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‘Jaw-dropping’ find: Search for soldier’s relatives after WWI diary turns up among donated books

2 March 2023
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In November 1916, digger James Leslie Robinson was a stretcher bearer and ambulance driver during the chaotic and bloody Battle of the Somme. At just 20 years old, he was a long way from his home in Brunswick in Melbourne’s north.

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Last updated: 2 March 2023

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