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Originally Posted by Citroënbender
It’s bittersweet to me. Really good that this fellow’s relatives can now have certainty and possibly any honours more accurately bestowed, but the “unknown” is a part of tradition, like the eternal flame.
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This is the second one this year, an unknown soldier from WW1 was identified in August.
https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/ke...een-identified
Neither of these are the 'official' unknown solider though, the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier is within The Australian War Memorial and he remains unknown.
https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/visitor...of-memory/tomb