Politics live news Australia: SS Montevideo Maru discovery solves WWII mystery, will 'heal our memory for generations', Kim Beazley says
Australian War Memorial chair Kim Beazley, whose uncle was on board the SS Montevideo Maru, has hailed the discovery of the wreckage as a 'monumental moment in war history'.
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