Tale of hope and healing
BRISBANE author Vicki Bennett has drawn on her father’s proud military history to pen a children’s book.
Anzac Centenary
Exhibition brings war stories back to life
THE State Library of Queensland is telling the story of the state’s people in a new WWI exhibition.
March past poppy poles
MORE than 30 light poles along one Southeast Queensland street have been painted with poppies to mark this year’s Anzac Day commemorations.
Risk-taking pilot a Great War hero
HE WAS a pilot. A risk-taker. And he’d head up, destroy the enemy and be back on the ground before his breakfast went cold. Meet Ross Smith — one of the most celebrated aviators of all time.
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The shot at Sarajevo
THE assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, occurred more by chance than by good planning.
Tasmanian hero was the first to join
NEWSPAPERS all around Australia reported the death of Keith Heritage in 1916.
New name – first WWI serviceman killed
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s Great War history is set to be rewritten to identify a sailor as the first to die in an Australian uniform in World War I.
’Should the worst happen…’ It did
“SHOULD the worst happen” Australia would stand by Britain, said our soon-to-be prime minister. Within days, his words came horribly true.
Would you have had the courage?
IT’S the key question for so many people as we mark 100 years since WW1 began. In the search for answers, they are turning to their own history.
How we were dragged into war
ONE hundred years ago today Britain declared war on Germany, dragging Australia into WW1. These are five key moments that committed us to horror.
Is your relative in this famous photo?
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?
Tragic tale of sweethearts in love and war
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.
How a lying rogue started a legend
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.
What Grandpa really did in the war
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.
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