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DVA and Ancestry website helps families find WWII relatives
DVA and Ancestry website helps families find WWII relatives
CHAMPION broad jumper Finlay John Campbell was well on his way to the 1940 Helsinki Olympics, when war broke out in Europe.
In February 1939, Campbell – also a promising sprinter – had just recorded what the local Daily News described as “probably the most brilliant athletic performance ever registered in Western Australia” at Leederville Oval with a broad jump of 24 ft 3 1/8in – just inches from the Australian record.
But all dreams of Olympic glory were dashed when the war took over ch…
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