Tag: war

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...

Memories linger long after war

More than 50 people, including 30 honoured ex-servicemen and their partners gathered at Vansittart Park last week to commemorate Vietnam Veterans’ Day. The ceremony included...

Royal treatment received

Three St Martins Lutheran College students and a chaperone were recently invited to an all-expenses paid trip to Western Australia to explore the HMAS...

New release weaves fact and fiction together

Mount Gambier Library tonight will host an author event with bestselling author Victoria Purman for the launch of her latest release “The Nurses’ War”. Ms...

Thoughts and prayers with besieged Ukraine

Mount Gambier Mayor Lynette Martin has accepted an invitation to address an interfaith rally for Saturday for peace in Ukraine. It will be held at...

Leopard tank restored

The iconic Leopard tank at the RSL Mount Gambier and District Bowling Club received a fresh coat of paint last week from a group...

Past and future collide at exhibition

Mount Gambier’s Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre will tomorrow host the opening of an interactive and long form digital work exhibition. Remembering the Future by...

War-time sacrifice remembered

Limestone Coast citizens will pause briefly on Thursday morning to honour wartime service and sacrifice. It will be 103 years since the guns fell silent...

Afghanistan troop withdrawal felt around world

The South East Afghan community have told state politicians of their fear for the safety and wellbeing of family and friends living in Afghanistan...