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'Lost' WW1 soldiers formally recognised with headstones after community effort
A remarkable grassroots effort between a family historian and a volunteer organisation results in 107 soldiers in unmarked ...
Program: Australian soldiers' remains discovered on WW1 battlefield
A forensic investigation has led to the discovery of the remains of four Australian soldiers on the First World War's Western ...
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World War I Australian soldiers' bodies found 107 years after Second Battle of Bullecourt in May 1917
The remains of four World War I soldiers have been discovered by a dedicated team during a fieldwork activity in northern ...
First maintenance visit of the year for giant chalk 'Map of Australia'
Over the decades, it has experienced periods of decline and restoration, disappearing from view in the early 2000s due to ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Before Dawn’ on Paramount+, a Grim Drama About Aussie Soldiers Fighting in WWI
He also thinks Jim doesn’t know what he’s getting into, a point underscored by cross-cut flash-forwards to scenes of blank-faced soldiers marching past their allies’ graves. Now we’re with Jim at the ...
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Why so many Diggers voted ‘no’ to conscription in WWI
In 1916 and 1917, Australia’s servicemen and women were asked to vote on military conscription: could the Australian government force men to enlist and serve in war overseas? Hughes himself ...
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unknown story of the Sri Lankan soldiers who fought with the Australian forces at the Gallipoli capture in WW1
Australian troops charge near a Turkish trench just before the evacuation at Anzac. 1915. Source: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images ...