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Australia's First Indigenous Military Cross Recipient Rediscovered
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- Sidney Leonard Morse, Australia's first Indigenous recipient of the Military Cross in 1943, was rediscovered through volunteer research at the War Memorial.
- Awarded for gallantry in New Guinea, his story had been lost until a historian collating family trees found his achievements.
- His distant relatives in Tasmania expressed pride and a desire to connect with his immediate family.
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Sidney Leonard Morse, Australia's first Indigenous recipient of the Military Cross in 1943, was rediscovered through volunteer research at the War Memorial. Awarded for gallantry in New Guinea, his story had been lost until a historian collating family trees found his achievements. His distant relatives in Tasmania expressed pride and a desire to connect with his immediate family.
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