Digger finds medals after Facebook plea A WORLD War II digger who lost his war medals at an Anzac Day service in southern NSW has been reunited with them after his plea went viral on social media. Maurice Dore, a 90-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign, noticed he was missing his medals after leaving a church service in Albury on Thursday morning, The Border Mail reports. He told The Border Mail he was pleased to have his medals back. "They're not much good to anyone else and they're personal," the veteran said. Thursday marked 98 years to the day that Australia and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli, with huge crowds gathering around NSW to honour Aussie diggers. Around 20,000 serving and former defence force personnel marched through Sydney's CBD, while commemorations were held in many regional centres. Meanwhile, an 82-year-old digger whose 13 service medals were stolen in a Sydney home burglary days before Anzac day has displayed a replica set during the dawn service near his Mount Pritchard home. The digger, a veteran of the Vietnam and Korean wars, was presented with the replica set on Wednesday by police who chipped in to buy them so he wouldn't be without medals on Anzac day. Police are still searching for the originals, which were stolen after the digger and his wife left for a day out on Monday morning.