Region’s war memorials to get funds for facelifts
War memorials in the region will get a facelift in the latest round of funding being made available as part of the NSW Government’s Community War Memorials Fund.
From about regional News
Medal recognises a veteran’s bravery decades on
43 years after the Battle of Coral-Balmoral, Vietnam veteran Tony Jensen received the “Medal for Gallantry” from Governor-General David Hurley.
From Canberra city news
An Object in Time - The Train Carriage
On November 11th 1918, after four years of fighting and 20 million deaths, the guns of World War I finally fell silent.
From the ABC
Local veterans to be honoured at the first Festival Of Bells
Friday 14 May will mark a new annual tradition in Bathurst, with a Last Post Ceremony taking place to commence the three-day Festival Of Bells.
From Western Advocate
New soldier statue installed at Taree War Memorial
A sad tale for Taree RSL Sub-branch finally has a happy ending. A new soldier statue was recently installed at the Taree War Memorial, more than one year after the original was desecrated by vandals. The replacement, created by Edsteins, was funded through a Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) grant and Club Taree donation.
From Manning River Times NEWS
WW2 soldier's spirit came home with the discovery of his dog tags
David Campbell Church was just 20 years old in 1944 when his fighter plan crashed in the Norwegian city of Bergen. Thanks to the kindness of two strangers halfway across the world, David's dog tags came home.
From the ABC
Remains of unknown soldier identified
The remains of an unknown soldier from the First World War has been identified following an investigation by Fallen Diggers Incorporated, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Army’s Unrecovered War Casualties division this week.
From Defence Connect
Avenues of Honour are the living memorials we’re in danger of forgetting
War memorials are a place of pride across the length and breadth of Australia, ranging from the grand to the humble. They are a central feature of many country towns. But this Anzac Day, as services begin to take place again, another form of commemoration is in danger of being forgotten.
From About Regional News
Alison Aitken returns to the Australian War Memorial every year on Anzac Day, to mourn her brother who died in World War II
Alison Aitken is considered royalty at the Australian War Memorial, but each Anzac Day she takes the time to sit alone with her memories.
From the ABC
Vietnam War vehicle collection brings veterans together while fundraising for charity
What started as a unique way to raise funds for a charity in Vietnam has turned into something just as significant for veterans in the NSW Southern Highlands.
From the ABC
It’s time for Australia to recognise all its Diggers this Anzac Day
Until 1967, First Nations people were not counted in the national population, which meant Indigenous Australians who fought in the Boer War, World War I, including at Gallipoli, and World War II were fighting for a country that did not acknowledge or recognise them.
From The West Australian
Lost poetry from a brutal jungle prison, still in search of a home
Reading the long-lost poetry of an unknown Australian prisoner of war on the Burma-Thai “death railway”, the sense of fierce longing strikes the heart.
From SMH
NSW war vet publishes his memoir and passes away peacefully at 104
Charles Burgess was born in Vienna, Austria on March 31, 1917, a year before the end of the First World War, and passed away in Bellingen, NSW, on April 4 this year, four days after turning 104.
From Nambucca Valley News
Ulladulla's Frontline Services Memorial obelisk unveiled
Emotions ran free at a special event in Ulladulla on Friday just gone. Voices cracked and tears flowed as plaques on Ulladulla's Frontline Services Memorial obelisk were officially unveiled.
From South Coast Register News
Defence nurses running marathon to raise money for statue of Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel
There are statues of mythological figures and animals in the Australian War Memorial's sculpture garden, but there isn't one depicting a woman who has actually lived. That is set to change with the construction of a $250,000 sculpture of Australian Army nurse Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel.
From Canberra Times
‘I’m staggered’: Family see soldier’s WWI diary, 106 years after death
The nephew of an Anzac soldier killed in World War I says he was staggered to learn of the existence of a war diary, which was handed to him at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday.
From the Age
After the death of a mate, ‘The Ghost of Kokoda’ swore revenge and took on the enemy
Private Harold West, a proud Murrawarri man who became known as “The Ghost of Kokoda”, was so good at his work that it was said he “could track a Geegar (little black ant) up a crowbar after six inches of rain”.
From the SMH
Footprints of Indigenous military service inscribed on new coin
The journey of Indigenous men and women who have served in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been captured by an Indigenous artist in a unique coin that will soon enter circulation.
From Riot ACT
Its official … Copacabana Naval Memorial
Residents of Copacabana are celebrating the fact that their Naval Memorial is now registered as an official War Memorial.
From Community Coast News
To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF
As the Royal Australian Air Force marks its 100th anniversary we look at the illustrious history of the RAAF, through rare archival footage and in-depth interviews with air force veterans, servicing members and new recruits.
From the ABC
“A fair woman with an indomitable courage”: Dr Laura Elizabeth Forster
Laura Elizabeth Forster was a trailblazing woman who pushed the boundaries of societal norms to become a respected doctor, surgeon, and researcher.
From our website
'I can't believe now that I was a part of it'
Now 100, Owen Cook looks back at his time as a Lancaster pilot during the war as one of the most significant times in his life.
From Australian War Memorial
Interview with Matt Anderson, Director of the Australian War Memorial
Matt Anderson has been the Director of the Australian War Memorial for almost a year, but before that, had a fascinating career with DFAT and the Royal Australian Engineers.
From 2CC
The first WRANS
Established by the first qualified Australian female electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie OBE, the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) trained women to be wireless telegraphists and signallers with the aim of releasing men from this work for war service.
From The first WRANS