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View from the other trench
By CASEY NEILL BERWICK man Peter Neumann serves as a reminder of the other side of war. His grandfather Arthur fought for Germany during…
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Family destroyed by battle
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IN LESS than a year the Great War claimed the lives of both the Kent brothers. The first of the Narre…
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Uniform is badge of honour
By CASEY NEILL THE World War I uniform in the Dandenong Cranbourne RSL foyer it more than just clothing. It belonged to Corporal Victor…
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Invincible soldier shot
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD BEFORE he was shot dead on the front lines, Corporal ‘Yank’ McClure wrote to his parents back home about his seeming…
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Pensions for families of the fallen
NEWSPAPERS were key to the recruiting effort in Victoria during World War I. The frontlines in Turkey and Europe needed a continual supply of…
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ROC-solid start, Scotty
By DAVID NAGEL A GRUELLING pre-season under second-year coach Scott Eastwood would appear to be paying off for ROC with an impressive 14-goal win in…
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Retreat from hell
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE appended letter was received by Mr H McCann of Berwick from Private W.V Watson, on the battlefront in WWI, and…
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Small stature sapper built to fight above his weight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT WAS no big problem for Hallam-born Sapper John Alfred Brown to convince authorities he could enlist in the Light Horse…
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Artist goes into 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…
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Thug’s attack caught on film
By CASEY NEILL POLICE today released video of an assault on a security guard at a Narre Warren shopping centre. Casey CIU detectives are appealing…
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New charges for terror accused teen
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A HAMPTON Park man who had been placed in preventative detention since Saturday’s counter-terrorism raids has been released, re-arrested and charged by…
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Building them up
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD OVER four long nights the fate of missing Narre Warren boy Luke Shambrook was on the minds of seemingly every Victorian. The…
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