Following news that Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles discovered his own great-uncle among 11 newly identified First World War soldiers, advocates are demanding urgent federal action to end restrictive funding limits on memorialising Australia’s fallen.

Cate Walker from the Australian Remembrance Army joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings and warned that thousands of forgotten veterans remain buried without headstones across the country because slash-and-cap grant programs leave grassroots volunteers with a massive financial shortfall.

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