Aboriginal veterans denied land after war A family of Aboriginal war veterans was denied land under a government scheme for returning soldiers, Victoria's truth-telling Yoorrook inquiry has heard. AAP · Apr 28, 2022
At Gallipoli battlefields, travelers remember fallen Anzacs Travelers from Australia and New Zealand joined dignitaries at the former World War I battlefields of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey for a dawn service to honor soldiers who were killed during an unsuccessful British-led campaign that aimed to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022
As Australians mark Anzac Day, chance find sheds light on female veteran's WWI story The album was found in a cupboard during renovations to an aged care home. At first Martha Burns, Queensland's first female dentist, was though to have been its owner — but that doesn't match up with the history of her service during the war. ABC News · Apr 24, 2022
Remains of 17 French WWI soldiers buried at Gallipoli The remains of 17 missing French soldiers who fought in the World War I Battle of Gallipoli have been handed over to French military officials and put to rest alongside other fallen comrades more than a century after their deaths The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2022
Family reunited with 100-year-old World War I Indigenous soldier's medal ahead of Anzac Day A century after it was lost, a World War I medal is returned to the family of the Aboriginal soldier it belonged to in Victoria. ABC News · Apr 23, 2022
On the memories, and dogs, of war While fossicking through the Australian War Memorial archives, I recently stumbled upon a fetching photo of Digger, a dark brown and white stray bulldog that attached himself to soldiers training in 1914 and eventually went "over the top" of the trenches in World War I 16 times. The Canberra Times · Apr 22, 2022
Best Netflix war movies in July 2024 These are the best Netflix war movies that tell the thrilling true stories behind mankind's most brutal, harrowing battles. Here are the top picks to stream next. Tom’s Guide · Oct 4, 2021