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06 June 2018
More than 40 years ago, Tony Schar made a promise to commemorate his great-uncle’s service during the First World War. On the 100th anniversary of his great-uncle’s death, he honoured that promise.
06 June 2018
Mary Cubillo was just 10 years old when her family was evacuated from Darwin during the Second World War.
04 June 2018
Allan Russell was just 21 when he formed an extraordinary alliance with a local Dusun chief named Kulang during Z Special Unit’s Operation Agas 1.
30 May 2018
The Director of the Australian War Memorial is urging people to buy a car poppy to help mark the centenary of the end of the First World War and raise funds for Legacy and the Memorial.
25 May 2018
Fifty years ago, Brian Buzzard was fighting for his life when his mortar platoon was overrun during one of the longest and most vicious series of battles involving Australian troops in Vietnam.
18 May 2018
Bruce Robertson was a wireless operator during the Second World War when he heard something through his headset that didn’t make sense.
14 May 2018
Vale Brigadier Jeffrey James “JJ” Shelton DSO MC
