ANZAC Day is all about remembering and sharing the stories of sacrifice that our soldiers made throughout history.

Major Barry Hampson is a returned serviceman, military historian and until recently worked with Unrecovered War Casualties Army.

He did two tours overseas, to the Middle East and East Timor and he served for a total of 43 years.

Barry Hampson told Luke Bradnam on 4BC Breakfast, "It's not just putting the names back, it's giving the identity back to an unknown Australian soldier."

"It's the one thing that our country deserves to give to our lost soldiers is their identity again and that's what drives me to do the work I did for almost 10 years like it was," Mr Hampson said.

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