – Army

Adam Bourke, left, and Major Dan Nailer fix their position during a reconnaissance of the Kapyong battlefield in the Republic of Korea. Story and photos by Lieutenant Commander Brendan Trembath.
ADF People Australian Army History Lest We Forget 

Search continues for digger on Kapyong battlefield

27/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1762 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, Korean War, Unrecovered War Casualties – Army

An Australian Army soldier presumed to have been killed in the Korean War’s battle of Kapyong on April 24, 1951,

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The unveiled headstone of recently identified First World War Australian Army soldier Driver Albert Nicholson at Adelaide Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, France. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly.
Australian Army Europe History News 

Headstone unveiled for WWI soldier Albert Nicholson

29/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3376 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Unrecovered War Casualties – Army, Villers-Bretonneux, WWI

More than 104 years after his death, the grave of 21-year-old WWI soldier, No. 10778 Driver Albert Nicholson is now marked

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Graves of unknown soldiers who died during World War I but who's identity remains unknown are marked "Known Unto God".
Australian Australian Army News Veterans 

Another WWI unknown soldier formally identified and recognised

05/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2621 Views 0 Comments Private Robert Oliver Bowness, Unrecovered War Casualties – Army