You've probably seen dozens of them already this morning; war medals proudly adorned on veterans and family members for soldiers who couldn't attend today's ceremonies.
Local veteran Stephen Finney will be out wearing his medals today, but he shared a sad story with 1233's Nick Gerber this week.
Stephen is trying to track down the descendants of John Joseph Kelly, a WWI casualty, whose medals were discovered at Newcastle Dump.
Two WWI medals, along with a 'Widows Penny' (given to windows of fallen soldiers) were all found within the trash, still in the original postal envelope from 1918.
"These just so happen to be all together, lying in a little pile, out at the Newcastle Dump" said Mr Finney, local veteran and vice president of the City of Newcastle RSL sub branch.
"My mate picked them up and thought 'Gee, they shouldn't be here'. (He) brought them home, gave them to me and I've made it a bit of ambition to find the rightful owner."
According to records obtained by Mr Finney, Joseph John Kelly was in and out of hospital during WWI, before being killed in late 1918. He was buried in France, with his personal items being returned to his mother, Anne Kelly of Balmain.
"Obviously somebody's done a bit of a cleanup in the house, haven't recognised what these things are and decided to get rid of them"
With the centenary of ANZAC coming up, Mr Finney is hoping to reunite the precious items with their rightful owner.
"If there is any relative of Mr Kelly out there, I would dearly like to get in touch with them and would really like to see someone wearing them on ANZAC Day."
If you can help in Stephen's quest to return the medals, call 1233 ABC Newcastle on 1300 33 1233 or email Newcastle@your.abc.net.au
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