Tag: Anzac Centenary
First in the line of bravery
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
NARRE Warren’s Neville Jacka reckons his ancestor Albert Jacka must have been a “little bit crazy” to perform such incredible acts of...
Young vet’s convoy north
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SELF-DESCRIBED “young veteran” Lance-Corporal Scott May will think beyond Gallipoli this Anzac Day.
The Pakenham physiotherapist will ponder his comrades while he was...
Dream garden of honour comes true
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
THE Pearcedale Public Hall almost runs in secretary Maureen Smollen’s veins and her dream for a memorial garden next to the hall...
Words behind the loss
By BRIDGET SCOTT
NO KNOWN grave - a distressing term used to describe the hundreds of soldiers who fought for their country, yet never came...
Blind soldier led the way
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A YOUNG soldier robbed of sight, taste and smell during the last days of the World War I is today remembered by...
Diggers came from far and wide
WHEN he died at his Cranbourne home in 1963, Gallipoli veteran Jack Telling was surrounded by “many old Diggers and Gippsland friends" according to...
Pensions for families of the fallen
NEWSPAPERS were key to the recruiting effort in Victoria during World War I.
The frontlines in Turkey and Europe needed a continual supply of new...
Invincible soldier shot
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
BEFORE he was shot dead on the front lines, Corporal ‘Yank’ McClure wrote to his parents back home about his seeming invulnerability.
The...
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Mighty Mitch makes his mark
Forget the nervous nineties…it was the initial first step towards his remarkable double century that provided Kooweerup’s Mitch Davey with his most anxious moment...
