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Arandora Star victim identified

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  1. GRW

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    Some dogged detective work.
    "On 20 August 1940, the body of an unknown man was found by a nine-year-old boy on the South Ayrshire coast.
    Two days later, the unidentified individual was buried in an unmarked grave in Girvan's Doune Cemetery.
    More than 80 years later, detailed research has revealed his name - Francesco D'Inverno - and parts of his life story have been put together.
    Now it is hoped he can be given a proper gravestone and members of his family traced."
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66684801
     

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