Tag: Anzac Centenary
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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