From trash to national treasure
A World War One photo, found at Lismore tip is on its way to join thousands of others at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra where it will help tell the story of our wartime history.
View ArticleCasino digger finally laid to rest in Fromelles
The body of a Casino soldier who died on foreign soil almost a century ago has been laid to rest in France.
View ArticleCasino digger finally laid to rest in Fromelles
The body of a Casino soldier who died on foreign soil almost a century ago has been laid to rest in France.
View ArticleWW1 grenade found at NSW garage sale
The bomb squad is called in after a WW1 hand grenade is put on sale at a northern NSW garage sale.
View ArticleANZAC Day brings pride and pain for Aboriginal digger's daughter
At a time when he couldn't vote or have a drink at the pub, New South Wales north coast man Samuel Browning willingly enlisted to serve for his country. The Fingal Head man returned to his childhood...
View ArticleGiza to Gallipoli: the story of a WWI nurse
Nurses have been performing bloody and exhausting work at war for Australia for more than 100 years. Matron Bessie Pocock left behind diaries and photos, documenting both heartbreaking experiences and...
View ArticleYamba lifesavers launch Anzac tribute boat
An emotional ceremony has been held at Yamba Surf Lifesaving Club to launch a boat bound for Gallipoli next year. A 12-person crew will row the path of Australian diggers as part of Anzac centenary...
View ArticleThe Gallipoli correspondent: diaries of a journalist at war
Many diaries were kept by Anzacs during the First World War. But as Australia's official war correspondent, Charles Bean wrote more than any other. On the eve of the Anzac centenary, a new book brings...
View ArticleVictoria Cross centenary: Alstonville remembers its WWI hero Patrick Bugden
In the midst of thick machine gun fire, Private Patrick 'Paddy' Bugden carried five wounded soldiers to safety and rescued a corporal by killing his captors with a bayonet.
View ArticleWW1 bugle plays the Last Post for the first time in 100 years
The bugle linked to the famous Beersheba cavalry charge returns to the site of the battle.
View ArticleNSW town claims local World War I hero Cedric Popkin brought down German air ace
The identity of the soldier who killed the Red Baron, Germany's most celebrated World War I pilot, has long been the subject of controversy. Now the people of Tyalgum in NSW are claiming it was their...
View ArticleSearch for the first Indigenous WW1 digger to die on the Western Front
It was the eleventh hour in a journey to find her great uncle's resting place when artist Julie Hutchings had a major breakthrough.
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