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Search begins for Australian WWI diggers (AAP)

May 25, 2008
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Ninety-two years ago, Australia reeled as news filtered through from the World War I battlefields of France that 5,533 diggers had been either killed, wounded or taken prisoner in one night. Of the 1,719 Australian diggers who died during the notorious Battle of Fromelles against some very... [read full story]                    

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Latest article on this story:

Diggers' remains found in mass grave

smh.com.au May 28, 2008
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Digging for lost Aussie soldiers

news.com.au May 25, 2008
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