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Youngest British WWI veteran's medals turn up at thrift shop in Australia

Medals earned for extraordinary bravery by Britain’s youngest First World War soldier have turned up in Australia.

Sidney Lewis was 12 when he signed up, and fought in the horrific Battle of the Somme at 13 in 1916.

He famously appeared in the Daily Mirror later that year after officers in the East Surrey Regiment discovered his age and he was sent home.

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