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Events announced for Gallipoli commemorations
The 100-year anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign will be one of the key centenaries marked by the UK as part of its First World War commemorations. More than 550,000 Allied troops took part in the campaign and events to mark the conflict will be … Continue reading
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Tagged ANZAC Day, Australia, Chunk Bair, First World War Centenary, Helles Memorial, Lone Pine, New Zealand, news, UK News, WW1
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The First Australian to fall in the First World War
The first Australian soldier to lose his life in the First World War may well have been 22-year-old Lieutenant William Malcolm Chisholm, who was killed at the Battle of Le Cateau in August 1914. Delphine Bartier, press and media manager … Continue reading
Australian PM highlights importance of WW1 in shaping nation
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has said Gallipoli was one of a ‘tide of events’ that shaped the Australian nation. In his Anzac Day address at the Australian War Memorial, Abbott also called for Australians to remember the Western Front … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, ANZAC Day, Australia, Centenary of the First World War, Gallipoli, news, Tony Abbott, Western Front, world news
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UK government accused of Centenary political correctness
More controversy shrouds the UK’s commemoration of World War I as government ministers are accused of playing down the role of Australian and New Zealand soldiers in favour of the contribution from ‘New Commonwealth’ nations. The Daily Telegraph reports that … Continue reading
Lost Diggers of Vignacourt at Australian National War Memorial
Remember Me; the Lost Diggers of Vignacourt is one of the exhibitions currently on show at the Australian National War Memorial. Vignacourt was a small French village in a rear area of the Allied forces that served as a staging … Continue reading
Former Australian PM says World War I ‘devoid of virtue’
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has described World War I as a war devoid of virtue that arose from the quagmire of European tribalism. The Australian newspaper reports that Keating was forthright as he delivered the Remembrance Day commemorative … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Australia, causes of World War I, Paul Keating, Remembrance Day, unknown soldier, World War I and waste of life
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Egypt-born VC winner to receive Manchester commemoration
Sergeant Issy Smith, an Egypt-born Victoria Cross winner, will be commemorated in his adopted home city of Manchester, following a campaign by the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (Ajex). The government plans to commemorate all the British-born VC winners … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, AJEX, Australia, awards, centenary, Egypt, Issy Smith, Manchester Regiment, VC, Ypres
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