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Battlefield is still revealing its past
By CASEY NEILL A RUSTED and battered piece of metal will take pride of place in the Dandenong Cranbourne RSL. Sub-branch president John Wells…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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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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Study tour across history
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THIS month 15-year-old Hayley Hickey stood looking over Anzac Cove and was lost for words. The current Year 10 student from…
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Anzac beats terror
A DEFIANT crowd undaunted by terrorism’s specture huddled among tight security to honour the fallen at an Anzac Day service in Endeavour Hills on Wednesday.…
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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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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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