Battle-weary aft er a disastrous campaign at Gallipoli, Australian soldiers fi nd more bloody action in the muddy trenches of the Western Front and the harsh Sinai desert

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After retreating fromTurkey’s Gallipolipeninsula at the end of

1915, the Australiansreturned to Egypt to recoverand retrain.

The two divisions wereexpanded to four, bolstered byreinforcements fromAustralia, and anotherdivision was to sail straight toBritain.

While some mounted troopsstayed in Egypt to pushTurkish soldiers back acrossthe desert of Sinai, the mainforce began to land in Francein March 1916 to join thebattle against Germany onthe Western Front.

They arrived to much

acclaim. Lord Kitchener,Britain’s secretary of state forwar, who had visited theDiggers at Gallipoli, toldsome of the early arrivals inFrance: “If you uphold yourreputation gained onGallipoli you will be liked byeveryone but the Germans.”

Ahead of the arrivingforces lay a journey to thetrench lines which stretchedacross France and Belgium,from the Swiss border to theNorth Sea.

The first impressionsgained upon landing fromEgypt in southern Francewere to be vastly different tothe grim reality whichawaited them after their

journey north through theFrench countryside.

Official historian C.E.W.Bean recorded how Albany-born station overseer JamesTolmie, a member of the 53rdBattalion, wrote he had “noidea that such a countryexisted” and that “one cannotwonder why the Frenchpeople are fighting with alltheir might and main indefence of their homelands,for really they havesomething to fight for and nomistake.

“The reception we got wasjust grand, for at every placethey greeted us finely,showering flowers upon usand other things besides.”

The Australians were sentnorth to near the Belgianborder, to learn about some ofthe weapons they would face,including poison gas, andthen moved into the“nursery” trenches near

Armentieres. Their rudeawakening was near.

On July 1 the Britishlaunched a major offensive inthe Somme Valley, France. Itremains the most costly day

in the history of the BritishArmy, which suffered almost60,000 casualties, a third ofwhom were killed.

On July 19, alongside theBritish 61st Division, the

Australian 5th Divisionattacked German positionsnear Fromelles in a feint tohold German reserves frommoving south to the Somme.It was a disaster. The

Into hell on theWestern FrontConditions on Gallipoli pale in comparisonwith the experience of Australian troops in France, writes Malcolm Quekett

Australian machinegunners return from the frontline though thedevastated French landscape in 1916. Picture: AWM EZ0079

The people of Perth hadpoured into the city early toget the best positions, liningthe streets three or moredeep, while others peered outof upstairs windows.

According to a report thenext day in The WestAustralian, it was a “perfectsummer’s day” with “clearblue sky”, which made it idealfor “the historic event”.

It was April 25, 1916, andthe occasion was the firstAnzac Day parade throughPerth, which commemoratedthe landing at Gallipoli whichhad taken place one yearbefore.

The marchers had formedup over the Beaufort Streetbridge and the route tookthem along Barrack Street,Hay Street, Victoria Avenue,St Georges Terrace and thento the Esplanade.

They were led by the menwho had “made history atAnzac”, and “resoundingcheers greeted them”.

Many were still unable towalk, and were transported in26 cars, some of which weredraped in flags.

Next came soldiers in campwho were preparing to headoverseas to join the battleraging in Europe, who were“in full kit” and who “lookedthe picture of health andhardy manhood”, The Westreported.

They were followed by thecitizen forces and seniorcadets, “who marched with amanly bearing”.

All up there were morethan 2500 marchers, whichpresented “a magnificent andinspiring spectacle”, thenewspaper reported.

To prolonged cheering theymarched through an arch“festooned with the flags ofthe Allies, while the word‘Anzac’ stood out in boldrelief”, and on to theEsplanade.

The governor, Maj- Gen. SirHarry Barron, addressed thetroops and read a messagefrom King George V, who toldthe men “their valour andfortitude have shed freshlustre on the British arms”.

So many returned soldierstook part that the lunchwhich had been planned at

the Town Hall after themarch had turned into twolunches, with a second held atSt George’s Hall in the city.

“Both places were gailydecorated with bunting,greenery and flowers,” thepaper noted, and speech afterspeech praised the Diggersfor their valour and sacrifice.

At the Town Hall, mayorFrank Rea said that on April25, 1915, “the Australiannation was born”, andgovernor Barron proposed atoast to “the Anzac heroes”.

Premier John Scaddanintroduced Victoria Crosswinner Hugo Throssell and“as the hero walked forwardthe old building shook withthe cheering in his honour”.

First Anzacmarch inPerth citymarks thehistoric day� Malcolm Quekett

Cover of the first Perth Anzac Dayluncheon menu, April 25, 1916.

Returned soldiers, new enlistees and cadets march along St GeorgesTerrace on the first Anzac Day parade.

CONTENTSCostly battles 4RSL heart and soul 6Digger’s diary 8Guide to city Service 10Metro events 12Regional events 14Sunset tributes 18

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COVERSoldiers from Australia’s 5th Division rest en route to the trenches near Mametz on the Somme in December 1916. Most of the men are wearing sheepskin jackets, woollen gloves and are carrying full kit and .303 Lee Enfi eld rifl es. Picture: Australian War Memorial E00019

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in the history of the BritishArmy, which suffered almost60,000 casualties, a third ofwhom were killed.

On July 19, alongside theBritish 61st Division, the

Australian 5th Divisionattacked German positionsnear Fromelles in a feint tohold German reserves frommoving south to the Somme.It was a disaster. The

Australians suffered 5533casualties in less than 24hours, including nearly 2000who were killed in action ordied of wounds, in what isoften referred to as the worst

night in Australian militaryhistory.

Soon afterwards otherbattle names became searedinto the Australian collectivepsyche as Diggers fell in their

thousands at Pozieres andMouquet Farm.

Bean wrote that Pozieresafter a German bombardmentwas “a terrible sight, all daysteaming with pink and

chestnut sooty smoke”, which had become an“insatiable factory of ghastlywounds. The men simplyturned in there as into someghastly great mincingmachine.”

On November 18 thehorrific Somme campaignwas abandoned. The Alliedforces had managed toadvance just 12km.

Many of the objectiveswhich had been set for theBritish on the first day of thecampaign remained inGerman hands and the blood-soaked battlefields became asea of mud as the harshestEuropean winter in 40 yearsset in.

The misery of the WesternFront stalemate was in starkcontrast to the fighting in theheat of Egypt.

In early August, Australian,New Zealand and Britishmounted troops engaged upto 8000 Turks threatening theSuez Canal in the Battle ofRomani, turning them backbefore beginning to pursuethem across the deserttowards Palestine.

Later in the year, the AnzacMounted Division and theImperial Camel Corpscaptured Magdhaba, in theSinai, and further prizesseemed within reach.

Australian machinegunners return from the frontline though thedevastated French landscape in 1916. Picture: AWM EZ0079

Australian infantry near Fromelles. Only three of these soldiers survivedthe action, though they were wounded. Picture: AWM A03042

the Town Hall after themarch had turned into twolunches, with a second held atSt George’s Hall in the city.

“Both places were gailydecorated with bunting,greenery and flowers,” thepaper noted, and speech afterspeech praised the Diggersfor their valour and sacrifice.

At the Town Hall, mayorFrank Rea said that on April25, 1915, “the Australiannation was born”, andgovernor Barron proposed atoast to “the Anzac heroes”.

Premier John Scaddanintroduced Victoria Crosswinner Hugo Throssell and“as the hero walked forwardthe old building shook withthe cheering in his honour”.

Returned soldiers, new enlistees and cadets march along St GeorgesTerrace on the first Anzac Day parade.

Rottnest Island Anzac Day 25 April 2016

Proudly supported by:

Dawn service commencing at 6:00am

Anzac Day Gunfire Breakfast to follow

Special Tours and kids activities

Early morning ferries available from

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For full details, visit

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The blitzed terrain of Pozieres. Picture: AWM E00532

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FROMELLESThe first major battle foughtby Australian troops on theWestern Front began on July19, 1916.

That evening the newlyarrived Diggers of the 5thDivision and the British 61stDivision were sent in againstGerman positions nearFromelles as a diversion tostop German soldiers beingsent south to reinforce theirdefences on the Somme.

A preparatory Alliedartillery bombardment costthe plan any hope of surpriseand failed to silence Germanmachineguns which pouredmurderous fire on theattacking forces as theyadvanced over open fields anddrainage ditches.

Author Ross McMullinwrote that W.H. “Jimmy”Downing described howGerman machineguns“spluttered violently,drowning the noise of thecannonade”.

He went on: “The air wasthick with bullets, swishing ina flat crisscrossed lattice ofdeath . . . hundreds weremown down in the flicker ofan eyelid, like great rows ofteeth knocked from a comb. . . men were cut in two bystreams of bullets that sweptlike whirling knives.”

“It was the charge of theLight Brigade once more, butmore terrible, morehopeless.”

German artillery andcounterattacks also took aheavy toll, and with nochance of holding on to anyground gained, the Alliedattack was abandoned and, bymidmorning of July 20, thosemen who were able hadwithdrawn to their originalpositions.

The Diggers suffered 5533casualties on what is oftenreferred to as the worst nightin Australian militaryhistory, including about 2000who were killed in action or

died of wounds. About 400men were captured. TheBritish casualties numberedin excess of 1500.

Brig.-Gen. H.E. “Pompey”Elliot, in command of the15th Brigade, said of thedisaster: “Practically all mybest officers, the Anzac menwho helped build up mybrigade, are dead.

“I presume there was someplan at the back of the attackbut it is difficult to knowwhat it was.”

POZIERESFour days after the disaster atFromelles, Australians wentinto action in the SommeValley, France.

There, in darkness, theAustralian 1st Divisionattacked German positions inthe village of Pozieres,supported by heavy artilleryfire.

What was left of the villagewas captured in intensefighting but the Germansresponded withcounterattacks and a massiveartillery bombardment.

In an article for theAustralian War Memorial,historian Peter Burnessdescribed how one Digger,Archie Barwick, recountedthat “all day the groundrocked and swayed from theconcussion . . . we werenearly all in a state ofsilliness and half dazed, butstill the Australians refusedto give ground”.

On July 27 the division wasrelieved after suffering 5285casualties.

The 2nd Division mountedtwo further attacks, seizingGerman positions beyond thevillage, and then was also hitwith deadly retaliatorybombardments before beingrelieved on August 6, thistime at a cost of 6848casualties.

The 4th Division went intothe line and was alsosubjected to an artillery

bombardment, but held off aGerman counterattack onAugust 7.

Lt John Raws, of the 23rdBattalion, wrote on August 4:“We are lousy, stinking,ragged, unshaven andsleepless. Even when we’reback a bit we can’t sleep forour own guns. I have oneputtee, a dead man’s helmet,another dead man’s gasprotector, a dead man’sbayonet.

“My tunic is rotten withother men’s blood, and partlysplattered with a comrade’sbrains. It is horrible, but whyshould you people at homenot know? Several of myfriends are raving mad. I metthree officers out in no-man’s-land the other night, allrambling and mad. PoorDevils!”

Burnett also wrote in thearticle for the Australian WarMemorial that: “Theexperience was simply hell. . . the fighting was wild, andall the time the shelling toreup the ground, folded thetrenches in, and blew awayany protection.

“The ordeal . . . bothphysical and mental, wasmore than men could put upwith for very long. Couragemade little difference, whateach man needed wasendurance and luck.

“Australian infantrymenwho were once taught that‘the bullet and bayonet arethe deciding factors infighting’ saw at Pozieres that

the destructive power ofartillery now dominated thebattlefield.”

MOUQUET FARMThe Diggers attacked Germanpositions at Mouquet Farmon August 8, 1916.

The farm dominated acommanding position on aridge running north-westfrom the ruins of Pozieres.

The farm buildings hadbeen turned into rubble butthe German defenders hadincorporated into theirdefences the strong stonecellars.

