Anzac Centenary
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Red poppies to remember
GIANT red poppies adorn the lawn at Dandenong Civic Square as a symbol of peace and hope. People from the Greater Dandenong community created…
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Young vet on convoy north
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SELF-DESCRIBED “young veteran” Lance-Corporal Scott May’s thoughts went beyond Gallipoli on Anzac Day. The Pakenham physiotherapist spent much of the day…
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Steadfast dedication
By CASEY NEILL A SEA of faces representing all corners of the globe was unmoved by the steady stream of rain that fell throughout…
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Fallen’s families get pensions
NEWSPAPERS were key to the recruiting effort in Victoria during World War I. The frontlines in Turkey and Europe needed a continual supply of…
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Spirit rises up with the sun
ENDEAVOUR Hills resident Asanga Seneviratne was among 76 students chosen to represent Victoria at the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Gallipoli, Turkey. The Berwick…
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Spirit of teenage war adventure
AS THE centenary of the Anzac landing in Gallipoli is commemorated this week, 16-year-old TRAVIS REID, from Hallam Senior College, reflected on his journey…
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Mission to save wounded
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG man Rod Tharle thought his great uncle had died on a World War I battlefield. But just a few years…
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Family destroyed by battle
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IN LESS than a year the Great War claimed the lives of both the Kent brothers. The first of the Narre…
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Town hall welcome home
WOUNDED Gallipoli veteran George Pearson was lauded as a hero when he returned to Dandenong in October 1915. Grainy photographs taken outside the Dandenong…
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War’s school of hard knocks
By NARELLE COULTER THE ghosts of Lighthorsemen past ride on at Dandenong High School, their memory preserved in the school’s official colours – dark…
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Study tour across history
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THIS month 15-year-old Hayley Hickey stood looking over Anzac Cove and was lost for words. The current Year 10 student from…
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First in the line of bravery
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD NARRE Warren’s Neville Jacka reckons his ancestor Albert Jacka must have been a “little bit crazy” to perform such incredible acts…
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