Turkey kicks off Gallipoli commemorations
GALLIPOLI is a place of significance for Aussies — and even more so for Turks. The nation of 75 million is preparing to celebrate the centenary of its greatest battle.
Anzac Centenary
Exploding Gallipoli’s biggest myth
THE theory that an ocean current pushed landing barges carrying the first Anzacs off course and onto the wrong beach has been slammed at a major conference.
Navy veteran remembers life at war
FOREST Lake navy veteran Patrick Curtis considers himself lucky after surviving major battles and being struck by lightning during World War II.
Adelaide man, 89, to retrace steps of Gallipoli veteran father
THE Anzac centenary will be profound for Alex Wright who will honour his father and uncle at his first Gallipoli dawn service.
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The search for Private Taylor
QUEENSLANDER Richard Taylor served in World War I and was awarded a British war medal. Can you help reunite his family with his long-lost medal?
Flowers for hospital’s Anzac heroes
THESE British kids are too young to understand the horror of war. But they do understand the importance of carrying on an almost 100-year-old tradition.
The most isolated war grave in WA
AS a long-serving navy officer John Henry Davies saw many conflicts — but it was a battle with a crocodile that cost him his life.
Where the Anzac legend began
ALBANY, a whaling town of 6000 clinging to the shore of a desolate coastline, became the focus of a nation a century ago.
Divine start to dawn service
A FIERY WA priest renowned for his bravery on the battlefields of Europe is the man who introduced the dawn service tradition to Australia.
Call to honour young diggers
RSL WA president Graham Edwards says Australia must learn from the mistakes of Vietnam — and not turn its back on returnees from modern wars.
Parents remember their fallen hero
THE parents of VC hero Cameron Baird talk for the first time about their son’s extraordinary bravery and how they would give his medals back if they could see him again.
Oliver Thomas Giddings
AS part of the Third Battalion in the Australian Imperial Force, “Ollie” participated in the landing at Anzac Cove and later fought on the Western Front in France.
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