Nine separate attacks bythree divisions up untilSeptember 3 attempted topush the line forward a fewhundred metres but failed todislodge the Germandefenders and the 1st, 2nd

and 4th Australian divisionssuffered more than 11,000casualties.

Heavy rain turned theearth into a muddy wastelandwhich clogged gunmechanisms and grenadefiring pins.

Official historian C.E.W.Bean wrote that the MouquetFarm battles repeated“within a narrower area mostof the horrors of the Pozieresfighting . . . the flayed land,shell-hole bordering shell-hole, corpses of young menlying against the trench wallsor in shell-holes; some —except for the dust settling onthem — seeming to sleep;others torn in half; othersrotting, swollen, anddiscoloured”.

Eventually the Britishadvance bypassed the farm,

leaving it isolated, and it fellon September 27.

Bean wrote that thePozieres ridge “is moredensely sown with Australiansacrifice than any other placeon earth”.

EGYPT and the SINAIConditions could not havebeen more different for themounted troops who stayed inEgypt to continue the waragainst the Turks which hadstarted at Gallipoli.

The Light Horse, who hadfought dismounted atGallipoli, regained its horsesand, with the New ZealandMounted Rifles Brigade,formed the Anzac MountedDivision.

Australians and NewZealanders also made upmost of the Imperial Camel

Just a vortex of carnage from cannon, bullet and bayonetAfter returning from a disastrouscampaign at Gallipoli, Anzac mountedtroops stayed in Egypt to push Turkishsoldiers back across the Sinai while themain force began to land in France tojoin the battle against Germany on theWestern Front. Before long, Australianswere thrown into a series of costlybattles. Malcolm Quekett reports.

Pte J. Johnson and Lance-Cpl E. Moodie, framed by a shell hole, seem ingood spirits despite the destruction. Picture: ABC

The blitzed terrain of Pozieres. Picture: AWM E00532

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and 4th Australian divisionssuffered more than 11,000casualties.

Heavy rain turned theearth into a muddy wastelandwhich clogged gunmechanisms and grenadefiring pins.

Official historian C.E.W.Bean wrote that the MouquetFarm battles repeated“within a narrower area mostof the horrors of the Pozieresfighting . . . the flayed land,shell-hole bordering shell-hole, corpses of young menlying against the trench wallsor in shell-holes; some —except for the dust settling onthem — seeming to sleep;others torn in half; othersrotting, swollen, anddiscoloured”.

Eventually the Britishadvance bypassed the farm,

leaving it isolated, and it fellon September 27.

Bean wrote that thePozieres ridge “is moredensely sown with Australiansacrifice than any other placeon earth”.

EGYPT and the SINAIConditions could not havebeen more different for themounted troops who stayed inEgypt to continue the waragainst the Turks which hadstarted at Gallipoli.

The Light Horse, who hadfought dismounted atGallipoli, regained its horsesand, with the New ZealandMounted Rifles Brigade,formed the Anzac MountedDivision.

Australians and NewZealanders also made upmost of the Imperial Camel

Corps Brigade, formed inDecember 1916. Whereasrainfall bogged downbattlefields across France andBelgium, in the Sinai accessto water for the men and theirmounts was critical.

Richard Pelvin, in the bookAnzac: An Illustrated History,describes how the LightHorse entered the Sinai onMarch 10, 1916, as part of theEgyptian ExpeditionaryForce.

Early on August 4,Australian, New Zealand andBritish mounted troopsengaged up to 8000 Turksthreatening the Suez Canal inthe Battle of Romani.

The position was held andbefore dawn the next morningthe 1st and 2nd light horsebrigades advanced on footwith the bayonet. The Turks

were repelled and the 3rdLight Horse Brigade began topursue the Turks east acrossthe desert.

As the year drew towards aclose, the Anzac MountedDivision and the ImperialCamel Corps attackedTurkish forces at Magdhaba, a village in thenorthern Sinai desert, onDecember 23.

The successful attackincluded an assault with thebayonet by the 1st LightHorse Brigade, and amounted charge by theWA-raised 10th Light Horsesecured vital water suppliesnearby.

The action, combined withsuccess at Rafa on January 9,1917, cleared the way for theexpulsion of the Turks fromthe Sinai.

Just a vortex of carnage from cannon, bullet and bayonet

Pte J. Johnson and Lance-Cpl E. Moodie, framed by a shell hole, seem ingood spirits despite the destruction. Picture: ABC

Australian field battery gunnersuse an 18-pounder British gunshell on the enemy trenches.Picture: AWM EZ0141

Australians at the frontline afew minutes before the start ofthe battle of Fromelles. Picture: AWM H16396

Troops of the Imperial Camel Corps’ machinegun section at the edge ofEgypt’s Libyan Desert in May 1916. Picture: AWM H12853

Australian soldiers feign surrenderin captured German headdress atPozieres. Picture: AWM EZ0135

The site of the planned war memorial, with its splendid views over the river towards Perth.

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Women are rising through the ranksat WA RSL sub-branches as theorganisation continues to evolve onthe eve of its centenary.

Tracey Fickling has been thepresident of the Waroona-HamelSub-Branch since February last year,alongside secretary Ivy Wilson andtreasurer Shirley Iseppi.

Like her father, Mrs Fickling servedin the Royal Australian Air Force,joining in 1988 as an electronicstechnician.

Her grandfather was one of the Ratsof Tobruk in World War II.

She said the growing number offemale presidents in the RSL reflectedthe rise of women in the AustralianDefence Force.

“There are about 10 femalepresidents in WA now out of 130sub-branches,” Mrs Fickling said.

“I think it comes with tradition. Itstarted off being a bit of a boys’ club, Iguess.

“But over time women have takenup more positions in the defenceforces and as women have beenrecognised for that service, I think it’sjust part and parcel of that.”

The mother-of-two said one of hergoals as president was to makecontact with as many local veteransas possible.

“I think the veterans need to beaware there are things out there that

Women on the rise as RSLembraces cultural changes� Liam Croy

The carnage of Fromelles,the Diggers’ first majorbattle on the Western

Front in 1916, was just weeksaway when across Australiagroups formed to look afterthe interests of returningveterans and the families ofthose who had fallen.

On May 27, a meeting in WAresulted in the formation ofthe Returned Soldiers’Association and it becameactive in lobbying for betterrepatriation for the Diggers.

In 1918 it joined a nationalgroup, the Returned Sailorsand Soldiers Imperial Leagueof Australia.

The league played a keyrole in working for a betterdeal for veterans, as well ason major commemorationssuch as Anzac Day, PoppyDay and projects such as theconstruction andmanagement of the State WarMemorial in Kings Park,which was unveiled in 1929.

The league became theReturned Sailors’, Soldiers’and Airmen’s Imperial

League of Australia in 1940and in 1965 became theReturned and ServicesLeague. But its core values,built around working for thebenefit of veterans and thewider defence community,have remained in place,supported by widespreadsub-branches.

RSL State presidentGraham Edwards, a Vietnam

War veteran, said thesub-branches were theorganisation’s “heart andsoul” which providedstructure, support andfriendship.

Members knew they wouldhave mates who understoodthe nature of service andwould also have the supportthey might need from time totime.

The primary role of theRSL remained advocacy, forthose who had served as wellas those who continued toserve, he said.

And as an example of waysin which the RSL offeredpractical support for servingmen and women, it had

received great feedback froma recent campaign which sawknitted beanies and scarvessent to troops in cold MiddleEast climates over Christmas.

“It’s not just the fact theyreceived some warm clothingbut it’s the thought that wentwith it, and the knowledge forthese young men and womenthat there were people in theRSL back here in WA whowere thinking about them,”Mr Edwards said.

In 2014, for the first time inseven years, the RSL in WAincreased its membershipbase when 9692 were on thebooks.

Last year, membership rosesignificantly to 10,035.

Mr Edwards said futuretasks included ensuring ithad a viable financial basis,staying relevant to the needsof older and youngermembers, andcommunicating through moremodern forms such as socialmedia.

“Above all we just have tolet younger men and womenknow that we are very muchstanding behind them andsupporting them,” MrEdwards said.

He added in the future theRSL and other ex-serviceorganisations would need tofinds ways to work moreclosely to deliver betterservices for veterans.

Support for those returnedThe RSL’ssub-branches areits functioningheart and soul,reports MalcolmQuekett

The original Anzac House. An early phase in the construction of the Kings Park war memorial.A further stage of the memorial’sconstruction, circa 1928.

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Women are rising through the ranksat WA RSL sub-branches as theorganisation continues to evolve onthe eve of its centenary.

Tracey Fickling has been thepresident of the Waroona-HamelSub-Branch since February last year,alongside secretary Ivy Wilson andtreasurer Shirley Iseppi.

Like her father, Mrs Fickling servedin the Royal Australian Air Force,joining in 1988 as an electronicstechnician.

Her grandfather was one of the Ratsof Tobruk in World War II.

She said the growing number offemale presidents in the RSL reflectedthe rise of women in the AustralianDefence Force.

“There are about 10 femalepresidents in WA now out of 130sub-branches,” Mrs Fickling said.

“I think it comes with tradition. Itstarted off being a bit of a boys’ club, Iguess.

“But over time women have takenup more positions in the defenceforces and as women have beenrecognised for that service, I think it’sjust part and parcel of that.”

The mother-of-two said one of hergoals as president was to makecontact with as many local veteransas possible.

“I think the veterans need to beaware there are things out there that

can assist them,” she said. “They don'talways like to ask for help.

“I’ve had contact with older ladieswho still didn’t understand the RSL is for them because they were always part of the women’s auxiliary.”

The Waroona-Hamel Sub-Branchhas less than 30 members andoperates out of a small room at theWaroona Memorial Hall.

Mrs Fickling plans to bring back theAnzac Day and Remembrance Dayservices this year.

“We’ve got a memorial there that’snot being used so we’re going to havea community remembrance dayservice with the local schools,” MrsFickling said.

RSL WA president GrahamEdwards said Waroona-Hamel was a“prime example” of the RSL’schanging culture.

He said the organisation hadchanged more in the past decade thanin the previous 90 years.

“Younger people are telling us thattheir priority is their family,” MrEdwards said.

“They want to be able to go placeswith their family.

“Before they might have said ‘Oh,it’s a blokes’ club’. That’s the culturewe’re looking to change.

“Just as women have a verysignificant role to play in the ADFtoday, they also have a significant roleto play in the RSL.”

Women on the rise as RSLembraces cultural changes� Liam Croy

Tracey Fickling is flanked by Ivy Wilson and Shirley Iseppi at Waroona Memorial Hall.Picture: Michael O’Brien

Mr Edwards said futuretasks included ensuring ithad a viable financial basis,staying relevant to the needsof older and youngermembers, andcommunicating through moremodern forms such as socialmedia.

“Above all we just have tolet younger men and womenknow that we are very muchstanding behind them andsupporting them,” MrEdwards said.

He added in the future theRSL and other ex-serviceorganisations would need tofinds ways to work moreclosely to deliver betterservices for veterans.

Support for those returned

A further stage of the memorial’sconstruction, circa 1928.

Photo available at westpix.com.au

Join us in honouring all those who have served and continue to serve our country.

Lest we forget.

For all who stepped up

to serve this country,

and those who still do,

let us make time and

take a moment this

and every Anzac Day

to stop and be silent,

reflect on all they’ve

given in the name of

freedom, just for us.

No matter how much

time passes and years

add up, the sacrifices

made live on always.

O u r h o n o u r i n g o f

their selfless service

can never be enough,

so let’s ensure all their

memories will never

ever fade.

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For the soldier of theWestern Front the worldrevolved around the

trenches.The Diggers’ time was

divided between stintsmanning the frontlinetrenches or in support linesfurther back, as well as inreserve and at rest.

In some sectors,particularly in early 1916, theDiggers could use time at restto escape to a local cafe but,as the year went on, theterrible battlefield losses andbleak weather made life moreand more miserable.

