A 108-year-old wartime mystery that might have connections to Harvey Road in St. John's is puzzling researchers as they attempt to identify the remains of a soldier found in northern France nine years ago.

They're desperately trying to locate the descendants of a missing soldier — Pte. George Patrick Kirk, or a variation of that name — with Newfoundland and Labrador roots in hopes of solving the mystery.

"We would love to be able to give [this unknown soldier] his name back. He's been unknown for a long time," said Alexandra McKinnon, a Department of National Defence historian with the casualty identification program.

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