SA footy champ’s war time legacy lives on in family line
HE WAS an SANFL champion but his promising sporting career was cut short when left for a world a far cry from the battlefield of the football field.
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‘He found his sister in a brothel’
WAS an encounter with the “white slave trade” behind Australia’s first WW1 battle? Not on the shore of Gallipoli, but in the backstreets of Cairo.
PTSD diagnosis only after 25 years
VIETNAM veteran Barry Musch thought the headaches were bad enough after he returned home from war. He then began experiencing flashbacks and realised he had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Anzac centenary boon for collectors
ANTIQUE stores across the southside are reporting huge interest in Anzac memorabilia ahead of this month’s 100th anniversary of Gallipoli.
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Vets on lookout for medal wannabes
WAR veterans and self-appointed “guardians of the rack” will be on the lookout this Anzac Day for anyone wearing medals they haven’t earned.
Straight from the front line
ANZAC Diaries: “Well it’s happened. We got hit, in particular our gunner.” James Prascevic’s gripping diary from Afghanistan.
Poignant letter from a hero
In a 1942 letter, Flight Sergeant Clifton Wedd tried to explain to his mother the youthful desire that drove a generation of men to serve.
The search for Private Taylor
QUEENSLANDER Richard Taylor served in World War I and was awarded a British war medal. Can you help reunite his family with his long-lost medal?
Jam tins make a big impact
JAM tins made into hand grenades — just one of the ingenious weapons Anzac soldiers used in 1915 at Gallipoli. | Anzac Centenary
Flowers for hospital’s Anzac heroes
THESE British kids are too young to understand the horror of war. But they do understand the importance of carrying on an almost 100-year-old tradition.
The most isolated war grave in WA
AS a long-serving navy officer John Henry Davies saw many conflicts — but it was a battle with a crocodile that cost him his life.
Where the Anzac legend began
ALBANY, a whaling town of 6000 clinging to the shore of a desolate coastline, became the focus of a nation a century ago.
Divine start to dawn service
A FIERY WA priest renowned for his bravery on the battlefields of Europe is the man who introduced the dawn service tradition to Australia.
Parents remember their fallen hero
THE parents of VC hero Cameron Baird talk for the first time about their son’s extraordinary bravery and how they would give his medals back if they could see him again.
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