Forgotten battle recalled by few
AS thousands commemorate the bloody beach landings at Anzac Cove, further along the peninsula there is a site of even greater horror that lies almost deserted.
Anzac Centenary
Royal’s battlefield message survives test of time
ROYAL John George Myren kept a promise to his best friend Dick Robinson, who died in his arms at Gaza during World War I.
Survivors and the scars of battle
EVEN for those who returned, war took its toll. ANNE MATHER reports on the survivors of battle.
Why Anzac story WASN’T front page news
WHEN Queenslanders awoke to their morning newspapers on April 26, 1915, they would have been unaware that a legend had been born on the shores of Gallipoli, on the other side of the world.
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Medals clue to history
When Riverhills Navy veteran Peter Plumridge inherited his great uncle’s World War I medals, he realised he knew very little about the man his family affectionately referred to as “Uncle Vic”.
Mansfield woman’s ANZAC past
She had her debutant ball and met her husband at an army training base, but no one knew Ms Fidler was 17-years-old when she joined the air force
POW remembers “Death Railway”
WWII veteran Bob Christie recalls the horrible conditions of his time as a prisoner of war on the infamous Thai Burma railway where many of his mates died.
St Mary’s remembers HMAS
They may not have been to war, but the crew of the HMAS Voyager II who died in 1964 will be remembered at Kangaroo Point this weekend as Anzacs.
State’s Attorney General awarded Military Cross
AS THE state’s Attorney General, William Joseph Denny was expected to uphold SA’s honour and the law, but went beyond the call of duty when he enlisted to fight in World War I.
Soldier’s titanic stroke of luck
WILLIAM Henry Mantell narrowly avoided a trip on the fated Titanic journey, only to be wounded at Gallipoli almost three years to the day after the cruiseliner sank.
Making ultimate family sacrifice
RELATIVES of World War I veteran Private George Stewart describe him as the ultimate family man.
‘Let women enlist to help in war effort’
WITH more than 40,000 Australians killed or wounded on the Western Front, Dr Phoebe Chapple was increasingly frustrated the Australian army refused to enlist women doctors.
Cigarette tin helps save soldier’s life
A CIGARETTE tin Allen Peterie Fricker’s sister gave him when he left Adelaide for the battlefields of World War I is credited with saving his life in Belgium.
Memoirs reveal fear of No Man’s Land
AS GEORGE Mitchell lay bleeding on the hard No Man’s Land of Gallipoli, he thought he was a dead man.
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