23 October 1942
The battle of El Alamein begins. It would come to be seen as one of the turning point battles of the Second World War.
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'It's been a privilege'
When Debra Lewis was making poppies for the Memorial, she was thinking of her father and her grandfather.
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'I've been very lucky'
Just 30 minutes after losing both his legs in a horrific blast in Afghanistan, Curtis McGrath was lying on a stretcher joking to his mates that they would see him at the Paralympics one day.
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'It was extraordinarily brave'
Sarah Worley’s grandfather was severely wounded while serving with the Anzacs on Gallipoli and wore a brace for the rest of his life. But he never spoke about the First World War.
