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One trip every Aussie should make

One trip every Aussie should make

EVERY Aussie thinks they know this story. But there’s one truth that you can really only understand by being there.

AnzacLive .. BERT REYNOLDS Bert Reynolds, one of the soldiers featured in News Corp Australia's Anzac Live project. He was a carpenter and kept extensive diaries during World War I. (Note to editors: He has ties to Victoria.) Picture: Supplied

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Anzac stories take readers to war zone

WITH almost 40,000 followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram you’d expect a wide range of people loving AnzacLive — but perhaps not these two.

Lance Corporal Iain Yarsley from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, based in Darwin, has served two tours in Afghanistan and his grandfather and great grandfather also served in World War I and World War II respectively. Please credit CPL Oliver Carter.

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The day Iain knew he was a veteran

SITTING with an injured soldier in Afghanistan as his great grandfather’s stories from WWI spun through his head and chopper blades whirred over it, Iain Yarsley realised he too was a veteran.

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22/04/15 State President of the RSL Tim Hanna was in a car crash saturday and suffered a broken foot and ribs. chances are he wont be attending any Anzac events now because of it. Has handed off responsibilities to his staff.pic RoyVanDerVegt

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Broken foot won’t halt RSL boss’s daunting feat

BRIGADIER Tim Hanna is the RSL’s man in command as SA mounts one of its biggest Anzac Day tributes — and ironically he’s currently one of the walking wounded.

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13/3/15. Clarry Jeffs falsified his age so he could fight in World War 1 alongside his brothers. He was wounded in April 1917 while fighting alongside his brother Henry. He was captured by German soldiers and held as a prisoner of war before his died shortly after. Clarry's niece, Flinders Park woman Lynette Billinger with a photo of Clarry (Middle) and mates. Pic Keryn Stevens

Legacy of brothers in arms lives on through generations

LYNETTE Billinger smiles as she pores over a scattered pile of her uncles’ war records, letters and photos.

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Walter Spencer's(Light Horseman) great great grandchildren Heath, 7yrs, and Ella, 10yrs in front of Light brigade statue in memory of their great great grandfather. They are also holding a photo of him. Picture Dylan Coker

Family’s unique tale of a Light Horseman

FOR Ella and Heath Kenny, their great-great-grandfather’s battle legacy lies at the statue of the Boer War.

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Playford Primary students Bailey, 11yrs, Jenna, 10yrs, and Ethan, 11yrs, with murals at their school created for Anzac Centenary commemorations. Picture Dylan Coker

Students immortalise World War I diggers

AUSTRALIA’S fallen soldiers have been remembered by a group of northern suburbs students who helped paint a large artwork at Playford McAuley Campus.

Clem Reid served in the 7th Light Horse Brigade and the 2nd Machine Gun Squadron during World War I. Here he is pictured when he was in his early 20s

The Aussie digger they called ‘Arabic’

WORLD War I veteran Clem Reid was such a fascinating character his great niece Simone Meakin knew she had to capture his story before it was too late.

Vietnam Veteran Norm Davis of Edens Landing - Picture: Richard Walker

Digger speaks of mateship

VIETNAM veteran Norm Davis talks about the bond between returned diggers ahead of next month’s Anzac Day ceremonies.

WWII veteran Ronald Haysom from Sunnybank Hills has a lot of memories to share. Photo: Paul Guy

Bombing spurs teen to sign up

A BRISBANE veteran is calling for greater recognition of Australia’s brave signalmen ahead of the Anzac Centenary.

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Smiling pic of three Wavell SHS students, Alainya Doyle,Rhiannon Hasset and Samantha Ellis who all won a government sponsored place to head over to Gallipoli for the centenary dawn service. Photo By Patria Jannides

A history lesson of a lifetime

THEY were picked by the Premier to attend Anzac centenary ceremonies overseas, but it’s the family ties these three high schoolers have discovered that make the trip even more meaningful.

CEO Miriam Dwyer, Hannah Smith, Usha Chandra, and Dr. Madeline Romaniuk; at the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. Picture: Peter Cronin

Decade of helping veterans

TEN years in and the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation continues to research health problems facing war veterans from across generations.

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