Aside from when underattack or when mounting anattack, daily life at the fronthad a set routine.

This would start with themorning “stand-to”, beforedawn, when the line had to beon alert for any enemyassault.

After making sure theenemy was not a threat,“stand down” would follow,breakfast was prepared andweapons cleaned.

Then there were chores tobe done, such as cleaning uparound the trenches,repairing the wooden“duckboards” which ranalong the bottom of thetrenches to keep men out ofthe mud, digging latrines orfilling sandbags.

After chores, men couldattend to their own tasks suchas reading, writing letters orsnatching some sleep beforeevening “stand-to”.

In Legs Eleven, the story ofthe WA-raised 11th Battalion,Capt. Walter Belford wrotewhat happened next:

“As darkness began todeepen, the main business ofthe day began to be carriedout by both sides.

“Rations were brought upto the line and stores andsupplies of barbed wire andcorkscrew picketsdistributed.

“Patrols were sent out andwiring parties improved thewire or repaired any seriousbreaks, and scouts wentforward to examine the

enemy’s wire. Themachineguns on both sideswould spray the wire and theparapets.”

Danger was constantduring time at the front.

Shellfire could randomlyrain destruction on to thosein trenches or dugouts, andsome men were buried aliveas the earth exploded aroundor on to them, while sniperfire was a risk for anybodywho put their head above theparapet.

As the war on the WesternFront dragged on towards thewinter of 1916, the rainchurned the barrenbattlefields into a sea ofsticky, almost impenetrablemud, and diseases were addedto the list of problems.

Rats and lice infested thetrenches and trench foot,caused by long periods ofdamp and cold, becamecommon, sometimes endingin amputation.

Official historian C.E.W.

Bean wrote that by November1916, as the campaign at Flersloomed “on his journey intothe trenches eachinfantryman now carried hisgreatcoat, waterproof sheet,one blanket, 220 rounds ofammunition, and, whenfighting was in prospect, twobombs, two sandbags and twodays’ reserve rations”.

Men “fell again and againinto shell holes; many packanimals became fast in themud and had to be shot, andmen were continually pulledout, often leaving their boots and sometimes theirtrousers”.

He added: “At first the mentried to shelter themselvesfrom rain by cutting niches in

Trench line a muddy maze of lossSqualor and disease were also deadlyenemies, writes Malcolm Quekett

An Australian soldier shaveswhile wearing a Germansouvenir from the Battle ofPozieres. Picture: AWM EZ0137

Soldiers try to snatch some sleep in bunks cut into a trench wall.

June 15: Arrived Plymouthharbour. England prettyplace with high cliffs crownedwith green grass and trees . . .Been landed and am now intrain rushing onwardtowards Salisbury plains, ourdestination. . . It is summer

here now and is as cold asour winter in WesternAustralia. I don’t know howwe will get on if we have tospend the winter in thispart of the world. July 22: 5.45pm embarkedfor France, every man

wearing lifebelts. Laterarrived at Bologne, two milesmarch to camp. July 23: Country very pretty,orchards everywhere. Later2pm. Comfortably installed intents with 11 others. July 26: Introduction to the

Bullring, a kind ofamphitheatre about four

miles from camp, wherewe undergo all kinds oftraining and tests,including the gaschamber which we call“the chamber ofhorrors” . . . We willnot be kept long asreinforcements arebadly wanted at thefiring line.

This is the finaltraining campbefore being sentinto the trenches.From here we can

hear the thunder ofthe distant guns. September 24:Entrained for firingline at 3am. Off to the

trenches at last. I don’tknow whether to be glad or

sorry. Regained battalion atAglinsjarot village,

Belgium. At billet about sixmile from firing line.October 6: Early morningpreparing to leave fortrenches. Later — 2pm entry

into trenches. Later — 9pmMachinegun activity and a bitof night sniping. October 9: Sniping all daylong. Have been picked forpermanent company sniper. October 10: Hunsbombarding our trencheswith trench mortars.October 14: At 6 o’clock thismorning I shot a Hun orobserver at 400 yards. Ihappened to spot him with apair of field glasses with hishead and shoulders above theparapet (foolish fellow) . . .Took careful but quick aimand pulled the trigger.

He spread his arms out andfell backwards throwing hisglasses into the air as he fell.When I saw him fall a queerthrill shot through me; it wasa different feeling to thatwhich I had when I shot myfirst kangaroo when I was aboy.

For an instant I felt sickand faint but the feeling soonpassed and I was my normalself again and looking formore shots which I did not getthat day.

Later — night sentry duty,alone with my thoughts Ihave just begun to notice thatthere are very few of my oldmates of the old 28th that Icame over with from WesternAustralia left in the Battalion

now, they have all been killedor wounded in the great pushon the Somme.

5pm — terrificbombardment by enemybatteries. As bombardmentincreases in intensity weretire into our own dugouts,not that they afford muchprotection from flyingsplinters. We lie flat on thefloor of our dugout and listento the awful bombardmentwhich is rapidly merging intoa continuous roar.

The ground tremblesbeneath me and the air ischarged with the acrid reek ofhigh explosive fumes.

In all this overchargedhorror there comes as by amerciful dispensation ofnature a certain insensibilityto all the fears, quite simplethoughts pass through one’smind “so it is all to end here”.Here in this dark mildewedhole in the earth, I am to goout. I look around me at mydark rat-hole, the sides androof of which are lined withsandbags which by the wayare not filled with sand butclay; and the brown-black soilof the country.

The tower lights are greenwith mildew and the upperones near sun and air aresprouting grass. Halfway upin the corner a cluster of

� Malcolm Quekett

Albany-born David Bernard Harford, right, enlisted at Ravensthorpe inJune 1915, aged 28, giving his occupation as miner, and was assigned toreinforce the 28th Battalion.

Before World War I he had been a capable rifleman, winning severalprizes in rifle club competitions.

He sailed from Fremantle in February 1916 and reached England inJune via Ceylon and Egypt.

After further training in England he was deployed to the WesternFront with the 51st Battalion in September after a spell in hospitalwith mumps.

For the remainder of 1916 and through the harsh winter,Harford and his battalion alternated between frontline duty,training, and labouring behind the line.

Early in 1917 the Australian forces in France pursued theGerman Army as it withdrew to the fortified Hindenburg Line.

On March 31, Harford sustained a gunshot wound and died.He was buried at Pozieres British Cemetery at Ovillers-LaBoisselle, France.

His diary gives a unique insight into the life, and eventualtragic death, of an ordinary soldier.Below are edited diary excerpts from the time of his arrival inEngland.

Diary traces soldier’srendezvous with death

Australian war correspondentC.E.W. Bean wades through theconcrete-thick mud, the greatcurse of trench life.

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Bean wrote that by November1916, as the campaign at Flersloomed “on his journey intothe trenches eachinfantryman now carried hisgreatcoat, waterproof sheet,one blanket, 220 rounds ofammunition, and, whenfighting was in prospect, twobombs, two sandbags and twodays’ reserve rations”.

Men “fell again and againinto shell holes; many packanimals became fast in themud and had to be shot, andmen were continually pulledout, often leaving their boots and sometimes theirtrousers”.

He added: “At first the mentried to shelter themselvesfrom rain by cutting niches in

Trench line a muddy maze of loss

An Australian soldier shaveswhile wearing a Germansouvenir from the Battle ofPozieres. Picture: AWM EZ0137

the trench walls, but thispractice was forbidden,several soldiers having beensmothered through theslipping-in of the soddenearth roof, and the trenchesbroken down.

“For the many there wasalmost no alternative but tostand almost still, freezing,night and day.”

into trenches. Later — 9pmMachinegun activity and a bitof night sniping. October 9: Sniping all daylong. Have been picked forpermanent company sniper. October 10: Hunsbombarding our trencheswith trench mortars.October 14: At 6 o’clock thismorning I shot a Hun orobserver at 400 yards. Ihappened to spot him with apair of field glasses with hishead and shoulders above theparapet (foolish fellow) . . .Took careful but quick aimand pulled the trigger.

He spread his arms out andfell backwards throwing hisglasses into the air as he fell.When I saw him fall a queerthrill shot through me; it wasa different feeling to thatwhich I had when I shot myfirst kangaroo when I was aboy.

For an instant I felt sickand faint but the feeling soonpassed and I was my normalself again and looking formore shots which I did not getthat day.

Later — night sentry duty,alone with my thoughts Ihave just begun to notice thatthere are very few of my oldmates of the old 28th that Icame over with from WesternAustralia left in the Battalion

now, they have all been killedor wounded in the great pushon the Somme.

5pm — terrificbombardment by enemybatteries. As bombardmentincreases in intensity weretire into our own dugouts,not that they afford muchprotection from flyingsplinters. We lie flat on thefloor of our dugout and listento the awful bombardmentwhich is rapidly merging intoa continuous roar.

The ground tremblesbeneath me and the air ischarged with the acrid reek ofhigh explosive fumes.

In all this overchargedhorror there comes as by amerciful dispensation ofnature a certain insensibilityto all the fears, quite simplethoughts pass through one’smind “so it is all to end here”.Here in this dark mildewedhole in the earth, I am to goout. I look around me at mydark rat-hole, the sides androof of which are lined withsandbags which by the wayare not filled with sand butclay; and the brown-black soilof the country.

The tower lights are greenwith mildew and the upperones near sun and air aresprouting grass. Halfway upin the corner a cluster of

poison mushrooms ortoadstools peer down at me,the centre ones a little tallerthan the rest, seems to nod atme as sways and trembles tothe concussions from theterrible bombardment. Onesimply notes these simplethings, fear of death havingleft one . . .

Already a man feels in hisinnermost self halfway to theother world, hopeless butwithout fear. Hark; is thebombing really getting lessviolent or is it only a fancy; itis not fancy it is reality.

Overhead is a new note thescream of shells passing overus on their way to the enemybatteries, one is astonishedstill to be living and onehopes one may be alive notonly to night but alsotomorrow, a month hence, yeseven till the troops go home.

Then we creep out and takestock of the damage and setto work to assist the woundedand remove the dead.Everywhere can be heard“stretcher bearer at thedouble”.

We post sentries and liedown anywhere to get anhour or two sleep. In fourhours time I am called to takepart as sentry.October 22: Front linetrenches caving in places

owing to wet weather. Thisafternoon some of us weresent to repair them. We had towear gumboots as it was up toour knees in mud and slush.November 15: Arrived attemporary base at Somme; atdemolished village ofLongueval. November 22: Germanaeroplane brought down from3000ft. It fell sides down for awhile then dived headlong toearth. The bombs on boardblowing fragments into theair. It fell about 600 yardsfrom where we were working;one of our machines camedown a minute later, but thetwo men on board were onlywounded . . . It was a terriblesight to see the machinefalling from such a height.December 22: Moved out offiring line, our place beingtaken by the twelfth battalion. . . after a five mile march wetook the train for Vignacourt,a French village about 34miles from the firing line . . .We are not due for thetrenches again until early inJanuary and are to spendChristmas at this village. Ourwork now entails routemarches, rifle shooting andsham fighting.December 25: We spent a veryenjoyable day and had a verygood spread at dinner,

including champagne whichis cheap here being only fourshillings a bottle. December 26: We had somesports during the day, footraces & high jumping. January 4: Commenced thereturn march to the trenches. January 8: Arrived attemporary base, Longuevalwhere we are to begin dutiesas reserve battalion for amonth.January 12: There is a veryheavy bombardment inprogress to the west . . . theconcussion of thebombardment is shaking ourhut like a leaf. February 25: Back in billets atFlers, about 15 miles behindthe firing line. After doing sixweeks fatigue work attemporary base about fourmiles from firing line,carrying timber and materialfor the trench construction,we were eight days in thefiring line. On our last nightwe made a raid on the enemywhich failed, we being drivenback by heavy machine gunfire . . . The weather has beenfrightfully cold . . . I could nottake my hands out of mysheepskin mitts to make anentry in my diary. March 23: We are in an openfield on the crest of a risewithin a half mile of the

Germans. Entrenching as fastas we can dig. March 24: We have finishedour trench which is now fourfeet six in depth and now havenothing to do but sit andawait events.

