War ghosts caught on camera
STUNNING images blend wartime scenes into the tourist landscapes of today. It’s eerie, emotional and unforgettable.
Anzac Centenary
Police on Anzac Day terror alert
GOLD Coast police will be on high alert in case of terrorist attack on Anzac Day, with record crowds expected to attend commemorative services.
Photographer searching for Anzac’s family
ANZAC Harry Swindells’ treasured memories were uncovered in a Brisbane op-shop and now the search is on to return them to his family.
Anzac Day forms critical part of national memory
ANZAC Day has become one of Australia’s most treasured national anniversaries, but its public appeal was considered on the wane not so long ago.
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Freo 849 finally remembered
THEY are known as the “Fremantle 849” and they have never been honoured – until now.
Keen for duty: WA’s impact on WWI
WA provided more WWI volunteers per capita than any other state, little suspecting the carnage to come over four gruelling years.
The horror of losing four sons
MOST mothers can’t bear the thought of losing a child. Imagine then the grief of Mary Keid who lost four of her boys in less than 2½ years in ‘The Great War.’
We fired first — and broke the code
RIGHT at the start of WW1, this Australian hid in a dark room with his gun — one of two extraordinary but little-known incidents that cemented our role in the conflict.
New light cast on ANZAC sub’s fate
OUT of the murk of the Black Sea have emerged the first photos of Australia’s heroic submarine AE2 — lost just days after the ANZACs attacked the Dardanelles.
Lost soldiers found 98 years on
THEY vanished in a bloody battle almost 100 years ago. Now these “disappeared” soldiers of World War One have been brought back from the grave.
Go to jail or join the Navy
WHEN Ray McMinn was 14, a magistrate gave the tearaway from The Block in Sydney’s Redfern a choice. Go to jail or join the defence force.
Pilgrims reminded of Anzac sacrifice
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.
25 moving photos of Dawn Service
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.
Suburb’s namesake lost but not forgotten
Norlane is named after Norman Lane, who died an agonising death as a POW on the Burma-Thailand Railway. We share his story here.
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