A small,solemn group of dignitaries will meet in Malta – as they have since 1916 – among the rows of headstones at Pieta Military Cemetery to commemorate an intriguing but forgotten chapter of Gallipoli lore.
Truth has been a stranger to wars of the past,and remains alien to current wars.
Australia has always honoured its war dead. But what of the thousands of unmarked graves in Australia of soldiers who brought home their war wounds?
The Last Post sounded out at Melbourne’s Shrine as hundreds gathered on Remembrance Day to honour those who have served and died for their country.
This Remembrance Day,consider the lessons of World War I. We are not immune from the return of war if we do not adequately prepare for an enduring peace in our own time.
They were young,bold and accomplished at warfare’s killing. But for one of the legendary Chipilly Six,an enemy became simply a man with family photos.
The Australian general picked the Australians to charge straight at the town.
In the leadup to the fabled charge at Beersheba,the crucial Battle of Romani saw the most famous exploit of the Australian Light Horse’s most famous steed.
Australian prime minister John Howard visited Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at his Gaza headquarters in 2000,and found himself at a war cemetery.
Many Germans still hold a deep aversion to war and to defence spending in a country whose Nazi past has made it reluctant to invest in military power.
A footy club – win or lose – is an amalgam of stories,myth and legend. Here is one of Collingwood’s most durable tales of magic.