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Family receives traded war medal

Source: 7pm TV News WA
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:54
Expires: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:54

The service medal of a WWII prisoner of war has been returned to family of the dead soldier after it had been traded for lollies in a Perth schoolyard.

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Tags: defence-forces, veterans, human-interest, world-war-2, perth-6000

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