Inscription a touchstone to warrior ancestor
AS Brigid Mackenzie runs her fingers over that etched name, and reads aloud the poignant phrase below, she is likely the first.
Anzac Centenary
What the Anzacs really ate tasted terrible
REAL Anzac biscuits like bricks and tinned meat like dog food — we cook up an Anzac ration and put it to the taste test. ANZAC DAY SERVICE GUIDE
Mother’s ultimate sacrifice for war
THE contribution of Aboriginal men and women to the war effort is often overlooked. Phoebe Alice Bindoff paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Major source of family pride
TWO cousins will create family history in Saturday’s Anzac Day parade when they become the first to walk in their grandparents’ honour in 100 years.
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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.
Family’s heroics all relative
THE Anzac spirit is ingrained in this Brisbane family, with two generations serving in world wars.
The descendant who didn’t know
AUSSIES rescued her mother from a Japanese death squad. Now this British writer has discovered another amazing connection to Australia.
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.
PTSD diagnosis only after 25 years
VIETNAM veteran Barry Musch thought the headaches were bad enough after he returned home from war. He then began experiencing flashbacks and realised he had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Anzac centenary boon for collectors
ANTIQUE stores across the southside are reporting huge interest in Anzac memorabilia ahead of this month’s 100th anniversary of Gallipoli.
Booklet honours fallen soldiers
THE stories of seven soldiers buried at Balmoral Cemetery have been commemorated in a special booklet for Anzac Day.
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