Women on mission to preserve history of town's soldier settlers
By Sophie Johnson
Anzac Day holds meaning for every Australian, but for Marie Carman and Lorelei King, it is another reminder of their deeply personal mission to uncover the forgotten stories of the soldiers who helped build their town.
This man plays the last post to a different fallen Anzac every day
By Jess Scully
Adam Farquharson feels the honour of Anzac Day every day as he plays to a different veteran's grave.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/grave-bugler-practises-anzac-day/106555964
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They answered the call, then Australia turned them away. But one digger fights on
By Daniel Miles
No family in the world comes close to the fighting dynasty of Ricky Morris's. So, why is it still denied land it was owed generations ago?
#AnzacDay #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousPolicy #WorldWarII #WorldWarI #DanielMiles
Chocolate-box violin inspires teen to retrace relative's Anzac footsteps
By Aimee Mitchell
Ernest Sidney Pilcher died of his wounds in France on June 25, 1918. This Anzac Day, inspired by a remarkable family relic, his great-great-great-nephew will deliver a eulogy at his gravesite.
"The Barrage" on the Nile, Cairo / WRD Laurie, 1915-1919, 1916-01-01
WRD would have had to cross the Nile to visit the Pyramids from Zeitoun Camp 24/25 December 1915
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Who was C Gordon? NSW community tries to solve WWI soldier mystery
By Jacinta Counihan
The names etched into the Araluen War Memorial are read aloud every Anzac Day, but one digger from World War I remains a mystery.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/world-war-one-soldier-mystery-araluen-war-memorial/106535196
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How a park on the Murray carries our bonds with the Western Front
By Alice Walker
A local Australian artist is exploring the bonds between a regional park and its namesake in France as part of an Anzac Day exhibit.
Although the sinking of RMS Lusitania happened years before Shallow Trenches/Open Skies takes place, it looms large over the main character, 2nd Lt. Bernard "Griz" Behr.
War manual to prepare Brits for 'schools, rations and hospital' plans during attack rolled out
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