In the footsteps of my Dad, my hero
THIS week, Richard Youden’s feet will rest on the bare gravel of the outpost that carries his family name; the Lone Pine position his father protected.
Anzac Centenary
The Anzacs who stayed behind
THE Anzacs left much behind after their evacuation, including some war horses — the descendants of whom can still be found living on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Correspondents had write stuff of war
DURING the Great War, Australians’ connection to their husbands and sons overseas was often via the reports of war correspondents.
Death by disease in fly-blown trenches
A FLY-BORNE intestinal infection swept through the trenches of Gallipoli during the northern summer of 1915, killing hundreds of Anzac diggers and leaving thousands too sick to fight at full strength.
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Diaries reveal SA electrician’s last days at Gallipoli
GRAVE number one, row A, plot one at Pieta Military Cemetery on the Malta bares the name of a Torrensville soldier.
The ANZAC relic that’s falling apart
A LONG-forgotten relic that was part of the story of the original Anzacs is in danger of being lost to history unless money can be found to save it.
Lone act silenced enemy machine guns
BRUCE Inwood has fond memories of his distant relative Roy, who was a “humble” man and one of the state’s most decorated World War I soldiers.
Hubbe family etched in SA’s history
LEABROOK resident Hermann Fritz Hubbe never had a chance to live up to the reputations of his forebears.
Gallipoli jetty builder a man with few peers
LIEUTENANT Colonel Stanley Holm Watson lived on the road now named Anzac Highway, oversaw the construction of the Allies first pier at Gallipoli and was one of the last men to leave the doomed mission.
Can you help us honour our Anzacs?
ONE hundred years ago, the first Anzacs camped for 100 days in the shadows of the pyramids in Egypt before landing at Gallipoli — and creating a legend.
From the pyramids to Perth
THE first men thrust into the cauldron of Gallipoli were immortalised at Cheops Pyramid. A century later, more than 800 of their descendants posed for a photo of their own.
Tassie makes the ultimate sacrifice
TASMANIA has a long and proud history of brave soldiers willing to put their lives on the line for their country, writes Guy Barnett.
Bid to honour the greatest sacrifice
TASMANIAN seaman Teddy Sheean’s courageous and selfless wartime heroics deserve proper recognition, no matter how belatedly, writes Robert Cox.
Bringing HMAS Sydney II to life
A NEW expedition aims to create an unprecedented 3D reconstruction of HMAS Sydney II’s hull, 73 years after Australia’s greatest naval tragedy off the WA coast.
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