‘Six before breakfast’ reunited
SIX Victoria Crosses were handed to British soldiers from the one regiment at the Gallipoli landings. Now, 100 years later, the medals have come home.
Anzac Centenary
Students remember WW1 class
HE SURVIVED machine gun fire in France before going on to lead one of SA’s most prestigious schools, which is now researching th e more than 1000 alumni who served in The Great War.
Death sentences for falling asleep
AT GALLIPOLI, sleeping on sentry duty could get you shot — by your own side. On three occasions, soldiers were court-martialled and sentenced to death.
Digger’s deeds cast in bronze
HIS war story is being retold through today’s social media and now Perth soldier Ellis Silas is to be permanently honoured in bronze.
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We fired first — and broke the code
RIGHT at the start of WW1, this Australian hid in a dark room with his gun — one of two extraordinary but little-known incidents that cemented our role in the conflict.
100 years on: WWI in close-up
A CENTURY since the start of the Great War, astonishing new images have emerged of Australian Diggers in action on the Western Front.
New light cast on ANZAC sub’s fate
OUT of the murk of the Black Sea have emerged the first photos of Australia’s heroic submarine AE2 — lost just days after the ANZACs attacked the Dardanelles.
Lost soldiers found 98 years on
THEY vanished in a bloody battle almost 100 years ago. Now these “disappeared” soldiers of World War One have been brought back from the grave.
Weird WWI mystery of six brothers
AT age 99, Lottie Hooper went to her grave grieving for six brothers whom she believed had died in WWI — but family secrets may have hidden the truth.
Weird WWI mystery of six brothers
AT age 99, Lottie Hooper went to her grave grieving for six brothers whom she believed had died in WWI — but family secrets may have hidden the truth.
Shrine’s siren call grows louder
THE Shrine is the altar of our secular church. Its siren call grows louder each year. No one orders these people to wake, some at 3am, for the dawn service.
Thousands honour our war heroes
THOUSANDS of South Australians gathered at war memorials around the state today as the nation’s Anzac legend approaches its centenary commemoration year.
Pilgrims reminded of Anzac sacrifice
THE crowd gathered at Gallipoli for the Anzac Day dawn service has been reminded of the sacrifice of the diggers who died on the Turkish peninsula in 1915.
25 moving photos of Dawn Service
IF YOU didn’t manage to get out of bed for the Dawn Service, we take you back. Here are 25 moving photos taken as the sun rose and Australia fell into silence.
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