Inscription a touchstone to warrior ancestor
AS Brigid Mackenzie runs her fingers over that etched name, and reads aloud the poignant phrase below, she is likely the first.
Anzac Centenary
What the Anzacs really ate tasted terrible
REAL Anzac biscuits like bricks and tinned meat like dog food — we cook up an Anzac ration and put it to the taste test. ANZAC DAY SERVICE GUIDE
Mother’s ultimate sacrifice for war
THE contribution of Aboriginal men and women to the war effort is often overlooked. Phoebe Alice Bindoff paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Major source of family pride
TWO cousins will create family history in Saturday’s Anzac Day parade when they become the first to walk in their grandparents’ honour in 100 years.
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Bricks go bush to honour diggers
BRICKS will be carried 100km through rugged bush in Brisbane’s north to salute 7000 Queenslanders who died in World War I.
Gallipoli trip “once in a lifetime”
NORTHPINE Christian College student Tiffanie Turnbull has reflected on the trip of a lifetime, after she won the chance to be at Gallipoli on Anzac Day.
Bluey’s tales of war
MONALD “Bluey” Moss is a Digger with a very rich Australian military history and he’s as feisty as the day he signed up to serve his country.
Theatre show sheds light on SA’s special six women in WW1
SOUTH Australian women proved a key force in Australia’s fight during WW1 and their sacrifice and dedication is at the centre of a new theatre show this week.
Clerk’s WW1 service lasts no longer than a day
LANCE Corporal Karl Timcke’s family recall stories of the digger laying in the dirt at Gallipoli for three days after being shot five times
WWI digger’s devotion to his mates
PRIVATE Reginald Durdin kept going after being blasted with shrapnel while delivering much-needed ammunition to his mates in Ypres, Belgium.
War comrades remembered
Jack Mackay, a former commando stationed in New Guinea during WWII, said many of his friends never came home and those who did were changed forever.
Charles, Harry to mark Anzac centenary
AFTER a stint ‘Down Under’ with the defence force, Prince Harry will join his father at the Anzac Day dawn service in Gallipoli.
Treasure trove of war memorabilia
WANT to learn about Anzac Day? Brookland Village will have a bible, a German soldier’s boot and even a sergeant’s drivers license to get up close and personal.
Poppies pay respect to fallen
RESIDENTS from across the region have been at hard at work, knitting poppies for a nationwide project in time for Anzac Day — including a lady who made 300 on her own.
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