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Preston Cemetery - Mont Park army hosp grave sites mystery investigation
« on: Tuesday 13 November 12 23:54 GMT (UK) »
There is an article in today's Melbourne Age and I have included the link.
Mont Park was a psychiatric hospital in Melb Northern Suburbs and it seems it treated a lot of the returned soldiers who were suffering from associated illnesses.
The burial records from the hospital were lost in a fire in 1931 but some amateur historians believe that the graves are on part of the old cemetery which is now owned by LaTrobe Uni. The university is now using ground penetrating radar equipment to investigate.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/solving-mystery-of-hidden-army-hospital-cemetery-20121113-29aj9.html
I hope some of you may find this solves one of those mysteries.
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mabeljessie
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