Fed: DNA matching establishes identity of WWI soldier

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-2008
Fed: DNA matching establishes identity of WWI soldier

The remains of an Australian soldier .. recovered from a World War One battlefield
nearly 90 years after his death .. have now been identified.

DNA matching techniques have been used to identify the soldier as Private GEORGE RICHARD
STOREY .. who was killed during the Battle of Polygon Wood .. in Belgium .. in September
1917.

His body was recovered from a lost grave in 2006.

Plans are underway to replace the headstone presently at his grave from "Known unto
God" .. to Private GEORGE RICHARD STOREY .. with a small informal ceremony to mark the
occasion.

AAP RTV rl/af/tm

KEYWORD: STOREY (CANBERRA)

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