The reply from Russel Linwood on the trooper L. T Wright issue and withdrawal of the rifle.
As a postscript I started this to try and give an old digger a sense of closure who knows he may have metted out a few 174 grainers into the enemy this is about a person who wants some closure if a person was willing to lay down their life to give us freedom then I see this as a minor ask from him
Besides we are not dealing with WMD's, trying to deliver state secrets to nasty people all that has to be said is the rifle has been found and is being cared for or it cannot be found as records are incomplete as to its whereabouts or just tell the digger is was written off.
Thanks Son