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War memorial will teach new generations about sacrifice
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (525+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
War Memorial revamp helps flame of memory burn brighter
1+ day, 20+ min ago (346+ words) The new hall honouring those who gave their lives for Australia is a "sublime and powerful addition, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will declare as he opens the centrepiece of the multimillion-dollar renovation of the Australian War Memorial. The new Anzac…...
Ukraine drone attack after Russia shunned truce offer
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Doer: Tributes after war hero dies aged 105
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (355+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. World War Two veteran and Western Australia's longest-serving MP Bill Grayden has died at…...
Every day of war is the foe
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. The poppy often gets a run on ANZAC Day as well as in November,…...
See the generational effort honouring WA's fallen soldiers
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (805+ words) World War II veteran Brian Barry has joined Seven's Noon News for an emotional interview ahead of Anzac Day. The 102-year-old reflects on his service in New Guinea, the sacrifices made in war and his love for his late wife…...
WWI veteran Frank Briggs honoured with commemorative plaque
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (211+ words) The first headstone installed by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society in their project to identify soldiers buried in local unmarked graves belongs to World War I veteran Frank Briggs. The first headstone installed by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society in…...
Plaques for WWI veterans buried in unmarked graves
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (270+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. World War I veterans buried in unmarked graves in the Eastern Goldfields will have…...
WWI medals returned to Goldfields home from South Africa
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (308+ words) A chance encounter with two South African tourists has led to the return of World War I service medals belonging to a young Goldfields soldier killed in action. A chance encounter with two South African tourists has led to the…...
Trish Forsyth becomes Albany's first female gunner
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (354+ words) Jacki is a reporter for the Albany Advertiser, covering everything from court and crime to local sport and community news as part of the Great Southern team. She graduated from Curtin University in 2024 and got her start at a local…...