Tag: Anzac Centenary
All game some, some gave all
By RUSSELL BENNETT
IT’S almost unimaginable - four brothers, all in the prime of their lives, fighting for their country in the Great War.
Cockatoo pioneers,...
The death of Pakenham
IN THIS Anzac centenary year, it’s worth remembering that Pakenham is named after a famous major-general … just not one of ours.
Sir Edward Pakenham...
Rise of natural leader
By CASEY NEILL
LIEUTENANT Raymond Alva Jeffers rose from humble beginnings on a farm in Cora Lynn to become a highly-decorated World War I soldier...
Artist in 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 War...
Teacher learned war’s lessons
This letter was sent to Berwick State School headmaster Henry McCann from one of his former teachers, Private Cox, in June 1915. It ...
Leadership forged in fire
Two prominent owners of Berwick’s iconic Edrington Estate played a major part in the war effort - from different perspectives. Prominent businessman and sporting...
Deep pockets for war effort
THOSE who remained at home were not spared from the war effort.
Schoolchildren knitted socks, women prepared care packages and the more well-off in society...
Passion for the Anzacs
THEY set out, as they do, to find out a bit about district soldiers in the lead-up to the Anzac Centenary.
What members of the...
The people behind history
THE Narre Warren and District Family History Group celebrated 25 years in May 2014.
It started with a few ladies interested in sharing family history...
Looking Back
IN A deviation from the normal format, Looking Back for this Anzac Centenary commemorative edition takes a look back through the pages of the...
Big kid who went to war
Agribusiness Gippsland executive officer Susan Webster shares her memories of her uncle Hughie, who served in France as a machine-gunner.
AS KIDS, we always reckoned...
Hearts set in stone
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
“I have great memories on this land."
AT the back of Peter and Mary-Anne Hams’ Tynong property lies a hidden piece of Australian...
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Planting for local habitat in Garfield
Another year and another fun day of community planting in Garfield.
On Sunday 5 May, 116 people were reported to have attended the day this...
