These images strip away a century
THEY are just like us. Stunning video and photos vividly reimagine sepia WW1 soldiers as people of today — businessmen, workers and schoolboys.
Anzac Centenary
Gallipoli iconic image that almost wasn’t
IT’S the image that embodies WWI for most Australians: thirty four years after Gallipoli, a star reveals how that famous frame almost didn’t happen.
A heroic war effort all round
SEVEN members of the Curtain family fought for God, Country and Empire, one in the Boer War and the remaining six in World War I.
The romantic side to our Anzacs
HUNDREDS of handwritten letters from the Gallipoli trenches under the pen of one of Queensland’s greatest soldiers goes beyond the heroism and bravery of frontline troops to reveal another side to our Anzacs.
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St Joseph’s Payneham kids delve into WWI history
IT IS just over a month until the nation commemorates 100 years since the first Anzacs landed at Gallipoli, but St Joseph’s Payneham students have started their tributes.
It’s also brave to stand for peace
AS we approach the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, it is worth reflecting that there is another side to the story, writes PETER JONES.
How Gallipoli became such a disaster
THE allied Gallipoli campaign was an unmitigated military disaster — now a group of international experts will probe every angle in Australia to find out what went so wrong.
Family pride in true larrikin
A TRUE Aussie larrikin and a valiant soldier who served in both world wars. That’s how George Alfred Anderson is remembered by his great nephew, Bill O’Chee.
Smout’s memories live on
HE was the last surviving WWI Digger in Queensland and determined to ensure younger generations understood the sacrifices made. His legacy lives on.
Wedding bells echo battallion’s past
CHANCE meeting at Adelaide RSL leads to love and a uncovers families’ remarkable fighting history on World War 1 battlefield.
Show stalwart’s 100-year WWI link
A PINE Rivers Show Society stalwart Gladys Kretschmann has an incredible tale, linking Pine Rivers to one of the greatest battles of WWI.
Bullocky’s trip into hell
A young bullock driver was given a grand send off by his small community on New Year’s Eve 1915 as he embarked on what many thought would be a grand adventure.
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