New memorial honours the sacrifice of wartime families

Caleb Cluff
Updated February 12 2017 - 8:59pm, first published 1:00pm
Grieving mother: The new statue of a grieving mother will stand adjacent to the Arch. It commemorates the grief of bereaved families. DIGITALLY ALTERED IMAGE.
Grieving mother: The new statue of a grieving mother will stand adjacent to the Arch. It commemorates the grief of bereaved families. DIGITALLY ALTERED IMAGE.

When the first Australian prisoners of the Japanese began to return home at the end of the Second World War, there was collective shock at their terrible physical condition.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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