Guardian Australia · Adelaide

Max’s journey to the grave 113 years after death, via a doctor fleeing murder charges and an Australian museum

· By Tory Shepherd
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German immigrant’s skeleton, on display at South Australian Museum for 80 years, finally laid to rest in Adelaide on SaturdayFor almost 80 years, war hero Max Dreyssig’s skeleton was on display in a museum.Pictures show him posed with one leg up on a small chair, a bird skeleton perched on his outstretched hand. Con…

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