A drizzling rain has begunto fall and we have not theslightest shelter from therain. March 25: I am making thisentry at a sort of temporaryhospital where I have beensent with trench feet which Ideveloped yesterday while wewere sitting cramped up inthe cold wet trench unable tomove for fear of beingshelled.

Later — 2.30, our hospital issituated just behind a hedgewhere we have a concealedbattery and we are right inthe line of fire from theGerman guns, even as I writeshells are screaming andbursting around . . . just nowsome engineers were gettingsome water from a wellnearby when it blew upkilling four of them andwounding three others. It wasanother of Fritz’s favouritetricks of sowing mines inunexpected places.This was his last entry. His diarywas transcribed by his mother,Susan, who then donated it to theAustralian War Memorial.

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DAWN SERVICEMidnight-9am: Kings Park Road, Malcolm Street, St Georges Terrace (Elder Street to MalcolmStreet), Walker Avenue (from Rheola Street to Kings Park Road), Ventnor Avenue (from OrdStreet to Kings Park Road), Outram Street (from Ord Street to Kings Park Road), Altona Street(from Ord Street to Kings Park Road), Colin Street (from Ord Street to Kings Park Road), ColinGrove, Ord Street (from Colin Street to Havelock Street), Emerald Terrace. Havelock Street (fromHay Street to Kings Park Road), Harvest Terrace (from Hay Street to Malcolm Street), ParliamentPlace, Cliff Street, Mount Street, Bellevue Terrace, Fraser Avenue, May Drive (from Saw Avenue),Saw Avenue, Wadjuk Way.

PARADE AND COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE3am-5pm: Irwin Street (from St Georges Terrace to Hay Street).4-6.30am: Mounts Bay Road (from Mill Street to William Street), Mill Street (from St GeorgesTerrace to Mounts Bay Road), Mercantile Lane (from St Georges Terrace to Mounts Bay Road).6.30am-12.30pm: St Georges Terrace (from William Street to Victoria Avenue), Howard Street(from The Esplanade to St Georges Terrace), Sherwood Court (from The Esplanade to St GeorgesTerrace), Barrack Street (from The Esplanade to Hay Street), Cathedral Avenue (from St GeorgesTerrace to Hay Street), Pier Street (from St Georges Terrace to Hay Street), Hay Street (fromBarrack Street to Irwin Street), Victoria Avenue (from Riverside Drive to St Georges Terrace),Terrace Road (half - from carpark to Hill Street).8.30am-12.30pm: Governors Avenue, Terrace Road (half - from Governors Avenue to carpark).

PLAN AHEAD� Public transport is recommended for Anzac Day events. There will be limited parking,

particularly around Kings Park.� Transperth will be running additional trains with extra capacity. Trains will arrive into Elizabeth

Quay train station from 4.21am with the last one at 5.19am. Free shuttle buses carryingpassengers up to Kings Park will leave Elizabeth Quay Bus Station from 4.25-5.30am.

� There will also be a Kings Park internal shuttle service (Route 621) operating between theVietnam War Memorial at Synergy Parkland and the coach terminus near Wadjuk Way between4.25am and about 9.30am.

� For further information on events, public transport schedules and traffic information checktransperth.wa.gov.au or rslwahq.org.au.

LIVE SITES� The Dawn Service at Kings Park will include LED screens and mobiles screens showing a live

broadcast, catering and information towers in each area (see DAWN SERVICE map).� Services at the Commemorative Service at Langley Park will include LED screens showing a live

broadcast, catering and information tents.

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O� cial guide to the Dawn Service, Parade and Commemorative Service

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12 April 16-17, 2016 13APPLECROSSAPRIL 2410.30am: Fall-in, City ofMelville Memorial, Wireless HillPark, Almondbury RoadArdross.10.45am: March.11am: Dedication of memorialfollowed by commemorativeservice and refreshments.Parking: City of Melville carparkoff Davy Street, Applecross SHSsurrounds — shuttle bus tomemorial. � Contact: Helen Pickering 9364 8564 / 0408 934 573

ARMADALEAPRIL 2210-11.30am: Armadale Districtscombined schools Anzaccentenary choral service,Memorial Park, Jull Street.APRIL 255.20am: Form-up for march toArmadale Memorial Park.5.45am: Dawn service,Armadale Memorial Park.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLClub, 1 Commerce Avenue. 12.30pm: Two-up.12.30-2pm: Lunch. � Contact: Ken Hepburnarmadalersl@bigpond.com or 9497 1972

BALLAJURAAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, WarMemorial Peace Park, IllawarraCrescent South, followed bygunfire breakfast. Parking:Ballajura Community College.� Contact: Michael Clarkecherylmick8@bigpond.com or9206 5402 / 0421 056 533

BEDFORD-MORLEYAPRIL 242pm: Service and wreath layingat Remembrance Park, cornerBeaufort and Salisbury streets,Inglewood. 2.30pm: Entertainment andrefreshments, RSL Hall.� Contact: Colin Robbcollrobb@hotmail.com or 9276 2683

BELLEVUEAPRIL 242pm: Sunset service, BlackboyHill Memorial, with a bugler andpiper. Scout groups will mounta vigil and camp overnight.APRIL 255.45am: Dawn service,Blackboy Hill Memorial, tea,coffee and scones to follow.8.30am: Commemorativeservice, Midland RailwayWorkshops, followed bymorning tea (donation).Noon: Parade from HelenStreet Scout Hall to BellevueWar Memorial, followed bylunch, entertainment andtwo-up at RSL club. (Roadclosures and trafficmanagement in place.Australian Army Cadetscatafalque party from GuildfordGrammar School, bugler, piperand wreath laying.

APRIL 28Service, by GreenmountPrimary School and BellevueRSL Sub-Branch, Blackboy HillMemorial. Guest speaker will bea student who has been on aPremier’s Anzac Tour. Parking:Blackboy Hill, St Anthony’sSchool, Greenmount School;Midland Railway Workshops,opposite memorial; BellevueRSL, adjacent to club.� Contact: Roy Jewellbellevuersl@gmail.com or 0409 294 213

BICTON-PALMYRAAPRIL 256am: Dawn service followed bygunfire breakfast outsideBicton-Palmyra RSL Club, 30BFoss Street, Bicton.12.30pm: Light refreshments.1-5pm: Live band. � Contact: Kevin Hastie 9339 3547

BULLSBROOKAPRIL 255.45am: Street march(members and community), RSLHall, 6 Hurd Road.6am: Dawn service andfly-past. 7am: Gunfire breakfast $5. Clubwill remain open until 3pm for afriendship day including lunch,bar, two-up and card games.Parking: Club rear andBullsbrook College Librarycarpark, Chittering Road.� Contact: Penny de Grussabullsbrookrsl@bigpond.com or9571 1711 / 0411 043 887

CAMBRIDGEAPRIL 258am: Form-up, town hall, thenservice at West LeedervilleCenotaph, corner Cambridgeand Holyrood streets, WestLeederville.9am: Gunfire breakfast, SportsClub.� Contact: Alan Wilsonawilson@amnet.net.au or 0417 908 262

CANNINGDISTRICTSAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, RSL subbranch; 162 Wharf Street,Cannington, followed by agunfire breakfast.7.15am: Parade assembly inCarden Street.7.45am: Parade step-off to thenew war memorial at the rear ofthe City of Canning.8am: Service.� Contact: Rob Noble 9458 8281

BELMONTAPRIL 172pm: Service, War Memorial,

Faulkner Park, Cloverdale.3pm: Afternoon tea, City ofBelmont RSL Sub-Branch, 22Leake Street, Ascot.APRIL 1812-3pm: Curtin radio stationoutside broadcast and lunch,RSL sub-branch.APRIL 255.45am: Dawn service, City ofBelmont War Memorial.7.30am: Gunfire breakfast.10.30am: Light lunch, liveentertainment, RSL sub-branch. � Contact:belmontrsl@highway1.com.au or9478 8232

COCKBURNAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service.6.15am: Gunfire breakfast.9.15am: Form-up, CockburnRSL, 73 Frederick Road,Hamilton Hill; March toCockburn Memorial Hall,Rockingham Road andCarrington Street corner,Hamilton Hill.10.15am: Main parade andservice, sausage sizzle atsub-branch to follow.APRIL 289.30am: Youth parade, Field ofPoppies Memorial, SpearwoodAvenue, Spearwood. Schools’march from City of Cockburn. � Contact: Kay Cleakclouds@comswest.net.au or 0439 833 501

CLAREMONTAPRIL 257.30am: Service, ClaremontWar Memorial, corner StirlingHighway and Bay View Terrace.Lions Club breakfast to follow inClaremont Park.� Contact: Owen (Geoff)McClements 9387 6663

DAWESVILLEAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, DawesvilleWar Memorial, Estuary Drive.7am: Gunfire breakfast, PortBouvard Recreation andSporting Club, 1 Thisbe Drive. � Contact: Stan Daviesdawesville.rsl@bigpond.com or0418 903 722 / 0439 429 447

EASTERNREGIONALAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, HallidayPark, Bayswater.9am: Service, Stirling Square,Guildford.10.45am: March from WilsonStreet and Old Perth Road.11am: Service, BassendeanMemorial, corner Wilson andGuildford roads, BIC Reserve. � Contact: Ashley Vinceadvince@bigpond.com or 0438 301 892

ELLENBROOKAPRIL 255.45am: Assemble, EllenbrookDistrict Open Space, cornerBordeaux Lane and MaffinaParade, Ellenbrook (300mnorth of Valley Bowls Club).6am: March.6.10am: Dawn service.7.15am: Gunfire breakfast. � Contact: Neil MacNeillnmacn@bigpond.net.au or 0427 908 806

FREMANTLE APRIL 255.50am: Dawn service,Fremantle War Memorial,Monument Hill, High Street.7-9am: Gunfire breakfast (eggand bacon muffins, Anzacbiscuits, tea/coffee and a shotof rum, music and two-up),Princess May Park, 92 AdelaideStreet.9am: North Fremantle Service,Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial,corner Queen Victoria Streetand Harvest Road.9.45am: Assemble for parade,Esplanade Reserve.10.15am: Parade alongEsplanade, Marine Terrace,Collie Street, Pakenham Street,High Street, Market Street,South Terrace, Essex Street,Marine Terrace, Esplanade.10.45am: Closing ceremony,Esplanade Reserve.11.30am-4.30pm: AnzacCommemorations in the Park –100th Year of RSLWA (held inconjunction with Clancy’s FishPub — music, sausage sizzle,drinks, two-up, kids’ fun and

games), Princess May Park, 92Adelaide Street. Parking:Shuttle bus between trainstations and Monument Hill.� Contact: Tony MitchellRSLfremantle@gmail.com or0427 306 333 andanzacfremantle.com.au

GOSNELLSAPRIL 256.15am: March form-up, ColesGosnells carpark.6.30am: March.7am: Service, war memorial.7.45-8am: Service concludeswith the New Zealand andAustralian national anthems.Sausage sizzle follows. � Contact: Fred Batt 9398 1661 /0419 040 820

KALAMUNDAAPRIL 1610.30am: Local march, HaynesStreet, Canning Road, KosteraOval (Memorial). Servicefollowed by refreshments, RSLHall.APRIL 256am: Dawn service followed bygunfire breakfast. Parking: RSLand Kalamunda SHS. � Contact: Warren Irvinewali60@iinet.net.au or 6143 8674 / 0431 968 896 orWayne Loughrey ozag24@hotmail.com or 0488 661 991

KELMSCOTTAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, RushtonPark Cenotaph, River Road.3pm: Afternoon service,

Kelmscott Hall, River Road. � Contact: Henry Zeloneshzelones@bigpond.net.au

KWINANAAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, WarMemorial, Pace Road, Medina.(Vigil by the Kwinana ScoutGroup and cenotaph guardfrom TS Anzac naval cadets,entertainment by John Logan).6.30am: Gunfire breakfast,Medina Town Hall, Marley Way.10.30am: Entertainment.11am: Parade (includes twomembers of Light Horse TroopArmadale/Byford, City of PerthBand, piper and drummer) andmain service. Includes flyoverby RAAF fighter planes.Sausage sizzle to follow.� Contact: Robert Brownkwinanrsl@bigpond.com or0498 473 848

MANDURAHAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, WarMemorial, Western Foreshore7am: Gunfire breakfast, City ofRSL Hall, 22 Third Avenue.9.30am: Form-up for march.10.30am: Step-off, PinjarraRoad, Old Traffic Bridge,Leighton Place and warmemorial.

