US museum to hand over skull of Australian soldier

Submitted by Paul Daley on Wed, 04/10/2017 - 11:43am

Return of remains of Thomas Hurdis, who died a century ago, comes after outcry over grisly display

An American medical museum has agreed to hand over to Australian authorities for burial the skull of a world war one Anzac servicemen who died of horrendous facial wounds a century ago.

The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia confirmed in a statement it would hand over the skull, which has been independently established to be that of Private Thomas Hurdis of the 59^th Battalion Australian Imperial Force who died on 3 October 1917.