Family search led to the Somme
A family secret took Tony Nixon on a journey that ended in the Somme France, standing in a tiny graveyard
View ArticleWar memorial names in the South West were sons and fathers
The real people who fought and died
View ArticleStay tuned to your local ABC radio this long weekend
Half the world may be on holidays, but ABC Local Radio has you covered with statewide broadcasts this Easter/Anzac long weekend.
View ArticleVietnam experience shut out of mind for 20 years
Trevor Sargent of Busselton didn't want to go to Vietnam yet when he was given a way out, he didn't take it.
View ArticleThe war changed things because people were trying to kill us
Bob Allsop survived bombs and torpedoes, cold and privation. He survived at a time when three out of five sailors did not come home.
View ArticleDawn service remembers Anzacs
Thousands of locals attended Bunbury's Anzac Day dawn service yesterday to pay tribute to those who fought and died for the country.
View ArticleOld men and Anzac Day: a conversation on storytelling with Eric Bogle
Eric Bogle He has a new song about war. But it's not getting a good reception.
View ArticleFun and war games in the 10th Light Horse
The legendary 10th Light Horse had to leave their horses behind in WWII. Tom Ball was one of the last mounted Light Horsemen. He remembers training camps like the one in Bunbury in 1940 as the last...
View ArticleGallipoli snipers' stories uncovered
Two of the best marksmen on Gallipoli came from the South West, family historian Jeff Peirce has found out
View ArticleVB defends their 'raise a glass' campaign
The General Manager of Victoria Bitter says that the brand's 'raise a glass campaign' is not about promoting the sale or consumption of alcohol on Anzac Day.
View ArticleTaking Damascus in Dardanup
The Dardanup 10th Light Horse Re-enactment Troop demonstrate their skills.
View ArticleThere's much more to the RSL than Anzac Day
The RSL is synonymous with Anzac Day but it's also social club, support group and hub for fellowship.
View ArticleAnzac address in Bunbury
Don Robertson walked the Kokoda track 20 years after the war. He discovered a spiritual connection he had not expected.
View ArticleHarry Ball, socialist, unionist, anti-war protester: son of a veteran
Harry Ball is a contradiction. He runs the Light Horse re-enactment troop in Dardanup. He was part of the moratorium movement in the 60s but he would have loved to have been in the army.
View ArticleFears more country RSL clubs to 'fade away'
An RSL country branch president says many regional branches of the war veterans' organisation will be forced to close in coming years.
View ArticleMartin O'Meara
Martin O'Meara recovering from his first injury at Wandsworth Hospital England (1916)
View ArticleRe-enacting the taking of Damascus in Dardanup
The Dardanup 10th Light Horse Re-enactment Troop from the South West of WA demonstrate their amazing horsemanship skills.
View ArticleHorses given token role in Albany Anzac commemoration parade
The decision not to allow horses as part of Albany's commemoration troop march has now been overturned after an outcry.
View ArticleAnzac week 2015: Bunbury streets will be a memorial to WWI diggers
Photographs of service men and women will be displayed in Bunbury shop and office windows along with the story of their war.
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