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by Jacob Miley
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ASHES belonging to slain teen Jack Beasley set aside by his grieving mother for a memorial jewellery was lost for months after a blunder by Australia Post.
Belinda Beasley sent a quarter of a teaspoon of her son's ashes to a memorial business in Healesville, Victoria, in August, which was to be put into a ring.
Parts of Victoria were in COVID-19 lockdown at that time
She expected it to take about 10 days, but weeks later she was told the package never arrived.
Following a four-month mammoth effort by the family and Above and Beyond Funerals, which facilitated Jack's funeral, to track down the parcel they were finally reunited days before Christmas.