Diggers Down Under's Neil Colston finds Peacock family WWI medal

Janet Howie
June 24 2021 - 4:42pm
MILITARY HISTORY: Keen hunter Neil Colston, of Wodonga, and his metal detector discovered a war medal earned by Ian Peacock's great-uncle more than a century ago.
MILITARY HISTORY: Keen hunter Neil Colston, of Wodonga, and his metal detector discovered a war medal earned by Ian Peacock's great-uncle more than a century ago.

A World War I service medal that lay by the Murray River for about 55 years has been found and returned to the soldier's family.

Janet Howie

Janet Howie

Deputy Editor - The Border Mail

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