The Anzac Day Parade willstart earlier than in previousyears and travel along adifferent route.

The Australian DefenceForce, followed by veterans invehicles, ex-services andregimental associations, willstep off from the corner of

New Anzac march routeThe Anzac Day Parade on St Georges Terrace. Picture: Danella Bevis

Across the State, RSL sub-branches and local councils are staging ceremonies, marches, services and family events toremember the sacrifice of thousands of Australians at warMETRO EVENTS

FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON ANZAC DAY EVENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES, CHECK AT ...

rslwahq.org.au

The Perth Mint has releasedthe first of its RSL 100thanniversary commemorativecoins as an Anzac Day tributeto the League’s 100 years ofservice.

The limited editionsinclude a 1oz silver ($84) anda 1/4oz gold coin ($594),issued as legal tender underthe Australian Currency Act

1965. Both coins depict arepresentation of the RSLbadge and include theinscription, RSL CentenaryLest We Forget and honourthe “spirit, courage, mateshipand sacrifice of Australia’smilitary personnel andsupporting services”.

See the collection atperthmint.com.au/RSL100.

Coins honour RSL spirit

RSL president Graham Edwards with the Centenary Collector Coins.

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games), Princess May Park, 92Adelaide Street. Parking:Shuttle bus between trainstations and Monument Hill.� Contact: Tony MitchellRSLfremantle@gmail.com or0427 306 333 andanzacfremantle.com.au

GOSNELLSAPRIL 256.15am: March form-up, ColesGosnells carpark.6.30am: March.7am: Service, war memorial.7.45-8am: Service concludeswith the New Zealand andAustralian national anthems.Sausage sizzle follows. � Contact: Fred Batt 9398 1661 /0419 040 820

KALAMUNDAAPRIL 1610.30am: Local march, HaynesStreet, Canning Road, KosteraOval (Memorial). Servicefollowed by refreshments, RSLHall.APRIL 256am: Dawn service followed bygunfire breakfast. Parking: RSLand Kalamunda SHS. � Contact: Warren Irvinewali60@iinet.net.au or 6143 8674 / 0431 968 896 orWayne Loughrey ozag24@hotmail.com or 0488 661 991

KELMSCOTTAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, RushtonPark Cenotaph, River Road.3pm: Afternoon service,

Kelmscott Hall, River Road. � Contact: Henry Zeloneshzelones@bigpond.net.au

KWINANAAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, WarMemorial, Pace Road, Medina.(Vigil by the Kwinana ScoutGroup and cenotaph guardfrom TS Anzac naval cadets,entertainment by John Logan).6.30am: Gunfire breakfast,Medina Town Hall, Marley Way.10.30am: Entertainment.11am: Parade (includes twomembers of Light Horse TroopArmadale/Byford, City of PerthBand, piper and drummer) andmain service. Includes flyoverby RAAF fighter planes.Sausage sizzle to follow.� Contact: Robert Brownkwinanrsl@bigpond.com or0498 473 848

MANDURAHAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, WarMemorial, Western Foreshore7am: Gunfire breakfast, City ofRSL Hall, 22 Third Avenue.9.30am: Form-up for march.10.30am: Step-off, PinjarraRoad, Old Traffic Bridge,Leighton Place and warmemorial.

10.50am: Main service, WarMemorial, followed byfellowship at RSL Hall. Parking:Leighton Place oval. � Contact: Teresa Williamssecmanrsl@westnet.com.au or9581 4781

MOSMAN PARKAPRIL 257.30am: Gunfire breakfast, AlfAdams Pavilion, SolomonStreet.10am: Service, Memorial Park,Bayview Terrace. � Contact: Kevin Poynton 0421 380 451

MT HAWTHORNAPRIL 2510.30am: March from cornerScarborough Beach Road andOxford Street to Axford Park.10.40am: Catafalque partymounts.11am: Fly-past.11.05am: Service, Axford Park,includes Last Post and wreathlaying.12pm: Light refreshments.12.30pm: Sub-branch lunch.Fields of Crosses: more than200 crosses recording names ofWWI veterans from the area willbe displayed, with nameswritten by children from localschools. They will be sent to the

Australian War Memorial forfuture centenarycommemorations. � Contact: CMD Royce Spencer0419 937 783 or Marcia Monger0419 192 183

MT LAWLEY-INGLEWOODAPRIL 256.15am: Assembly.6.30am: Dawn service, MtLawley Masonic Village, 55Alexander Drive, Menora.Followed by refreshments.8am: Service, Mt Lawley WarMemorial, corner of Clifton andQueens crescents. The servicemarks the centenary of theRSL. Perth College Choir willparticipate. To lay a wreathemail mlanzac@iinet.net.au.Anzac breakfast by the StirlingLions Club to follow at the MtLawley Bowling Club — tickets$10 via 9471 2100 ortrybooking.com/HBBQ. � Contact: Oliver Lovelle 0409 898 806

MUNDARINGAPRIL 253pm: March and service,Mundaring Memorial Gardens,Great Eastern Highway.� Contact: Kellie Ruxtonkellieruxton@bigpond.com or0410 326 401

NEDLANDSAPRIL 258.30am: Service, memorial,corner Birdwood Parade andWaratah Avenue, Dalkeith; Lightrefreshments served after. Roadclosures in place near warmemorial.� Contact: Barry Nunn

barrynunn@optus.com.au

NOLLAMARAAPRIL 1710.30am-1pm: March andservice, Nollamara RSL, 68Sylvia Street. New Zealand andRhodesian veterans attending.� Contact: Bob Wise 9425 4356

NORTH BEACHAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, CharlesRiley Memorial Reserve, cornerNorth Beach Road andKitchener Street.6.13am: Fly-past. Gunfirebreakfast to follow, North BeachBowling Club, 7 KitchenerStreet. � Contact: Rob Sweetrobsweet@arach.net.au or 0417 654 533

NORTHBRIDGEAPRIL 2512pm: Vietnamese Service withgunfire breakfast, U&I Cafe,Shop 4-5/45 Francis Street. � Contact: Than Nguyentvn52@hotmail.com or 0413 354 031

OCEAN REEFAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service.6.05am: Fly-past. Gunfirebreakfast to follow at the OceanReef Sea Sports Club, BoatHarbour Quays. Parking: OceanReef Marina carpark. � Contact: Ken Bevankpbevan@bigpond.com or 0415 443 138

OSBORNE PARKAPRIL 256.40am: Step-off, HamiltonStreet to sub-branch Memorial.6.45-7.30am: Service andvintage flyover, Slouch HatMemorial, corner Cape andMain streets. Gunfire breakfastto follow. � Contact: Norm Wellsntwells@iinet.net.au or 9443 3985 / 0417 945 157

PERTHAPRIL 205-5.30pm: Sunset service,Flame of Remembrance (seemap and details pages 18-19),Kings Park. Held over fiveevenings until April 24.Different theme every night.Includes wreath-laying. � Contact: rslwahq.org.auAPRIL 255.50-7am: Dawn service, StateWar Memorial, Fraser Avenue,Kings Park. Significant roadclosures (See maps pages 10-11).7-9am: Gunfire breakfast,Stirling Gardens, St GeorgesTerrace, adjacent to CouncilHouse. Gold coin donation.9am: Main parade. AustralianDefence Force, followed byveterans, jeeps and servicemenand women, will step off fromthe corner of Barrack Street andSt Georges Terrace, then marcheast along St Georges Terrace,right into Victoria Avenue andinto Langley Park (see mappages 10-11).11am: Commemorative service,Langley Park. Includes SalvationArmy Fortress band and6--strong choir (see map pages10-11).� Contact: rslwahq.org.au APRIL 257am: Dawn service, Jewish WarMemorial conducted by the SirJohn Monash Sub-Branch. Allwelcome. � Contact: Warren Austinwbaustin@wn.com.au or 9375 3181

PORT KENNEDYAPRIL 256am: Dawn service,Rockingham village green,hosted by the City ofRockingham Sub-Branch.7am: Gunfire breakfast, Port

Kennedy Sub-Branch.10am: March throughRockingham followed by aservice at the memorial.12.30pm: Fellowship, band,two-up, refreshments. � Contact: Steve Elliot / ColinChing admin@rslpk.com.au or9524 5855 / 0447 447 493

QUINNS ROCKSAPRIL 256am: Commemorativeceremony with fly-past (largeviewing screens), Quinns RocksSports and Social Club; TappingWay.7am: Gunfire breakfast.1-4pm: Two-up. � Contact: Lisa Wallislisa.wallis@mp.wa.gov.au or0403 827 689

RIVERTONAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, 153 HighRoad, Willetton, followed bygunfire breakfast. � Contact: Bill Collidgebcollidge@optusnet.com.au

ROCKINGHAMAPRIL 255.55am: Dawn service withpiper and bugler at thecenotaph, corner Flinders Laneand Kent Street, followed by agunfire breakfast at the PCYC.10.30am: Main service andstreet march.11am: Form-up at cenotaph.Parachutists will open mainservice followed by a doubleflyover and refreshments atRockingham RSL Sub-Branch.Airforce cadets will have anovernight cenotaph vigil inplace. Dawn-service broadcaston two large screens. Mainservice will commemorate thecentenary of the Western Frontwith a feature presentation of“letters from the front”, piper,bugler, wreath laying and achoir.� Contact: Mark Weldonrslrock@westnet.com.au or 9592 4222

ROTTNESTISLANDAPRIL 256am: Dawn service on grassedarea in front of Dome, presidedover by officers from the RoyalAustralian Navy and followed bya gunfire breakfast and kids’activities. Early-morning ferrieswill be available. � Contact: rottnestisland.com

SCARBOROUGHAPRIL 24-256pm-6am: Dusk-to-dawn vigilby 1 Wembley Downs ScoutGroup, Scarborough RSLMemorial Garden, cornerShearn Crescent and MillcrestStreet.3pm: Main ceremony, ScoutCatafalque Party willslow-march to drum beat and

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Barrack Street and StGeorges Terrace at 9am. Themarchers will head east alongSt Georges Terrace, turnright on to Victoria Avenueand into Langley Park for thecommemorative service at11am. Route map, pages 10-11.

The Anzac Day Parade willstart earlier than in previousyears and travel along adifferent route.

The Australian DefenceForce, followed by veterans invehicles, ex-services andregimental associations, willstep off from the corner of

New Anzac march routeThe Anzac Day Parade on St Georges Terrace. Picture: Danella Bevis

Across the State, RSL sub-branches and local councils are staging ceremonies, marches, services and family events toremember the sacrifice of thousands of Australians at warMETRO EVENTS

FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON ANZAC DAY EVENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES, CHECK AT ...

rslwahq.org.au

1965. Both coins depict arepresentation of the RSLbadge and include theinscription, RSL CentenaryLest We Forget and honourthe “spirit, courage, mateshipand sacrifice of Australia’smilitary personnel andsupporting services”.

See the collection atperthmint.com.au/RSL100.

