Wagga's Ian Mason to represent 1st/19th Battalion at Somme commemorative services | video

By Ken Grimson
July 6 2016 - 10:00am
HONOUR: Before flying to France, Ian Mason stands at the Wagga Cenotaph which contains the names of district men killed at Fromelles and Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Picture: Ken Grimson
HONOUR: Before flying to France, Ian Mason stands at the Wagga Cenotaph which contains the names of district men killed at Fromelles and Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Picture: Ken Grimson

THE pretty Somme Valley in France where Wagga man Ian Mason will represent the 1st/19th Battalion Royal NSW Regiment during centenary commemorations of the infamous Battle of the Somme this month is starkly different to the killing field of 100 years ago.

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