Tag: war

War memorial plaques undergo facelift

Plaques honouring fallen soldiers have temporarily been removed from the foreshore war memorial rotunda at Beachport.
The Beachport branch of the National Trust has been...

Century of remembrance marked

Around 70 members of the public and invited guests accepted the invitation of the RSL Millicent Sub-branch to mark the centenary of the Millicent...

Regional fuel price ‘stable’

Fuel prices in the South East remain stable while experts determine if the ongoing conflict in Israel will impact crude oil prices internationally and...

Vietnam Veterans honoured

The Limestone Coast community gathered at the Vansittart Park Soldiers Memorial last Friday for a ceremony to honour Vietnam Veterans’ Day. Vietnam Veterans’ Day commemorates...

War talk broadcast

An audio podcast about the explosion of the German sea mine at Beachport in 1941 is now available on the Virtual War Memorial site. Running...

Beachport war story told

Apowerful new audio podcast detailing a significant Limestone Coast war story will go live today. When the War Comes Home will go live online today...

Long-lost military link rediscovered

AMount Gambier woman has been reunited with a precious memento from her father’s war days after 80 years following a nationwide search. James ‘Jim’ Allan’s...

Sacrifice remembered

Residents of Coonawarra and Penola gathered on Anzac Day to reflect and remember those who served at war. The service at Penola’s War Memorial Park...

Hundreds head to Bay for dawn service

The Port MacDonnell Anzac Day dawn service was well attended this year with almost 500 people attending the Port MacDonnell and District RSL Memorial. The...

Veterans and residents stand together for Anzac Day ceremony

Agathering of 400 and a flypast by a vintage aircraft honoured wartime service and sacrifice at Beachport on Anzac Day on Tuesday. As a crimson...

Kalangadoo remembers

The annual Anzac commemoration by the Kalangadoo community was held at the town’s cemetery at dawn on Sunday. The participants included six mounted members of...

80 years since military air tragedy

Enemy action indirectly caused a fatal wartime aircraft crash near Tantanoola exactly 80 years ago. A Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) Avro Anson AW 849...

Memorial ensures sacrifice not forgotten

More than 100 people attended a service honouring the centenary anniversary of the Soldiers Memorial in Vansittart Park on Saturday. As each part of the...

Naval past interests Air Force veteran

Australian Air Force veteran Ian Walker recently donated a model boat of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee to the Mount Gambier 
RSL. After...

Vietnam veterans commemorated

AVietnam Veterans Day took place at the Penola War Memorial Park last week, which was held on the anniversary of the Battle of Long...