The remains of an unknown soldier who fought during World War One was returned from France to his home in St. John’s Newfoundland Saturday.
The soldier was formally transferred by the Government of France to the Government of Canada and N.L government in a public ceremony at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial in France, which honours Newfoundlanders who fought in the 1916 Battle of the Somme.
The soldier was later flown in a Canadian Arms Forces aircraft back to Newfoundland,…