Digger’s sacrifice not lost on family
EDEN Powell knows exactly how much World War I cost her great-grandfather, Arthur Binning, who lost his hand on the Western Front.
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Adelaide Digger “leaves world in better place than he found it”
THE further Dianne Doyle digs into her father’s past, the more frequently she hears a simple, yet poignant, description of him.
Risk-taking pilot a Great War hero
HE WAS a pilot. A risk-taker. And he’d head up, destroy the enemy and be back on the ground before his breakfast went cold. Meet Ross Smith — one of the most celebrated aviators of all time.
War hero helping mates through trauma
VICTORIA Cross hero Corporal Dan Keighran says although defence bosses are taking mental illness more seriously, much more needs to be done.
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Why these men were first to die
THE first Aussies killed in the war died before we even officially entered combat — and before it became the all-too-familiar conflict of mud and trenches.
Time heals Vietnam vets
A GROUP of Vietnam veterans yesterday chose to focus on the good times rather than the bloodshed.
Alex can salute the dad he never knew
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Why I work for the Red Cross
RUTH Jebb’s been carjacked at gunpoint, seen starving kids die and worked in war zones. She tells why she answers the Red Cross’ call.
Nurses: a special gift for our ally
WHAT do jockeys, David Jones, bluebirds and the carnage of the Western Front in WWI have in common? In a word, nurses.
What’s wrong with this picture?
THIS is a problem we desperately need to fix. One of our most important, iconic symbols is being badly misused. We can change that.
Are these Australia’s toughest women?
THINK you’ve got stress going on today, ladies? This is what you would have been doing 100 years ago — could you have coped?
Why I broke the SAS code of silence
EXCLUSIVE: Clint Palmer never intended to break the SAS code of silence yet after he retired he had a deep desire to ‘put a few things right’.
The shot at Sarajevo
THE assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, occurred more by chance than by good planning.
A Tasmanian family sacrifice
SIX boys from the same Tasmanian family enlisted to fight for King and Country in World War I.
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