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THIS Brisbane City Councillor is immensely proud of his late father, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during WWII.
THIS Brisbane City Councillor is immensely proud of his late father, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during WWII.
AMONG thousands of books in the Royal Australian Air Force Association’s collection are a few gems which tell the stories of our World War I flying aces.
A MUSICAL telling the stories and struggles of women whose husbands have served in conflicts past to present is showing in Brisbane in April.
RESIDENTS of a Brisbane retirement village will receive a special Anzac concert from children wearing replica Light Horse slouch hats.
THE crowd gathered at Gallipoli for the Anzac Day dawn service has been reminded of the sacrifice of the diggers who died on the Turkish peninsula in 1915.
LARGE crowds have attended our region’s biggest Anzac Day ceremonies, with thousands turning up at the Point Danger dawn service and Geelong’s RSL march.
IF YOU didn’t manage to get out of bed for the Dawn Service, we take you back. Here are 25 moving photos taken as the sun rose and Australia fell into silence.
WEST Australians spanning four generations of armed conflicts gathered in the darkness and joined together for an emotional Anzac Day dawn service.
MEET Chloe Marlow, the 11-year-old who wowed crowds with her rendition of the national anthem at the Kings Park dawn service. | Pictures
FOUR Australian Defence Force Academy cadets give an inside look at what their life is like training for the military.
Ray Anderson has an original WW1 diary written by his grandfather who served in the 29th Australian infantry Battalion, 8th Brigade, 1st AIF.
IT TOOK three days of war for Archie Barwick to feel fear at Gallipoli. But when it came, he not only had to fight the fear of death — but also the part of him that wanted to run. Listen to the incredible story of the soldier of the 1st Battalion AIF.
EXCLUSIVE: ALMOST a century ago the seven sons of a humble rural couple Frederick and Maggie Smith marched off to the Great War.
FOR the proud who march, medals not of their own gain pinned to their chest, war is a great paradox.
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