Son honours the hero of Lone Pine
HE’S 93 years old, and a veteran himself, but Richard Youden is heading to Gallipoli to see for himself the spot his father held for two days despite constant bombardment.
Anzac Centenary
Act of heroism forgotten for a century
IT WAS the recommendation for a Victoria Cross that came to light a century too late. But the revelation of one man’s heroics united three families.
The most stressful gig of his life
ANDREW Barnett is down to play the Last Post at Anzac Cove in front of royalty, world leaders, 10,500 pilgrims and hundreds of millions of TV viewers. So is he feeling the pressure?
Veterans’ minister: Gallipoli is secure
THOUSANDS of troops, police, warships, plain clothes spooks and special-forces operatives will be in place at Gallipoli next weekend to ensure the Anzac centenary is safe.
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Medic’s poem to ease mother’s grief at losing son at war
THOUSANDS of motorists in Adelaide’s north east will see his family’s name but many would not know the story behind Tea Tree Gully’s Ira Alfred Smart.
Hunt on for great-grandfather’s war medals
BRAHMA Lodge resident Judy Sharp is on the hunt for her great-grandfather’s war medals, close to a century after he battled Turkish forces at Gallipoli.
Diaries reveal SA electrician’s last days at Gallipoli
GRAVE number one, row A, plot one at Pieta Military Cemetery on the Malta bares the name of a Torrensville soldier.
The ANZAC relic that’s falling apart
A LONG-forgotten relic that was part of the story of the original Anzacs is in danger of being lost to history unless money can be found to save it.
Lone act silenced enemy machine guns
BRUCE Inwood has fond memories of his distant relative Roy, who was a “humble” man and one of the state’s most decorated World War I soldiers.
Hubbe family etched in SA’s history
LEABROOK resident Hermann Fritz Hubbe never had a chance to live up to the reputations of his forebears.
Gallipoli jetty builder a man with few peers
LIEUTENANT Colonel Stanley Holm Watson lived on the road now named Anzac Highway, oversaw the construction of the Allies first pier at Gallipoli and was one of the last men to leave the doomed mission.
Can you help us honour our Anzacs?
ONE hundred years ago, the first Anzacs camped for 100 days in the shadows of the pyramids in Egypt before landing at Gallipoli — and creating a legend.
Tassie makes the ultimate sacrifice
TASMANIA has a long and proud history of brave soldiers willing to put their lives on the line for their country, writes Guy Barnett.
Bringing HMAS Sydney II to life
A NEW expedition aims to create an unprecedented 3D reconstruction of HMAS Sydney II’s hull, 73 years after Australia’s greatest naval tragedy off the WA coast.
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