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Anzac spirit honoured from Dandenong to Gallipoli
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NOTHING compares to marking Anzac Day at Gallipoli, says Greater Dandenong mayor — and current tourist in Turkey — Angela Long. What’s…
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War service that was never meant to be
By CASEY NEILL GEOFFREY Charters joined the Air Force at age of 18 and fought in Borneo during World War II – but his service…
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Honour the dead and help the damaged
By CASEY NEILL THE Vietnam veterans’ motto is ‘Honour the dead, but fight like hell for the living’. It’s a mantra Noble Park RSL president…
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Scars apart, ’best thing ever’
By CASEY NEILL “YOU’D be six weeks without even taking your boots off, and when you did, your feet’d just bleed. “No blisters or holes…
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Final resting places
By CASEY NEILL PRIVATE Bernard Haines was just 14 years old when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916. He was 15 when…
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Memorial to the defeated
By CASEY NEILL ANDY Nguyen went from lawyer to fruit picker when he escaped to Australia after the Vietnam War. The 66-year-old completed his law…
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High time for path report
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park mound is creating heated debate over aged and disability access via a sloping footpath. Councillor Maria Sampey at Monday…
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Party in the country
DANDENONG’S Country Women’s Association (CWA) branch is celebrating its 80th birthday on 9 May and would love past members to join in the party. Anyone…
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Lone Pine’s tribute grows
CITY of Greater Dandenong will look at harvesting pine cones from a Lone Pine descendent to mark the Gallipoli conflict’s 100th anniversary. Councillor Peter Brown…
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Appeal after two armed robberies
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to two armed robberies in Dandenong. In the first incident on 16 April a 25-year-old Dandenong man was attacked after…
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Service maintains interest in diggers
NOBLE Park RSL welcomed hundreds of people to its Anzac Day service on Sunday 21 April. Schools, community groups and politicians laid wreaths at the…
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Protective officers attacked
A PROTECTIVE Services Officer (PSO) was punched in the face during an argument at Noble Park Railway Station on 18 April. About 11.15pm two PSO…
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