Pigeons will be released from the Shrine to mark Remembrance Day for the first time since it was opened in 1934.
Michael Hickie,who lives in Narrabeen,has had an extraordinary life,risking his life during World War II and taking a submarine beneath the icy depths of the North Pole.
Already 20-year-old Donald Begg was showing the quick thinking,resourcefulness,initiative (and a healthy disdain for silly orders) that were hallmarks of his military service.
Nearly 20,000 former soldiers and other veterans are checking in to rehab clinics for psychiatric and substance abuse problems every year.
US President Trump has appeared in public for the first time since losing the presidential election to Democrat challenger Joe Biden.
An apparent terrorist attack in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Wednesday appears to have targeted a ceremony marking the end of World War I.
As the statue of the soldier and the sailor on the Cenotaph were testament,COVID-19 wasn't going to prevent Sydney from remembering its"glorious dead".
Remembrance Day was a virtual affair this year,with the Shrine of Remembrance courtyard sitting high and all but deserted on its hill above the city.
For 45 years,Frank Johnston and his team of surveyors have ensured a sunbeam shines on a Shrine monument at 11am on November 11.
Nothing will stop these veterans from attending the Remembrance Day ceremony on Wednesday.
Despite many nation-defending battles closer to home,the history of Australia's military commemoration still tilts towards the horrors of World War I in Europe.