100-year-old Anzac artefacts stolen and recovered in hours

By Jorge Branco
Updated January 30 2015 - 1:13am, first published 1:00am
A section of Private James Nicholas Murray's diary made during World War I. Photo: Supplied
A section of Private James Nicholas Murray's diary made during World War I. Photo: Supplied
A map Mark Murray painstakingly created from his grandfather Private James Nicholas Murray made during World War I Photo: Supplied
A map Mark Murray painstakingly created from his grandfather Private James Nicholas Murray made during World War I Photo: Supplied

Emerald surveyor Mark Murray had just finished reconstructing his grandfather's painstaking mapping work from World War I when the original documents were stolen from him and returned, all in a matter of hours.