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UNBELIEVABLE: First australian solider to die overseas robert weir s descendant disappointed by repatriation push doubt - Caught on Camera

David Potts is despondent his great-uncle might not ever be returned to Australian soil. (ABC Illawarra: Brooke Chandler)

A sandstone obelisk commemorating Australia's first soldier to die while fighting overseas stands in a coastal cemetery in southern New South Wales with no body beneath it.

Private Robert Weir's great-nephew David Potts has given up hope of bringing his ancestor home.

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