As the USS Sturgeon chases down a Japanese vessel,it has no idea 1060 manacled prisoners are being kept below deck – some 980 of whom are Australians.
Rightly or wrongly,Essendon and Collingwood own the home and away season’s biggest stage. This year it’s also a heavyweight platform. Who will best handle the heat?
On the eve of what could be his final Anzac Day match in red and black,former Essendon skipper Dyson Heppell says he wouldn’t change a thing despite his and the club’s challenges over the past 13 seasons.
A group of Australian relatives of those killed in Borneo have gathered for Anzac Day to remember lost family members.
To force your body to perform an action that your mind may be against requires a sense of something greater than individual gain,be it faith in comrades or love of club and country.
Released in 1983,I Was Only 19 is one of this country’s most significant songs about war,and it’s about to get a whole new audience - again.
Despite playing host to 3500 US airmen and hiding a device used in the bombing of Hiroshima,Charleville barely registers a blip on Australia’s wartime radar.
Sixty years ago,thousands braved the rain to watch as ex-Servicemen and women from the Boer War,two world wars,Korea and Malaya marched through Sydney.
Join reporter Marnie Vinall for live updates on all the action from this Anzac Day eve blockbuster at the MCG tonight.
The story of Australia’s Chinese Anzacs shows how wrong it is that Chinese-Australians are being targeted over geopolitical tensions today.
In 1942 Bert Biggs was a teenager making gas masks at the Maribyrnong munitions factory when he decided to follow his brother into war. Now approaching his 100th birthday,he has learned to appreciate the poignancy of Anzac Day.