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Anzac Day

Your guide to Anzac Day 2021 in Sydney and NSW including dawn services and marches.

Group portrait of non-commissioned officers, 12th Field Company Engineers, 4th Australian Division. Back row, left to right: 5449 Lance Corporal (l Cpl) A Randall; 3312 2nd Corporal W Irwin; 5079 L Cpl GT Lawry; 149 L Cpl AT Burton; 5073 l Cpl PD Kennedy; 5632 L Cpl J N Button; 2518 L Cpl JC Sloper; 2966 L Cpl WR Aexander; 2472 LCpl GT Cooper; 4238 L Cpl G Redman; 5067 L Cpl CA Guildford; 3356 2nd Cpl TB Hills. Middle row: 5638 L Cpl R Edwards; 3068 2nd Cpl A Easy; 374 Corporal W Simpson; 2991 2nd Cpl EC Cox; 3019 Cpl A Fry; 3122 Cpl MS Seddon; 2020 Cpl C Bowd; 378 Cpl DC Stewart; 5437 Cpl W Fleming; 2817 2nd Cpl HN Sarina; 5456 2nd Cpl CD Stewart. Front row: 6211 L Cpl AE Dean; 5461 Sergeant (Sgt) WHG Wakeham; 5463 Sgt T W Whitehead; 209 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant W Cridland; 3 Warrant Officer Class 1 A Thomson; 11 Farrier Sergeant J Longmore; 3352 Sgt WH Lister; 2525 Sgt E Wilkinson; 308 Cpl GE Gabreil. Absentees: 2964 L Cpl HC Armstrong; 2984 Sgt AE Cother; 2998 2nd Cpl HG Willey; 2069 L Cpl J Parker. Picture: Australian War Memorial.

A larrikin, a tunnel rat and a jaw-dropping act

How many Aussies does it take to surround and overcome 40 well-positioned enemy? Just two, if one of them is troublesome tearaway William Campbell.

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Calm before the storm: Bill Stray’s mates, men of the 53rd Battalion, waiting to don their equipment for the attack at Fromelles. Only three of the men shown here came out of the action alive, and those three were wounded (Courtesy: Australian War Memorial)

‘Goosebumps’: Khaki lad found at last

A “dauntless lad in khaki” lost on one of Australia’s darkest days has finally been found and identified, alongside a digger shot dead on his 20th birthday as disaster unfolded around him.

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Gilles Prilaux with Darren Chester

Olympic salute to fighting Aussies

The only Aussie Olympics gold medallist slain in battle and a local underground hero will be among those saluted when the Paris Games torch makes a stop at a small corner of Australia overseas.

Korea, c. 1950-10. Wearing a singlet, 2/949 Corporal G.F. ('Fibber') McGee, a member of the Machine Gun Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sits on the edge of a narrow slit trench or dugout and reads a book. Lying on the ground beside him (left) are a trenching tool, some ration boxes, a mug and a billy, while on the other side are some pouches, a slouch hat, a dixie and a pair of binoculars hanging from the barrel of his .303 rifle which is standing in the trench. At rear, some other soldiers are taking food out of ration boxes. Picture: Australian War Memorial

‘There is no forgetting this book’

From a novel that hooked an entire generation to true stories of extraordinary people in extraordinary times, these are the books our top authors recommend in the run-up to Anzac Day.

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25/4/22: John Wilkinson 101 who served in PNG and wanted to walk in the march at 101 with his daughter Susie at the Anzac Day March in Sydney. John Feder/The Daily Telegraph

WWII sergeant Jock rises up for Anzac march

In the final hundred metres of Sydney’s Anzac Day march, 101-year-old World War II veteran John ‘Jock’ Wilkinson made a silent pledge with himself to rise from his wheelchair.

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Incredible military collection ensures Anzac legend lives on

Incredible military collection ensures Anzac legend lives on

The uniforms of our Anzac heroes are often stashed away in exhibitions or memorials but one ADF soldier has amassed a collection to rival any museum.

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‘We are a dying race’: WWII hero marches on for mates

‘We are a dying race’: WWII hero marches on for mates

Part of a dwindling band of national treasures who have lived through our darkest chapters, WWII veteran Jack Bartlett is determined to never stop marching to honour his fallen friends.

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A member of the 324 Squadron during the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Coogee Beach in Sydney, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian service men and women. (AAP Image/Steven Saphore) NO ARCHIVING

Anzac Day guide to marches and dawn services

After commemorations were held in driveways during lockdowns, Anzac Day services return to suburbs across Sydney. Here’s what you need to know.

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Photograph of five women wearing gas masks running down a city street in competition held in city between different emergency service teams in circa 1943 photo during World War Two (II), part of Sydney in WWII Homefront exhibition at Sydney Museum in Sydney.

‘Young people don’t know what tough is’

Raised in the shadow of war, this group of Australian women know the meaning of resilience and the power of friendship after tremendous loss.

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The Palace Hotel, Broken Hill

Best historic pubs for two-up and an Anzac beer

With their wide verandas and old-school hospitality, these historic hotels in Sydney and regional NSW are the ideal spot to raise a glass to our veterans.

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