It’s taken a century but, thanks to a series of amazing strokes of luck, the life and sacrifice of a once-unknown soldier has been remembered.

6PR Mornings producer Shane Douglas’ great-grandfather lost his life in the Battle of Pozières Ridge in 1916, but the Douglas family have had almost no record of how or why until now.

It’s taken a century but, thanks to a series of amazing strokes of luck, the life and sacrifice of a once-unknown soldier has been remembered.
6PR Mornings producer Shane Douglas’ great-grandfather lost his life in the Battle of Pozières Ridge in 1916, but the Douglas family have had almost no record of how or why until now.

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