Patriotic wordsmith pens Anzac poem
BRISBANE poet Mervyn Nielsen put pen to paper in a poem to mark the centenary of troops landing at Gallipoli.
Anzac Centenary
Forgotten battle recalled by few
AS thousands commemorate the bloody beach landings at Anzac Cove, further along the peninsula there is a site of even greater horror that lies almost deserted.
Royal’s battlefield message survives test of time
ROYAL John George Myren kept a promise to his best friend Dick Robinson, who died in his arms at Gaza during World War I.
Why Anzac story WASN’T front page news
WHEN Queenslanders awoke to their morning newspapers on April 26, 1915, they would have been unaware that a legend had been born on the shores of Gallipoli, on the other side of the world.
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St Mary’s remembers HMAS
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State’s Attorney General awarded Military Cross
AS THE state’s Attorney General, William Joseph Denny was expected to uphold SA’s honour and the law, but went beyond the call of duty when he enlisted to fight in World War I.
Soldier’s titanic stroke of luck
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Making ultimate family sacrifice
RELATIVES of World War I veteran Private George Stewart describe him as the ultimate family man.
‘Let women enlist to help in war effort’
WITH more than 40,000 Australians killed or wounded on the Western Front, Dr Phoebe Chapple was increasingly frustrated the Australian army refused to enlist women doctors.
Cigarette tin helps save soldier’s life
A CIGARETTE tin Allen Peterie Fricker’s sister gave him when he left Adelaide for the battlefields of World War I is credited with saving his life in Belgium.
Memoirs reveal fear of No Man’s Land
AS GEORGE Mitchell lay bleeding on the hard No Man’s Land of Gallipoli, he thought he was a dead man.
Danish immigrant serves adopted country with valour
HE WAS a Danish man who moved to SA and sailed the Murray River before finding himself on the battlefields of France in an Australian military uniform.
Remembering heroic grandfathers
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