How Australian diggers were identified in Belgian war grave

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A third soldier has been identified from a group of five Australian World War One diggers located on the battlefield of Passchendale, near the Belgian town of Zonnerbeke. The remains of the men were turned up by workers laying a gas pipeline in late 2006. The work to find out who they were has been done using historical records and the latest DNA technology.

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