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Historic dawn rises
WITH war still raging in Europe, the Dandenong community gathered at the town’s state primary school on 25 April 1916 to commemorate the first…
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Diary of dispatches
LANCE Corporal William John Meehan kept a detailed diary throughout World War I. His first entry was on 19 September 1916 as he set…
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Fortitude shows the Anzac spirit is in us all
John Wells Dandenong Cranbourne RSL president The Anzacs are still here. The centenary of the landings at Gallipoli is a great opportunity for us…
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Greatest bravery laid to rest
EIGHT Victoria Cross recipients have been laid to rest in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery – probably more than any other cemetery in Australia. Historian…
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Battlefield is still revealing its past
By CASEY NEILL A RUSTED and battered piece of metal will take pride of place in the Dandenong RSL. Sub-branch president John Wells said…
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Service in a sea of suffering
A DECORATED World War I nurse is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. The final resting place for Mrs Attiwill – known during the war…
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Standing where others fell
COUNCILLOR Angela Long has stood in Turkey where Australian and New Zealand soldiers fell 100 years ago. At her own expense she took part…
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Memories kept in silent sleep
By MAREE ROWE THE first name on the World War I honour board that hangs in Dandenong’s Drum Theatre is that of Albert Edward…
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In the thick of the fighting
By NARELLE COULTER WILLIAM HOLFORD was among the fortunate Anzacs who lived to watch the grisly Gallipoli peninsula fade into the distance as the…
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Duty bound
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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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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Journal in the trenches
COPIES of the Journal were sent to Gallipoli to keep soliders in touch with news from home. A letter written from Gaba Tepe on…
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