Coins honour RSL spirit

RSL president Graham Edwards with the Centenary Collector

Perth. The service will includewreath laying by communitygroups, government andindividuals. Morning tea tofollow in the council hall. � Parking: Sandgate Street oval.� Contact: Bonnie Atkinsonsouthperthrsl@gmail.com or9450 2362

SUBIACOAPRIL 257.45am: Assemble outsideSubiaco Post Office.8am: March up Rokeby Road tothe Fallen Soldiers Memorial,corner Rokeby and Hamersleyroads, followed by a service.The march is led by City ofPerth Band.� Contact: Richard Digginsrwdiggius@gmail.com or 9381 1529 / 0415 433 752

VICTORIA PARKAPRIL 245.45pm: Anzac Eve service,including guest speaker, 1 FredBell Parade (corner PlayfieldStreet), East Victoria Park,followed by refreshments.Parking: Playfield Park reserve,off Devenish Street.� Contact: Kelvin Liddiardinfo@victoriaparkrsl.org.au or9361 8802 / 0432 201 440

WANNEROO-JOONDALUPAPRIL 255.50am: Dawn service, Central

proceed to memorial followedby the singing of a hymn. Musicprovided by a 12-piece brassband and bugler. Afternoon teaat adjoining bowling club.� Contact: Malcolm Tillscarbsbrsl@gmail.com 9341 5416/ 9446 3910

SERPENTINE-JARRAHDALEAPRIL 255.30am: Assemble.6am: Dawn service, MemorialPark, Anzac Crescent, Byford.7am: Gunfire breakfast.� Contact: Shana McKaysjrsl@westnet.com.au or 0417499 516

SHENTON PARKAPRIL 256.50am: March from corner ofKing Street and Onslow Road.7am: Service, Shenton ParkCommunity Centre, 240Onslow Road, followed bymorning tea.� Contact: Peter Hopperdhop9386@bigpond.net.au or9381 9558

SOUTH PERTHAPRIL 257am: Members from the 3rdSquadron, Pilbara Regiment,RSL members and Scouts marchfrom South Terrace to thebemorial, South Perth counciloffices, corner South Terraceand Sandgate Street, South

Park, Grand Boulevard.7am: Form-up, Aquamotioncarpark, Civic Drive.7.30am: Parade, MemorialPark, corner Civic Drive andSinagra Street. Morning tea tofollow. Parking: WannerooShopping Centre.� Contact: Wendy Tuffin 0412 467 445

YANCHEP-TWOROCKSAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service,followed by gunfire breakfast,Yanchep Sports & Social Club.11.30am: Main service, YanchepNational Park. Two-up to follow.� Contact: Malcolm Gowgowms@aol.com or 9561 2217

YOKINE-JOONDANNAAPRIL 2512.30pm: Guests arrive, met bysub-branch president ofYokine-Joondanna Sub-Branch,Yokine Districts Bowling Club,10 Wordsworth Avenue.12.45pm: Service, withwelcome by secretary MickTuttle.1.15pm: Service concludes withnational anthem.Contact: Graham Stevens gsstevens@iinet.net.au or 9370 2814 / 0419 934 219 orMick Tuttle miketuttle1@bigpond.com or 9275 3132 / 0417 936 007

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The Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islanders’ contributionto Australia’s military effortduring past wars continues togain long-overduerecognition.

This year South Perth RSLSub-Branch will have anAboriginal pastor, AlbertKnapp of the AboriginalEvangelical Fellowship,leading its Anzac Dayreadings and delivering ashort speech.

Aboriginal police liaisonofficer Woodie Humes will layone of the main wreaths atthe service.

RSL South Perth presidentKevin Trent said it wasimportant to raise awarenessof the often unrecognisedcontribution indigenous

servicemen had madetowards Australia’s warefforts. Last year, the RSL WAalso paid tribute to WA’sindigenous Diggers at aspecial sunset service inKings Park.

Veterans paid tribute to thefour Farmer brothers ofKatanning who volunteeredand served during World WarI. Two were killed in action.One, Augustus Pegg Farmer,was posthumously awardedthe Military Medal forbravery.

Despite not beingrecognised as citizens until1967, more than 1000indigenous Australiansenlisted during World War I.

An estimated 3000 served inWorld War II, according to theDepartment of Veterans’Affairs.

Aboriginal war honours� Jenne Brammer

Pastor Albert Knapp with RSL’s Kevin Trent. Picture: Iain Gillespie

ALBANYAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, DesertMounted Corps Memorial, MtClarence. Apex Drive closed.Shuttle buses from MiddletonBeach and EntertainmentCentre from 3.15am.6am: Gunfire breakfast, AlbanyEntertainment Centre.10am: Parade, corner YorkStreet and Gray Street West.10.30am: Memorial service,Anzac Peace Park, PrincessRoyal Drive.� Contact: Geoff McNeilgbmcneill@swiftdsl.com.au orLaurie Fraserclanfraser09@bigpond.com

BAKERS HILLAPRIL 2510.30am: Service, HooperPark. Entertainment, displays,food to follow at Gold Club, StGeorge Street.� Contact: Lin Boothlin.booth@bigpond.com or 0428 612 480

BENCUBBINAPRIL 256am: Dawn service,Mukinbudin War Memorial,Maddock Street. Gunfirebreakfast to follow.9.30am: Service, BencubbinWar Memorial and recreationcentre. Morning tea to follow.

11am: Service, Beacon WarMemorial, Lucas Street,followed by morning tea.� Contact: Len Cargeeglen.cargeeg@bigpond.com or9685 1274 / 0428 851 274

BEVERLEYAPRIL 255.40am: Form-up, post office.5.45-6.15am: Dawn service,cenotaph, Vincent Street.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLHall, Forrest Street.10.30am: Form-up, RSL Hall.10.45am: Service, cenotaph.12pm: Light lunch, RSL Hall.� Contact: Irene Oramireneoram@wn.com.au or 0439 923 501 / 9646 0470

BODDINGTONAPRIL 256am: Service, Memorial Park,Bannister Road. Gunfirebreakfast to follow at RSL Hall,Hotham Road.� Contact: Cathy Schreiberearlandcathy@gmail.com or0428 590 186

BOULDERAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, BoulderLoopline Park.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLClub, Plesse Street.9am: March down Burt Street.9.30am: Ceremony, Loopline

Park. Refreshments, RSL Club.12pm: Lunch, RSL Club.� Contact: Jan Le Brun 90219635

BOYUP BROOKAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, warmemorial, followed by gunfirebreakfast.10.15am: Main service form-upoutside Commonwealth Bank.10.40am: March to warmemorial.10.45am: Main servicefollowed by morning tea; Latelunch, Boyup Brook Club,Railway Parade. � Parking: Council carpark.� Contact: Colin Halescahales@bigpond.com or 0417 180 720

BROOKTONAPRIL 255.45am: Assemble at MemorialPark, Brookton Highway. 6am: Dawn service.7am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLrooms, Robinson Road.10.15am: Marchers assemble atfire station.

10.27am: March-off. 10.30am: Commemorativeservice. Morning tea to follow atthe fire station.� Contact: Kim Stedmanbrooktonrsl@gmail.com

BROOMEAPRIL 245.15am: Prelude to Anzac Day,piper plays at Moll Town Beach.APRIL 255.40am: Parade into BedfordMemorial Park.5.55am: Dawn service.7am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLClub, corner Robinson andBarker streets.12-3.30pm: Two-up.� Parking: Weld Street closedbetween Haas and Hammersleystreets from 5.30-7am.� Contact: Robert Kuehne 9192 1003

BUNBURYAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, form-upat RSL Hall, Spencer Street.March along Stirling Street toAnzac Park Memorial.6.30am: March to RSL Hall.

10.45am: Main service,form-up at RSL Hall then marchdown Spencer Street via StirlingStreet to Blair Street formemorial service at BricknellSound Shell. Live broadcast ofdawn service on big screens.� Contact: John Gelmipresident@bunrsl.org.au or 9721 3277 / 0478 120 848

BUSSELTONAPRIL 255.45-6.15am: Dawn service,Busselton foreshore followed bygunfire breakfast ($5)8.45-9.15am: Parade fromSignal Park down Queen Street.9.15-10.15am: Memorial serviceat Victoria Square followed bymorning tea, lunch and two-up.� Contact: Glenn Woodward9752 2488 / 0409 081 452

CAPELAPRIL 255am: Dawn service, PeppermintGrove Beach, and gunfirebreakfast, community centre.10.15am: Form-up, Capel PostOffice, march on Forrest Road.11am: Service, Capel RSL Hall, 7

Forrest Road. Lunch to follow.� Contact: Mike McMahonmichael1950mcmahon@gmail.com or 0427 777 701

COLLIEAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, hosted byCollie-Cardiff RSL, Soldiers Park,Steere Street. Gunfire breakfastat the sub-branch to follow.10.40am: Fall-in for parade,step-off at Coles carpark. Marchto cenotaph.11am: Commemorative service,Soldiers Park.2-5.30pm: Two-up andrefreshments, RSL Hall.� Contact: Gary Benton 0438 820 703

CUNDERDINAPRIL 2511am: Anzac parade andservice, Cunderdin WarMemorial, Main Street� Contact: Christine Fulwood /Graham Coopercodac@bigpond.com or 9635 1240 / 0417 175 266

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REGIONAL EVENTS

Vietnam veteran, businessmanand tireless charity workerGeorge Jones will be the officialspeaker at the RSLCommemorative Service atLangley Park on Anzac Day.

Mr Jones was awarded WestAustralian Senior of the Year in2012 for his charity work, whichincludes raising funds for theGeorge Jones Child AdvocacyCentre and the Ear ScienceInstitute of Australia. As aVietnam Veteran, he also has akeen interest in the WesternFront.

He will be accompanied by ABCRadio presenter Geoff Hutchisonas MC, with performances fromthe Salvation Army Fortress Bandand a 60-strong choir broughttogether from Schola Cantori,Chorus Angelicus, Phoenix, theAlumni Singers and AaralynChildren’s Choir.

The service runs from11am-noon, with seating for 2000people.

Organisers recommend peoplearrive at Langley Park straightafter the parade or by 10.30am.

Upliftingmusic andchorusesfor Anzac � Angie Tomlinson

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servicemen had madetowards Australia’s warefforts. Last year, the RSL WAalso paid tribute to WA’sindigenous Diggers at aspecial sunset service inKings Park.

Veterans paid tribute to thefour Farmer brothers ofKatanning who volunteeredand served during World WarI. Two were killed in action.One, Augustus Pegg Farmer,was posthumously awardedthe Military Medal forbravery.

Despite not beingrecognised as citizens until1967, more than 1000indigenous Australiansenlisted during World War I.

An estimated 3000 served inWorld War II, according to theDepartment of Veterans’Affairs.

