Pair’s love conquers all
BRAVERY took Vic Henderson into the skies over England in World War II, but it was his shy side which immediately endeared him to his wife Sheila.
BRAVERY took Vic Henderson into the skies over England in World War II, but it was his shy side which immediately endeared him to his wife Sheila.
ALBERT Rogers’ house contains more than 60 years worth of war memorabilia, but it’s the photos of his brothers who fought in WWII which mean the most.
A NEWSPAPER clipping gave a family a shred of hope as they tried to track down their missing son in WWI. Now their story is finally being told in Missing Anzac.
A South Brighton man has uncovered the heroic details about his father’s war efforts as part of the fierce 10th Battalion during World War I.
WHEN Ray McMinn was 14, a magistrate gave the tearaway from The Block in Sydney’s Redfern a choice. Go to jail or join the defence force.
THE crowd cheered their appreciation as WA’s servicemen and women marched through Perth’s city centre for Anzac Day.
YOU may walk past them every day without knowing. POW camps are a part of Australia’s gory history that many have forgotten. Warning: Graphic images.
THE crowd gathered at Gallipoli for the Anzac Day dawn service has been reminded of the sacrifice of the diggers who died on the Turkish peninsula in 1915.
LARGE crowds have attended our region’s biggest Anzac Day ceremonies, with thousands turning up at the Point Danger dawn service and Geelong’s RSL march.
IF YOU didn’t manage to get out of bed for the Dawn Service, we take you back. Here are 25 moving photos taken as the sun rose and Australia fell into silence.
UPDATE: BATHED in autumn sun, thousands of veterans and descendants took part in the Dawn Service and Anzac Day march.
Norlane is named after Norman Lane, who died an agonising death as a POW on the Burma-Thailand Railway. We share his story here.
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