Your guide to Anzac Day services
AS the nation pauses to remember the fallen on Anzac Day, on the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, tens of thousands are expected to attend services on the Gold Coast.
Anzac Centenary
Coast ready for biggest Anzac Day
THE city’s RSL clubs are bracing for the biggest Anzac Day commemorations in the history of the organisation.
We do this for the mates that we lost
FORMER Squadron Leader, Bob Cowper, one of the nation’s most highly decorated war veterans, has seen more than most in his 92 years but nothing will match the Centenary of ANZAC commemoration.
Record turnout forecast as Anzac legend grows
THE biggest crowds ever, up to 10,000 people, are expected to flock to North Tce in the city on Saturday for the historic Anzac Centenary Dawn Service, then line the streets for the march. Anzac Day services guide
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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.
Lost WW1 soldier found using DNA
HE WAS killed during a counter-attack at Fromelles in 1915 and feared lost forever but DNA technology has helped Maurice Corigliano’s family solve this puzzle of his WW1 journey.
Coast student embodies Anzac spirit
A GOLD Coast student has won a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Gallipoli to join in the Anzac Day centenary celebrations.
Stretcher bearer’s WW1 diary reveals battlefield suffering
OSCAR Godlee’s World War I journals reveal how the Prospect medical student found himself in the thick of the action in France.
War memories live on
NOT even the stories beheadings and bayoneting were enough to stop this local hero from joining the Royal Australian Navy when he was just 18.
Cove boat race to honour landing
EIGHT Australian Defence Force members will take to the waters of Turkey in April as part of the two-day Gallipoli 100 Surf Boat Race.
Celebrating our heroes
DO you have any war memoribilia you’d like to share? Then a local restaurant and bar would like to hear from you.
Unpopular war hard on soldiers
VIETNAM veteran Gary Lopez will march this Anzac Day while his proud grandchildren watch on. However it hasn’t always been a source of pride for Mr Lopez.
Students to retrace descendants’ steps
Their great-grandfathers may have served unknown to each other but their descendants will retrace their footsteps together.
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