Private James Mitchell, of Coldstream, was killed in July 1916, while serving with the Cameron Highlanders at Fromelles in Northern France.Ms Wilkinson, who still lives in Coldstream, said it was a moving experience when she heard her relative could be in the mass grave.
More than 5,500 Australian and at least 1,500 British troops were massacred as they attacked heavily fortified positions in broad daylight.
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