Mother’s ultimate sacrifice for war
THE contribution of Aboriginal men and women to the war effort is often overlooked. Phoebe Alice Bindoff paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Anzac Centenary
Major source of family pride
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.
The nurses who exposed a scandal
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.
Anzac Day Tweets won’t be forgotten
AUSTRALIANS can add their voices to history on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings with #AnzacDay tweets.
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Turkey kicks off Gallipoli commemorations
GALLIPOLI is a place of significance for Aussies — and even more so for Turks. The nation of 75 million is preparing to celebrate the centenary of its greatest battle.
Exploding Gallipoli’s biggest myth
THE theory that an ocean current pushed landing barges carrying the first Anzacs off course and onto the wrong beach has been slammed at a major conference.
Navy veteran remembers life at war
FOREST Lake navy veteran Patrick Curtis considers himself lucky after surviving major battles and being struck by lightning during World War II.
Adelaide man, 89, to retrace steps of Gallipoli veteran father
THE Anzac centenary will be profound for Alex Wright who will honour his father and uncle at his first Gallipoli dawn service.
Lost WW1 soldier found using DNA
HE WAS killed during a counter-attack at Fromelles in 1915 and feared lost forever but DNA technology has helped Maurice Corigliano’s family solve this puzzle of his WW1 journey.
This wallet saved a Digger’s life
THE four Anderson brothers all enlisted in World War I and remarkably all returned home thanks in part to a wallet in one brother’s front pocket.
Coast student embodies Anzac spirit
A GOLD Coast student has won a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Gallipoli to join in the Anzac Day centenary celebrations.
Unknown soldier to be recognised
WORLD War I Digger Thomas Marcellus Boyle has lain unnoticed and unrecognised in an unmarked grave for 89 years. But that’s about to change …
Stretcher bearer’s WW1 diary reveals battlefield suffering
OSCAR Godlee’s World War I journals reveal how the Prospect medical student found himself in the thick of the action in France.
Crosses to remember fallen Old Boys
BRIGHTON Grammar School boys have made 117 wooden crosses to represent the number of former students that went to war but never made it home.
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