Queenslander who went down in history
OF ALL the Anzac legends, one of the biggest claims to fame belongs to a Queenslander.
OF ALL the Anzac legends, one of the biggest claims to fame belongs to a Queenslander.
STUNNING images blend wartime scenes into the tourist landscapes of today. It’s eerie, emotional and unforgettable.
KEVIN Hawke is so proud of his grandfather’s military career that he wants to tell the world about it.
A NEW exhibition celebrates the unlikely bonds of friendship, formed at Gallipoli, that brought Australia and Turkey closer together.
THE formal commemoration of Australia’s entry into World War I will be launched in Melbourne with events that aim to capture the spirit and sacrifice of the era.
SOUTH Australians first heard the world was at war 100 years ago with a solemn announcement in The Advertiser but it was not as we might imagine it would happen today.
WIDOWS Florence Stuart and Melissa Dryden share the bond that ties all women married to the men who went to war.
SCENES of “wild enthusiasm” greeted the declaration of war in South Australia on August 5, 1914.
IT’S an iconic image, haunted by stories about a hidden corpse and a secret signal among the married men. The truth is more enthralling. Was your ancestor there?
IT’S the little things that tell stories of heartache, and this is the story of a young Melbourne couple full of hope, despite the shadow of a war that showed no sign of ending.
PRINCESS Royal Harbour will host a mighty display of maritime muscle when Albany marks a century since troops sailed for WWI.
ONE family. Five generations. Six conflicts. And it all began with a troublemaker so desperate to get to war he lied about his wife and children.
GASSED, shot and punished for being drunk. Many of us know our relatives were “in the war” — but have no idea what they actually did.
THEY are known as the “Fremantle 849” and they have never been honoured – until now.
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