Tag: Anzac Centenary
Lost in a Flanders field
By JOLLY READ
ALMOST 100 years ago, a 21-year-old Warburton man lay gravely wounded and fighting for his life on the other side of the...
Remember this day of days
By KATH GANNAWAY
THIS year marks the centenary of Gallipoli, a landmark campaign of WWI, and a defining event in the history of Australia.
By the...
Place of peace
By KATH GANNAWAY
GALLIPOLI Park: For decades the Anzac Day march in Marysville has finished at the park which bears the name of a place...
Avenue of Honour reinvigorated
By PETER DOUGLAS
RIGHT in time for the Anzac Centenary, the Healesville Avenue of Honour received a boost on Friday with the unveiling of new...
Nurse’s role of honour
JESSIE McHardy White’s name takes pride of place on the Dixons Creek Primary School Honour Board.
Born in 1870, her distinguished career as a military...
Private Halford Leonard Platt
Private Halford Leonard Platt, of Millgrove, enlisted on 30 June, 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 10 September, 1915....
Our Diggers come to life
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE LIVES of World War I soldiers are currently on display at Healesville Library, with personal stories from Diggers on the frontline...
Daughter amazed at courage
By PETER DOUGLAS
EVEN today, Anni Atkinson still finds it difficult to grasp the hardships her Steels Creek-born father endured during the World War I.
As...
Other ways to remember
By JESSE GRAHAM
DAWN services and marches on Anzac Day are just a few of the ways that the community will stop to remember the...
Stories to reflect upon
FOR this Anzac Centenary souvenir edition of the Mail, our editorial team has compiled an invaluable array of feature stories and historical material.
We’ve sourced...
George’s war of hardship
By KATH GANNAWAY
“JUST a line or two to let you know how things are going with me.”
Private George Muir’s letter to his mother, Maria,...
A true leader of men
By KATH GANNAWAY
IT MAY seem cliched, but Captain George Ingram proved himself to be a leader of men.
There are plenty of stories of leaders...
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First step for reconciliation
Regardless of the result of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum, a group of Healesville residents would like to keep supporting the process of...
