Students remember WW1 class
HE SURVIVED machine gun fire in France before going on to lead one of SA’s most prestigious schools, which is now researching th e more than 1000 alumni who served in The Great War.
Anzac Centenary
Death sentences for falling asleep
AT GALLIPOLI, sleeping on sentry duty could get you shot — by your own side. On three occasions, soldiers were court-martialled and sentenced to death.
Digger’s deeds cast in bronze
HIS war story is being retold through today’s social media and now Perth soldier Ellis Silas is to be permanently honoured in bronze.
The mystery men from WWI
A PORTRAIT of 178 Australian soldiers taken during World War One will go on display, in the hope that the public can help identify them.
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Diggers recall the smell of death
AWARD-winning journalist Chris Masters gives a unique persepctive to Anzac Day through interviews with veterans from our oldest war and latest conflict.
‘A f***ed up place, a f***ed up enemy’
ANZAC Diaries: “Well it’s happened. We got hit, in particular our gunner.” James Prascevic’s gripping diary from Afghanistan.
Love found amid the warfare
HECTOR Brewer from Marrickville enlisted at 19 and went on to fight in Gallipoli. Here are excerpts from his diary.
Campaigners to head city march
AUSTRALIA’S modern Diggers from East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq will lead Friday’s ANZAC Day march in Melbourne for the first time.
Students vie for Anzac tour
EIGHTY Victorian secondary students will be selected from a statewide ballot to attend the 2015 ANZAC Centenary dawn service at Gallipoli.
Vets on lookout for medal wannabes
WAR veterans and self-appointed “guardians of the rack” will be on the lookout this Anzac Day for anyone wearing medals they haven’t earned.
Straight from the front line
ANZAC Diaries: “Well it’s happened. We got hit, in particular our gunner.” James Prascevic’s gripping diary from Afghanistan.
Titans coach joins Anzac ashes ritual
HE’S one of the NRL’s toughest men but Titans coach John Cartwright says he will probably get teary when he rows a Digger’s ashes out to sea on Anzac Day.
Poignant letter from a hero
In a 1942 letter, Flight Sergeant Clifton Wedd tried to explain to his mother the youthful desire that drove a generation of men to serve.
The search for Private Taylor
QUEENSLANDER Richard Taylor served in World War I and was awarded a British war medal. Can you help reunite his family with his long-lost medal?
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