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Australia's First Indigenous Military Cross Recipient Sidney Leonard Morse's Story Rediscovered
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- Sidney Leonard Morse, Australia's first Indigenous recipient of the Military Cross in 1943, had his story rediscovered by a volunteer historian at the War Memorial.
- Awarded for gallantry in New Guinea, Morse's achievements were previously unknown to his distant relatives in Tasmania.
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Sidney Leonard Morse, Australia's first Indigenous recipient of the Military Cross in 1943, had his story rediscovered by a volunteer historian at the War Memorial. Awarded for gallantry in New Guinea, Morse's achievements were previously unknown to his distant relatives in Tasmania.
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