More than eight decades on, the remains of a digger killed on the Kokoda Track during World War II have finally been identified. Lieutenant Hercules Crawford is the last of the famous 39th Battalion, ...

Lieutenant Hercules William Crawford went missing 1942 He was part of the 39th Battalion in Papua New Guinea An Unknown Soldier grave was identified as his remains The remains of an Australian soldier ...

Lieutenant Hercules Crawford, of the famous 39th Battalion, was declared missing in action aged 34 in 1942. The 39th Battalion faced a Japanese ambush at the time, leaving Lieutenant Crawford ...

Two Australian soldiers have been identified after their deaths in 1918 and 1942. Both soldiers lay in graves marked "unknown Australian" until the Australian Army's Unrecovered War Casualties team ...

A WWII soldier declared missing in action 84 years ago on the Kokoda Track has finally been identified. Lieutenant Hercules Crawford, of the famous 39th Battalion, was declared missing in action aged ...