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Artist goes into action
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD HARKAWAY always served as a constant in the life of nurse Jessie Traill, both before and after her service in World…
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Undeterred by terror plot
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AND LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE president of the Berwick RSL has moved to reassure the Casey community after an alleged terrorism plot targeting…
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Small stature sapper built to fight above his weight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT WAS no big problem for Hallam-born Sapper John Alfred Brown to convince authorities he could enlist in the Light Horse…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Retreat from hell
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE appended letter was received by Mr H McCann of Berwick from Private W.V Watson, on the battlefront in WWI, and…
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Saner counsel must prevail
CASEY Multifaith Network president Jim Reiher released a statement this week following reports of alleged acts of terror planned for Anzac Day services in Melbourne.…
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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 MINISTER, engineer, diplomat, governor, politician and soldier, Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey can be remembered as many things. But this year, at…
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Invincible soldier shot
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD BEFORE he was shot dead on the front lines, Corporal Alexander ‘Yank’ McClure wrote to his parents back home about his…
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Families scarred by war’s tragedies
THE scars of the Great War run deep in many families as Dandenong RSL sub-branch president John Wells knows all too well. Mr Wells’s…
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