My Great-Uncle’s War Record Was Redacted

Does family have a right to know why or is it his own private business?

Nichola Scurry
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
6 min readApr 9, 2024

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A small group of soldiers running up a beach front.
Photo by author

My grandma’s oldest brother died when I was six. I can’t remember much about him so I can’t tell you what kind of man he was. But since I’ve been researching my family tree, I discovered his World War II military service record was expunged.

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Nichola Scurry
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

Australian human living in Barcelona, writing mostly about popular culture with a twist of quirky. If you like my writing, I like coffee. ko-fi.com/nicscurry