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Deep connection with soldiers’ stories

By TONY SMITH MHR ONE often overlooked fact of World War I is the first shot of the war was fired in Australian territory. Another little...

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...

Private George Alexander Terrick

  Private George Alexander Terrick was born in Healesville in 1897. He was one of a number of Healesville’s Indigenous men, who included James Harris...

Survived being ‘killed in action’

  By KATH GANNAWAY JOHN Valentine McDonald was 25 when he joined up on 15 June 1915. He went into the 24th Battalion AIF, number 1929 and...

Odds on for endurance

  By KATH GANNAWAY ANTHONY McAleer’s interest in military history started as a kid watching The Sullivans. He got involved with the RSL when he helped put...

Wall to remember fallen

  By KATH GANNAWAY WARBURTON RSL will unveil the Warburton Gallipoli Centenary Memorial Wall today (Tuesday, 21 April). The project is spectacular, and in connecting the community...

Anzac traffic plan

  FOR public safety and effective crowd flow, traffic management will be in place for Yarra Ranges Council’s Anzac Day Commemorative Service on Saturday 25...

Four brothers off to war

  By KATH GANNAWAY IT’S hard to imagine what it is like for a parent to wave a son, or a daughter, off to war. Mary Starr...

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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...