Aboriginal war honoursPastor Albert Knapp with RSL’s Kevin Trent. Picture: Iain Gillespie

10.45am: Main service,form-up at RSL Hall then marchdown Spencer Street via StirlingStreet to Blair Street formemorial service at BricknellSound Shell. Live broadcast ofdawn service on big screens.� Contact: John Gelmipresident@bunrsl.org.au or 9721 3277 / 0478 120 848

BUSSELTONAPRIL 255.45-6.15am: Dawn service,Busselton foreshore followed bygunfire breakfast ($5)8.45-9.15am: Parade fromSignal Park down Queen Street.9.15-10.15am: Memorial serviceat Victoria Square followed bymorning tea, lunch and two-up.� Contact: Glenn Woodward9752 2488 / 0409 081 452

CAPELAPRIL 255am: Dawn service, PeppermintGrove Beach, and gunfirebreakfast, community centre.10.15am: Form-up, Capel PostOffice, march on Forrest Road.11am: Service, Capel RSL Hall, 7

Forrest Road. Lunch to follow.� Contact: Mike McMahonmichael1950mcmahon@gmail.com or 0427 777 701

COLLIEAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, hosted byCollie-Cardiff RSL, Soldiers Park,Steere Street. Gunfire breakfastat the sub-branch to follow.10.40am: Fall-in for parade,step-off at Coles carpark. Marchto cenotaph.11am: Commemorative service,Soldiers Park.2-5.30pm: Two-up andrefreshments, RSL Hall.� Contact: Gary Benton 0438 820 703

CUNDERDINAPRIL 2511am: Anzac parade andservice, Cunderdin WarMemorial, Main Street� Contact: Christine Fulwood /Graham Coopercodac@bigpond.com or 9635 1240 / 0417 175 266

DARKAN

APRIL 2510.45am: March from shire hall11am: Service, DarkanMemorial, followed by lunch atthe Men’s Shed.� Contact: Gerry Harnett 0427 272 635

DENMARKAPRIL 255.40am: Dawn service,Denmark Memorial, HorsleyRoad, followed by gunfirebreakfast, Norm Thornton Park.10.30am: Form-up, DenmarkRSL, Strickland Street.10.40am: March to thememorial. Includes fly-past at11am. Lunch to follow at NormThornton Park.� Contact: Ian (Mo) Mulhollandmojen@bigpond.net.au or 9848 1263

DERBYAPRIL 254.45am: Muster, Old FireStation, Clarendon Street.5am: Parade, arriving at LionsPark War Memorial, Loch Streetin front of civic centre for Anzacservice. Breakfast to follow at

the civic centre.� Contact: Chris Christmasderbyrsl@outlook.com.au or0400 502 506

DONGARAAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, MemorialPark, Moreton Terrace. Gunfirebreakfast to follow.10.45am: Form-up for march.11am: Service, Memorial Park.12pm: Barbecue lunch, andtwo-up, RSL Club, WaldeckStreet. � Parking: Shire depot, PointLeander Drive.� Contact: Jim Gumleyanne_mareebaker@yahoo.com.au or 0417 673 458

DONNYBROOKAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, warmemorial, Apex Park, SouthWest Highway, followed bygunfire breakfast, SoldiersMemorial Hall, Bentley Street.9am: Main service, form-up atAyers Gardens, South WestHighway.9.30am: Parade to RSL

Memorial Park.10am: Service, followed bysausage sizzle.� Contact: Ric Evanscarolricevans@bigpond.com or0427 319 788

DWELLINGUPAPRIL 2511.30am-Noon: Service, RSLHall, McLarty Street, followedby refreshments and two-up. � Contact: Leigh Whitleydwellinguprsl@iinet.net.au or0427 797 694

ESPERANCEAPRIL 255.50am: Parade form-up, postoffice corner.6am: Dawn service, memorial,Dempster Street, followed byRotary gunfire breakfast.10.45am: Marchers form-up,beach end Andrew Street.Parade step-off and mainservice followed by Lions Clubbarbecue lunch� Contact: George Starcevich9071 5362 / 0402 817 543

GASCOYNEAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, Carnarvoncenotaph, corner Francis andStuart streets, followed bygunfire breakfast at the RSL.10.30am: March and service,followed by lunch at the RSL.

� Contact: Ed Garrett 0428 411 271

GERALDTONCITYAPRIL 255.30am: Assemble McDonald’scarpark, Chapman Road.6am: March to BirdwoodHouse for service. Gunfirebreakfast to follow.10am: Assemble MaitlandStreet.10.45am: Step-off.11.20am: March to BirdwoodHouse for service. Bar andtwo-up to follow.� Contact: Ian Heberlebones@westnet.com.au or 0419 214 379

GREENBUSHESAPRIL 255.45am: Parade (led by theLight Horse Troop), RSL Hall.6am: Dawn service,Greenbushes Memorial.7am: Gunfire breakfast, townhall (adjacent to memorial).� Contact: Pat Scallangwalia1@iinet.net.au or 0427 643 508

HARVEYAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, war

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Vietnam veteran, businessmanand tireless charity workerGeorge Jones will be the officialspeaker at the RSLCommemorative Service atLangley Park on Anzac Day.

Mr Jones was awarded WestAustralian Senior of the Year in2012 for his charity work, whichincludes raising funds for theGeorge Jones Child AdvocacyCentre and the Ear ScienceInstitute of Australia. As aVietnam Veteran, he also has akeen interest in the WesternFront.

He will be accompanied by ABCRadio presenter Geoff Hutchisonas MC, with performances fromthe Salvation Army Fortress Bandand a 60-strong choir broughttogether from Schola Cantori,Chorus Angelicus, Phoenix, theAlumni Singers and AaralynChildren’s Choir.

The service runs from11am-noon, with seating for 2000people.

Organisers recommend peoplearrive at Langley Park straightafter the parade or by 10.30am.

Upliftingmusic andchorusesfor Anzac � Angie Tomlinson

George Jones. Picture: Astrid Volzke

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memorial, corner Uduc Roadand Young Street, followed bysausage sizzle at town hall.10am: Assemble for marchoutside Partons IGA, UducRoad, proceed to war memorialfor service, followed byrefreshments in the town hall.� Contact: Trish Rumball 9729 2943 / 0448 792 943

HYDENAPRIL 256.15: Dawn service, followed bybreakfast and entertainment atthe memorial gardens.� Contact: John Readceo@kondinin.wa.gov.au or9889 1006

JURIEN BAYAPRIL 2510am: Memorial service, warmemorial (address by JurienBay High School student);Morning tea, Jurien BayBowling Club, to follow. � Contact: Barry Wilsonjurienrsl@bigpond.com or 9652 1027

KALGOORLIEAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, warmemorial, Kalgoorlie railwaystation, followed by gunfirebreakfast, KalgoorlieEx-Servicemen’s Club.11.30am: Fall-in for march.11.45am: Anzac service,Kalgoorlie-Boulder racecourse.Races, entertainment to follow.� Contact: Robyn Steenbachjrsteenbach@bigpond.com or0410 549 946

KAMBALDAAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service, warmemorial, next to RSL Club,followed by gunfire breakfast. 10.30am: Form-up, old firestation.11am: Parade to war memorial.11.45am: Refreshments at theKambalda RSL Club. � Contact: Allan Lindupallanlindup1@bigpond.com or0402 812 222

KARRATHAAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, KarrathaGolf Club. March and gunfirebreakfast (held by KarrathaScouts) to follow.� Contact: Crystal Shanahancrystal.shanahan@karratha.wa.gov.au or 9185 8666

KARRIDALE-AUGUSTAAPRIL 256.20am: Dawn service, RSLMemorial Park, corner York andOsnaburg streets, Augusta.7am: Gunfire breakfast.10.45am: Main service.� Contact: Bob Stilessteph-bob@bigpond.com or9758 4172 / 0417 936 211

KOJONUPAPRIL 258am: Service, RSL Hall,followed by gunfire breakfast.10am: Muradup service, warmemorial, followed by morningtea at Muradup Hall.� Contact: G Pemberghpember@westnet.com.au or9831 1136

KONDININAPRIL 256.15am: Dawn service,Yeerakine Rock, followed bymarch and ceremony, AnzacMemorial Garden next to townhall; Gunfire breakfast after.Parking: Bottom of YeerakineRock, Sloan Road.� Contact: John Readceo@kondinin.wa.gov.au 9889 1006

KUNUNURRAAPRIL 254.45-6.30am: Dawn service,Anzac Hill, 10km west of townon Victoria Highway. Memorialservice and flag-raisingceremony at dawn over the OrdValley followed by a gunfirebreakfast and rum coffee.8.30-9am: March and service,town cenotaph, Coolibah Drive.Memorial and flag-raisingceremony to follow.10am-8pm: Two-up andentertainment, Gullivers Tavernand Ord River Sports Club.� Contact: Greg Chamberlinliveringa@gmail.com or0467 482 414

LANCELINAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service,memorial, Harold Park, GinginRoad; Short march to theEndeavour Tavern to follow forgunfire breakfast and two-up.� Contact: Norm Pearcenavypearce1@bigpond.com9655 1161 / 0438 320 564

LEONORAAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service,Memorial Park, then gunfirebreakfast, White House Hotel. 11am: Main street march,Memorial Park.� Contact: Dave Hadsondhadson@hotmail.com or 0427 191 047

MANJIMUPAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, memorial,Giblett Street.7am: Gunfire breakfast, RSLHall, 10 Brockman Street.10.45am: Parade to assembleat Memorial Gates, junction ofMoore and Brockman streets;11am: Service, war memorial11.30am: Refreshments, RSLHall1pm: Two-up, Manjimup Hotel.� Contact: Rex Brownjohn.and.dee@westnet.com.auor 0427 771 875 / 0408 931 849

MARGARETRIVERAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service,Memorial Park, WillmottAvenue, followed by gunfirebreakfast, social club, TunbridgeStreet.11.15am: Parade from ReutherPark, Wallcliffe Road, toMemorial Park. Main servicefollowed by fellowship at socialclub, including two-up.� Contact: Keith Simmondskeithandvicki@bigpond.com.au

MERREDINAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service andgunfire breakfast, form-up atcorner Bates and Barrackstreets to service at warmemorial on Barrack Street.10.45am: Parade to CumminsTheatre for main service.Morning tea to follow.� Contact: Marilyn Sayers 9041 1611

MOORAAPRIL 255.55am: Dawn service, warmemorial.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast,town hall.8.30am: Memorial service tomortar soldiers killed in Moora(3km east of Moora Miling Rd).9.30am: Morning tea, MooraTown Hall (gold coin donation).10.15am: Memorial service,town hall.11am: March-past and wreath-laying service (RAAF fly-past).� Contact: Arthur Tonkin 9651 8010

MORAWA –GUTHAAPRIL 2510.45am: Parade from cornerof Winfield and Prater streets towar memorial.11am: Service, war memorial,then light lunch, town hall.� Contact: Sue Offszankapaul.offszanka@bigpond.com or9972 2022 / 0427 986 943

MT BARKERAPRIL 2510.30am: Marchers assemble,library carpark, Lowood Road.10.45am: Service and wreathlaying, war memorial, followedby service in the district hall.Community morning tea at thebowling club, then lunch forveterans and families, RSLrooms, Booth Street.� Contact: Judy Lilljudelli@bigpond.com or 98514401 / 0409 086 603

NANNUPAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service, warmemorial.7am: Gunfire breakfast,bowling club.11am: Main march, war

Memorial.12pm: Refreshments, NannupRSL Hall.� Contact: Charlie Fergusoncharles.ferguson7@bigpond.comor 0498 007 828

NARROGINAPRIL 255.40am: Assembly, MemorialPark, Williams Road.5.55am: Service and Last Post.9.30am: Assembly, town hall,Federal Street.9.45am: March to MemorialPark, Federal Street, EgertonStreet, Williams Road.10am: Service, Memorial Park.� Contact: Lorraine Larmentnarroginrsl@gmail.com or 9881 2553

NEWMAN

APRIL 255.45am: March step-off fromBHP Housing Office, NewmanDrive; March to NewmanCenotaph, Shire of East Pilbaraoffice, corner Kalgan andNewman drives.6am: Dawn commemorativeservice, cenotaph.8am: Gunfire breakfast,Newman RSL, including raffle.Parking: Boomerang Oval.� Contact: Ian Thompsonnewmanrsl@gmail.com or 0409 876 942

NORSEMANAPRIL 255.55am: Assemble at cenotaph.6am: Dawn service, followedby gunfire breakfast, town hall.� Contact:shire@dundas.wa.gov.au or9039 1205

NORTHAMAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service,Memorial Hall, Fitzgerald Street.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast.10.40am: Parade.11am: Main service.� Contact: Reg Stevensregstevens@westnet.com.au or0427 303 762

NORTHAMPTONAPRIL 245pm: Camp out (sleeping bagsonly) on lawn at the RSL Hall.Music by Moresby Rangers and

FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON ANZAC DAY EVENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES, CHECK AT ...

rslwahq.org.au

An arresting mural depictingthe heroism of the LightHorseman will be unveiled aspart of the Esperance AnzacDay ceremony.

Painted by internationallyrenowned artist GraemeMiles Richards, the LightHorseman mural wasdesigned to commemorateand honour the Anzacceremony in its 100th year.

