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How a bullet hole and a death notice helped unravel a WWI diary mystery

Colin Reid’s decade-long search uncovered a memorial notice that inspired Claude Nuttall to keep the diary and helped reunite his story with family.

Summary by Sydney Morning Herald
A soldier’s diary found in a rubbish tip led to a stranger half a world away writing a book to commemorate an Australian lost at war.

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How a bullet hole and a death notice helped unravel a WWI diary mystery

A soldier’s diary found in a rubbish tip led to a stranger half a world away writing a book to commemorate an Australian lost at war.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
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