Tag: Anzac Centenary
Pompey Elliott unveiled the tribute
ONE of Australia’s most revered figures of World War I, Brigadier General Pompey Elliott, braved terrible weather conditions to officially unveil the Upper Beaconsfield...
Take 10
With Gary Elliott, president of the Pakenham RSL sub-branch.
Tell us a bit about your time in the services.
I’m a National Serviceman called up for...
Quilt for Gallipoli
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
BEACONHILLS College Year 10 student Madison Schenk is taking a custom-made quilt to Turkey this Anzac Day as part of the Gallipoli...
A District Remembers
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM AND RUSSELL BENNETT
MASSIVE crowds have gathered around the district to pay their dawn tributes to Australia’s Anzacs.
At the Pakenham service, Major...
Games of our forefathers
By JARROD POTTER
IT’S a weekend for solemn contemplation on the heroic service of our ancestors.
The actions of Anzacs and other Australians in service throughout...
Wounded warrior was a gun recruiter
By GARRY HOWE
THE district’s first Gallipoli hero, Private Ernie Gardiner, fought back tears as he stood to address the crowd in a packed and...
Life ripped from the pages
By BEN CAMERON and DANNY BUTTLER
“They are getting killed all around me I have escaped so far ...“
This Tuesday 27 April, 1915 entry into...
Dairyman had his fill of war
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
“There is no glory in war. War, like old age, is not to be desired, but human nature being what it is...
Anzac Day – just carry on
LOCAL Anzac events will not be affected by the terror raids in nearby suburbs.
Counter-terrorism officers raided properties in Eumemmering, Narre Warren, Hallam and Hampton...
Centenary salute
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ALL are welcome to pay respects to the men and women who served the country during World War I at...
Ceremonial honour
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LANG Lang RSL will host two Anzac Day ceremonies to remember those who served in World War I.
On Friday 24...
Landings marked at cenotaph
UPPER Beaconsfield will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings with a ceremony at the corner of Salisbury and Emerald/Beaconsfield roads.
The ceremony, which...
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Child, 4, dies in Officer
A four-year-old child has died in Officer.
Emergency services were called to Lagoon Row in Officer after reports a child had been located unresponsive in...
