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Anzac beats terror
A DEFIANT crowd undaunted by terrorism’s spectre huddled among tight security to honour the fallen at an Anzac Day service on Wednesday. The Endeavour Hills…
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Questions left unasked
By BRIDGET SCOTT WHEN Beryl Craig reflects on the time she spent with her father, she wished she had asked more. “He didn’t talk…
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Sons and daughters of Anzac
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ENDEAVOUR Hills cenotaph hosted one of its strongest recent turnouts at Wednesday’s Anzac Day service. A 100-strong throng of dignitaries, veterans,…
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Anzac stands firm
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AND LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE presidents of the Pakenham and Berwick RSLs have moved to reassure the local community after an alleged terrorism…
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View from the other trench
By CASEY NEILL BERWICK man Peter Neumann serves as a reminder of the other side of war. His grandfather Arthur fought for Germany during…
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Gallipoli quilt is a comfort
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH THE Cranbourne Uniting Patchworkers along with the St John’s Anglican Quilters have created more than just a quilt in honour of…
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The fabulous baker boys
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THEY were the baker’s boys – eight men employed by local Narre Warren baker Donald Hartley Rowe who all enlisted to…
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Spirit etched in bronze age
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD NORM Barr’s legacy is attached to each name engraved in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The late Narre Warren Rotarian,…
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Lord stands among us
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD WITH a deft hand Casey Mayor Mick Morland removed the veil this week that covered the new bronze statue of his municipality’s…
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Man of so many parts
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A STATESMAN, engineer, diplomat, governor, politician and soldier, Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey can be remembered as many things. But this year,…
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Family destroyed by battle
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IN LESS than a year the Great War claimed the lives of both the Kent brothers. The first of the Narre…
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Uniform is badge of honour
By CASEY NEILL THE World War I uniform in the Dandenong Cranbourne RSL foyer it more than just clothing. It belonged to Corporal Victor…
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