Plaque for fallen Lancaster crew
SEVENTY-TWO years after Charles Williams and his Lancaster crew mates died while on a dam busting raid in Germany, a plaque will be unveiled in their honour.
Anzac Centenary
Family’s heroics all relative
THE Anzac spirit is ingrained in this Brisbane family, with two generations serving in world wars.
SA footy champ’s war time legacy lives on in family line
HE WAS an SANFL champion but his promising sporting career was cut short when left for a world a far cry from the battlefield of the football field.
‘He found his sister in a brothel’
WAS an encounter with the “white slave trade” behind Australia’s first WW1 battle? Not on the shore of Gallipoli, but in the backstreets of Cairo.
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Students show interest in Anzac Day
CURIOUS minds and a demand for instant answers are fuelling a resurgence of interest in Anzac Day among South Australia’s youth.
The sportsmen called in to battle
WHEN World War I broke out on July 28, 1914, the Port Adelaide Football Club was an invincible army in SA sport.
Princes to attend Gallipoli centenary
PRINCE William has revealed that he and brother Harry will take part in next year’s Gallipoli centenary on the eve of tomorrow’s 99th commemorations.
Sketches draw on jungle warfare
FRANK Trimmer would not speak of the hardships he experienced in PNG during WWII but his unique drawings and letters are a window into the life of an Australian soldier.
Queenslander who led the charge
THE first line in the bloody chapter of Australian history that is Gallipoli, was written by a Queenslander – the first man ashore during the landings at Anzac Cove. 100 Years of Untold Stories.
Belated tribute for Gallipoli sniper
100 years after Billy Sing left Queensland to become the most feared triggerman of WWI, the fabled “Gallipoli Sniper” will be honoured with a $50,000 monument in Brisbane.
Digger downtime captured on film
YOUNG soldiers relax in the trenches while an army sergeant is caught napping, in candid photos of World War I.
The economic devastation of war
THE Great War that erupted 100 years ago remains the single most cataclysmic event this nation has known, writes Jessica Irvine.
Bravery cost teen soldier his legs
PRIVATE Arthur Herbert Pockett lied about his age so he could serve his country in World War I.
VC winner urges country’s support
HE’S the modern face of the Digger spirit: a country boy who grew up poor and went on to receive our highest military honour while saving his mates.
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