First World War: Australian Soldier Dead in Combat Identified 108 Years Later

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Australian Lieutenant Charles Martin, an unknown soldier who had fallen in combat in 1918, now had a name on his tombstone in a military cemetery in Pas-de-Calais. More than 100 years after his death, his body had just been identified. A tribute ceremony was held on Friday 24 April in the presence of a part of his family.