Jin Hui
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...
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...
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...
Saner counsel must prevail
PRECEDE:
CASEY Multifaith Network president Jim Reiher released a statement this week following reports of alleged acts of terror planned for Anzac Day services in...
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 beats terror
A DEFIANT crowd undaunted by terrorism’s specture huddled among tight security to honour the fallen at an Anzac Day service in Endeavour Hills on...
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...
Fortitude shows the Anzac spirit is in us all
By John Wells
Dandenong Cranbourne RSL president
The Anzacs are still here.
The centenary of the landings at Gallipoli is a great opportunity for us all...
Battlefield is still revealing its past
By CASEY NEILL
A RUSTED and battered piece of metal will take pride of place in the Dandenong Cranbourne RSL.
Sub-branch president John Wells said a...
Young vet’s convoy north
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SELF-DESCRIBED “young veteran” Lance-Corporal Scott May will think beyond Gallipoli this Anzac Day.
The Pakenham physiotherapist will ponder his comrades while he was...
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