Forgotten battle recalled by few
AS thousands commemorate the bloody beach landings at Anzac Cove, further along the peninsula there is a site of even greater horror that lies almost deserted.
AS thousands commemorate the bloody beach landings at Anzac Cove, further along the peninsula there is a site of even greater horror that lies almost deserted.
ROYAL John George Myren kept a promise to his best friend Dick Robinson, who died in his arms at Gaza during World War I.
THE Australian in charge of the Anzac Day centenary commemorations at Gallipoli next year has a simple message: “We will be ready”.
EVEN for those who returned, war took its toll. ANNE MATHER reports on the survivors of battle.
LANCE Corporal Karl Timcke’s family recall stories of the digger laying in the dirt at Gallipoli for three days after being shot five times
PRIVATE Reginald Durdin kept going after being blasted with shrapnel while delivering much-needed ammunition to his mates in Ypres, Belgium.
Jack Mackay, a former commando stationed in New Guinea during WWII, said many of his friends never came home and those who did were changed forever.
AFTER a stint ‘Down Under’ with the defence force, Prince Harry will join his father at the Anzac Day dawn service in Gallipoli.
WANT to learn about Anzac Day? Brookland Village will have a bible, a German soldier’s boot and even a sergeant’s drivers license to get up close and personal.
RESIDENTS from across the region have been at hard at work, knitting poppies for a nationwide project in time for Anzac Day — including a lady who made 300 on her own.
FROM the battlefield to the classroom — former Australian Army and the Royal Australian Navy veteran is now a teacher at Kenmore State High School.
AS THE ancestors of local World War I Diggers walk through St George’s Anglican Church Cemetery, alternating feelings of sadness and pride wash over the group.
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