IT was just a young boy’s curiosity, but Chris Colyer’s act as an eight-year-old preserved a bit of Australia’s war history — and it’s now part of a national exhibition that’s come to Adelaide.
THIS was the last man killed in WW1, seconds before the guns fell silent 97 years ago. Even his enemies — who knew it was all over — tried to spare him.
ONE hundred years ago, the Anzacs were still fighting a pitched battle at Gallipoli, the flash and roar of gunfire echoing over the cries of the wounded.
ADELAIDE streets will today be filled with flashes of brilliant red as the city pays its respects to those who have served us in war, with a record number of poppies sold.
THE contribution of Aboriginal men and women to the war effort is often overlooked. Phoebe Alice Bindoff paid the ultimate sacrifice.
TWO cousins will create family history in Saturday’s Anzac Day parade when they become the first to walk in their grandparents’ honour in 100 years.
AT Gallipoli, the War Office provided one 400-bed hospital ship for wounded Anzacs. It was the birth of a scandal which embarrassed the British military authorities.
AUSTRALIANS can add their voices to history on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings with #AnzacDay tweets.
THE small tight-knit community of Clarendon lost six of its sons in World War I. Among the dead were two sets of brothers. They were among 37 men who enlisted from the area.
CHANNELS Seven and Nine are sending some of their big names to Gallipoli for the Anzac centenary commemorations. But others have been left at home. Here’s why.
A FLOWER bed created 100 years ago in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden to honour Anzac soldiers has been replicated for centenary commemorations.
ENTERTAINMENT was in short supply for Bill Cassidy and his fellow PoWs locked away in an Austrian Alps camp. So they created the fun themselves.
FOR the valiant men buried in Ari Burnu, their constant, reassuring soundtrack has long been the lapping waves on Anzac Cove.
IN a tale worthy of a Hollywood movie, a World War I medallion last seen in the 1930s has been returned to its Melbourne owners on the eve of the Anzac centenary.
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