Many lists of South Australian winners of the military’s highest honour omit Private John Leak, but his story from mysterious beginnings to an extraordinary single-handed act of courage on The Somme is well worth re-telling this Anzac Day.
As we honour those who died for our country, David A Grant recalls the South Australians who volunteered for a conflict largely ignored by history.
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