Broken foot won’t halt RSL boss’s daunting feat
BRIGADIER Tim Hanna is the RSL’s man in command as SA mounts one of its biggest Anzac Day tributes — and ironically he’s currently one of the walking wounded.
Anzac Centenary
Binocular find sparks Coast search
IF THESE 100-year-old binoculars could talk, it would give insight into the man who carried it from Gallipoli to the Western Front.
Dialect from trenches a turn up for the books
IF YOU tell a mate their “blood’s worth bottling” while getting “blotto” with them, you are speaking the language Aussie Diggers created in World War I.
Centenary of Anzacs: Shots of war
A TASMANIAN nurse compiled an amazing record of World War I, writes ANNE MATHER.
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Raymond’s odyssey to honour desert Diggers
LIKE the Anzacs whose horses padded the dusty desert tracks on their way to the war, Raymond Finn’s journey will carry him from Lake Eyre to the Dead Sea.
Festival to honour Anzacs
A NEW community festival is set to bring the tradition and spirit of the Anzacs to one of Queensland’s youngest communities.
In search of a fallen relative
Cathy Ewald hopes to find out more about her great uncle by tracking down his widow’s family 98 years after his death.
Lighter memories of war
WAR was tough. But Brisbane veteran Kevin Howard can still look back on three tours of duty with a smile.
Military Medal for hours carrying mates to safety
ON THE night of June 11, 1918, Lance Corporal Ernest Delo ran through a heavy barrage to rescue his wounded mates.
Walkerville’s forgotten war hero
CLEM Garratt kept his cool and fought without regard for danger under intense fire in World War I battles only to succumb to Spanish influenza.
Bringing artefacts to the suburbs
HISTORY buffs don’t have to go to the Australian War Memorial to see artefacts from WWI with a fine display at this suburban RSL.
Captain’s tale defines and era
HE had just finished his studies, when perilous operations in a war-torn country were heating up. It was an event that could define a generation.
Remembering WWI
AS the Centenary of Anzac approaches a Brisbane historian says it could be another 100 years before we recover fully from the effects of the Great War.
Apprentice printer answers nation’s call, twice
IN THE winter of 1915, a blue-eyed, brown-haired 18-year-old printer’s apprentice named Solomon William Jacobs enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, the first of two times he would answer the nation’s call.
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