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Honour for fallen

  CASEY Mayor Mick Morland paid his respects to the fallen at the Narre Warren cenotaph on Anzac Day. For more coverage of Casey’s Anzac...

Nothing stops this sacred duty

  By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IN THE pre-dawn gloom George Nicholson stood to the side of the Narre Warren cenotaph and shook the hand of each person...

Respect in a quiet gesture

  By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AS HUNDREDS shuffled towards the Narre Warren cenotaph on Anzac Day to pay their respects, one gesture stood out. With his head bowed...

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, students and...

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, and his...

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 fight...

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 of...

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 much,” but...

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 hall...

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 this...

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 this...

Anzac services

  CRANBOURNE Saturday 25 April 5.45pm: Dawn service at Cranbourne RSL, 1475 South Gippsland Highway, with breakfast to follow. 10.15am: A march to the cenotaph will depart from...

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Battin office to open

Brad Battin is set for his office as Member for Berwick to be finally open after over a year with out a central location...