“We wanted to honour thehorses and men in the Battleof Beersheba. They spentthree days in the desertwithout water and thencharged at the end in what

Tribute to the Light Horse� Angie Tomlinson

Graeme Miles Richards works on his mural. Picture: Gerald Moscarda

A free wreath-makingworkshop will be acentrepiece of AnzacCottage’s personal andcommunity-based sunsetservice.

From 3pm on Anzac Day,children and keen adults willbe able to fashion their ownwreaths from fresh flowers inreadiness for what has nowbecome a traditional sunsetservice at 5.15pm.

“Ours is a community-based commemoration with alovely, warm atmosphere,”Friends of Anzac Cottageconvener Anne Chapple said.

Thanks to a Lotterywestgrant the cottage will this

year feature updatedinteractive exhibits, includinga telephone where visitorscan listen to the originalannouncement that thecottage was to be built, adisplay that plays out whenthe cottage’s ownership cameunder dispute, and arecording from a Vietnamveteran talking about thecottage’s 1992 renovation.

At 38 Kalgoorlie Street, MtHawthon, Anzac Cottage wasbuilt in one day on February12, 1916, by the Mt Hawthorncommunity as a home for areturned wounded soldierand his family and as amemorial for those who losttheir lives in the Gallipolilanding.

Home built as a homage� Angie Tomlinson

Anne Chapple at the Friends of Anzac Cottage. Picture: Iain Gillespie

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APRIL 255.45am: March step-off fromBHP Housing Office, NewmanDrive; March to NewmanCenotaph, Shire of East Pilbaraoffice, corner Kalgan andNewman drives.6am: Dawn commemorativeservice, cenotaph.8am: Gunfire breakfast,Newman RSL, including raffle.Parking: Boomerang Oval.� Contact: Ian Thompsonnewmanrsl@gmail.com or 0409 876 942

NORSEMANAPRIL 255.55am: Assemble at cenotaph.6am: Dawn service, followedby gunfire breakfast, town hall.� Contact:shire@dundas.wa.gov.au or9039 1205

NORTHAMAPRIL 255.45am: Dawn service,Memorial Hall, Fitzgerald Street.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast.10.40am: Parade.11am: Main service.� Contact: Reg Stevensregstevens@westnet.com.au or0427 303 762

NORTHAMPTONAPRIL 245pm: Camp out (sleeping bagsonly) on lawn at the RSL Hall.Music by Moresby Rangers and

barbecue by local servicegroups. No alcohol.APRIL 255.55am: Dawn service march.6am: Dawn service.7am: Breakfast (free)10.55am: March.11am: Commemorative service.12pm: Light lunch, RSL Hall,235 NW Coastal Highway.� Contact: Kevin Gillgill.kc@bigpond.com or 0428 108 296

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6am: Dawn service, warmemorial, followed by gunfirebreakfast at the RSL Shed.� Contact: Joe Urquhartjoeurquhart@westnet.com.au

PEMBERTONAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, followedby refreshments.10.30am: Parade assembly,post office.11am: Main service. Gunfirebreakfast to follow behind theRSL Memorial Library.� Contact: Noeleen Collings0428 922 184

PERENJORIAPRIL 258.15am: Line-up for march,outside cafe, Fowler Street.8.30am: Service, MemorialPark, followed by gunfirebreakfast at the village greenpark, Fowler Street.� Contact: Geoff Pridhammaygeoff@live.com.au or 9973 1109 / 0488 187 892

PINGELLYAPRIL 246pm: Service, Pingelly footballoval, followed by dinner,community centre.APRIL 256am: Dawn service, followedby gunfire breakfast.10.30am: Fall-in, Main Street.11am: March to town hall forservice and wreath laying,followed by morning tea at Arts& crafts centre.Noon: Lunch, Exchange Hotel.� Contact: Andrew Marshall0428 879 050

PINJARRAAPRIL 245pm: Service, Coolup WarMemorial, and refreshments.� Contact: Bev Alexander 0407 381 281APRIL 256am: Dawn service.7am: Gunfire breakfast.9am: Service, BeddingfieldNursing Home.10.45am: Parade step-off,Henry Street.11am: Service, at PinjarraMemorial. Sausage sizzle, lunch,raffles, money wheels, two-upand entertainment to follow.� Contact: Sue O’Donnellpinjarrarsl@westnet.com.au

PORT HEDLANDAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, warmemorial, Anderson Street.6.15am: March toMarapikurrinya Park.6.30am Gunfire breakfast.9.30am: Opening of RSL AnzacHouse, Hedditch Street, SouthHedland.� Contact: Robyn Middleton

rslporthedland@gmail.com

RAVENSTHORPEAPRIL 259.45am: Assemble for march,McCulloch Park.10am: Service, Hopetoun WarMemorial.11am: Morning tea, SeniorCitizens Hall.12pm: Drinks and barbecue,Hopetoun Bowling Club.� Contact: Peggy Coxlarryandpeggy@westnet.com.auor 9838 1300 / 0488 527 749

ROEBOURNEAPRIL 255.45am: Marchers muster, RoeStreet6am: Dawn service10am: March. Gunfire breakfastto follow at the fire station.� Contact: Fiona 0409 324 630or Ruth 0417 180 786

SHARK BAYAPRIL 255.30am: Dawn service, PioneerPark. Gunfire breakfast tofollow at the town hall.10.30am: Main serviceform-up, Sydney Memorial,then parade to memorial.11am: Service, Pioneer Park,followed by lunch and two-up,Shark Bay Bowling Club.� Contact: Barry Beales 0417 179 834

TAMMINAPRIL 2511am: Service, Memorial Park,and gunfire picnic brunch.� Contact: Lorraine Packham9637 1141

THREE SPRINGS-ARRINOAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, MingenewSports Ground, followed bygunfire breakfast. 7.15am: March from shire hall.7.30am: Service by CarnamahLions Club, Carnamah WarMemorial and gunfire breakfast.10.30am: Main march, ThreeSprings. Refreshments tofollow, shire hall.� Contact: Con Kikeros 0487 822 105 / Ray Morgan9954 1014

TOODYAYAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, warmemorial, Anzac Avenue.6.30am: Gunfire breakfast,Clinton Street.10.45am: Parade and service.Noon: Refreshments, ToodyayClub.� Contact: Max Howardavon.hill@bigpond.com or 9574 2102

WAGINAPRIL 256.30am: Dawn service, warmemorial.7am: Gunfire breakfast.10.45am: Assembly.11am: Service and lunch.

� Contact: Ros Brooksrosb30@bigpond.com.au or 0411 168 793

WALPOLEAPRIL 2510.50am: March form-up,Walpole Recreation Centre.11am: Service (includes wreathlaying, music, reading, RAAFfly-past), war memorial, cornerPier Street and Latham Avenue,then refreshments at thecommunity hall.� Contact: Kevin Piercekpierce@comswest.net.au or9840 8227

WAROONA-HAMELAPRIL 256am: Dawn service, WaroonaWar Memorial.10.45am: March from MemorialHall to war memorial.11am: Service, War Memorial. � Parking: Town oval� Contact: Tracey Ficklingwaroonahamelrsl@gmail.com or0408 937 577

WONGAN HILLSAPRIL 255.30am: Assemble, warmemorial.5.45am: Service, followed bygunfire breakfast.� Contact: Brian Donnellanbriandon@wn.com.au or 9671 1206

WYALKATCHEMAPRIL 255.55am: Dawn parade, warmemorial, Pioneer Park.7am: Gunfire breakfast10.30am: Fall-in for march,Honour Avenue.11am: General parade, wreathlaying, RAAF fly-past.Noon: Refreshments, RSL Hall.2pm: Two-up.� Contact: W.E. Garner / K.W. Cleverlytomcleverly@bigpond.com or9681 1109 / 0458 648 585

YARLOOPAPRIL 255.55am: Marchers assemble,300m south of war memorial5.45am: Dawn service,followed by breakfast andtwo-up in marquees. Entry toYarloop via Clifton Road.� Contact: Stephen Cook,secretary/treasurer YarloopBushfire Brigade 0427 988 790

YORKAPRIL 255.55am Dawn service, MtBrown, then gunfire breakfast,RSL Hall, 164 Avon Terrace.10.30am: Form-up formemorial service street parade.10.45am: Parade to warmemorial.11am-Noon: Main service.Lunch to follow, RSL Hall.� Contact: Val Menezesvalerie.menezes@bigpond.comor 0427 086 571

FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON ANZAC DAY EVENTS AND COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES, CHECK AT ...

rslwahq.org.au

An arresting mural depictingthe heroism of the LightHorseman will be unveiled aspart of the Esperance AnzacDay ceremony.

Painted by internationallyrenowned artist GraemeMiles Richards, the LightHorseman mural wasdesigned to commemorateand honour the Anzacceremony in its 100th year.

“We wanted to honour thehorses and men in the Battleof Beersheba. They spentthree days in the desertwithout water and thencharged at the end in what

was possibly the best cavalrycharge in history,” Esperance RSL Sub-Branchpresident George Starcevichsaid.

The mural, mounted on awall opposite the EsperanceRSL, portrays the momentthe Light Horseman chargedacross the desert, a flag inhand and a biplane in the air.

The mural is part of theEsperance community-basedEntrenchment Project, whichaims to build awareness ofthe nation’s military history.

The mural will be unveiledabout noon following theAnzac service at the warmemorial at 11am.

Tribute to the Light Horse� Angie Tomlinson

Graeme Miles Richards works on his mural. Picture: Gerald Moscarda

year feature updatedinteractive exhibits, includinga telephone where visitorscan listen to the originalannouncement that thecottage was to be built, adisplay that plays out whenthe cottage’s ownership cameunder dispute, and arecording from a Vietnamveteran talking about thecottage’s 1992 renovation.

At 38 Kalgoorlie Street, MtHawthon, Anzac Cottage wasbuilt in one day on February12, 1916, by the Mt Hawthorncommunity as a home for areturned wounded soldierand his family and as amemorial for those who losttheir lives in the Gallipolilanding.

Home built as a homageAnne Chapple at the Friends of Anzac Cottage. Picture: Iain Gillespie

Manjimup resident Jim Aldersea with memorabilia commemorating his brother Richard, who died in the in the Battle of Long Tan. Picture: Tari Jeffers

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Friday, April 22 Battle of Long TanAugust 18, 1966

Vastly outnumbered andbogged down in a rubberplantation in torrential rain,the men of D Company werefighting for survival.

It was August 18, 1966, andthey were taking heavy fireeast of the Australian task-force base at Nui Dat, SouthVietnam.

More than 2000 Viet Congand North Vietnamesesoldiers were laying siege to108 men from the 6thBattalion, Royal AustralianRegiment.

Pte Richard Aldersea, 21,from Perth, was one of 18Australians killed that day atthe Battle of Long Tan.

His elder brother, Jim, 81,still struggles with his deathand the memory of telling hisparents.

“At that time, the old man’sbirthday was only a few days’away,” Mr Aldersea said.

“I got a phone call from

SUNSET SERVICES Sunset Services will honour extraordinary people and theirstories in the lead-up to Anzac Day. Liam Croy reports.

Wednesday, April 20 Battle of PozieresJuly 23, 1916

There were almost as manyAustralians killed in sixweeks at Pozieres as therewere during the eight-monthGallipoli campaign — and LtJohn Nicol was one of thefirst.

Lt Nicol, a sculptor fromSubiaco and a soldier in the11th Battalion, was 20 yearsold when he left Fremantlelate in 1914.

He earned severalpromotions before he madethe ultimate sacrifice on July22, 1916.

On the day before the Battleof Pozieres broke out inearnest, he was shot throughthe head and killed.

War records show hisfellow soldiers buried hisremains at Contalmaison,south of Pozieres.

About 7000 Australians diedin the next six weeks as theytried to gain ground, metre bymetre.

On the night of July 28,WA’s 28th Battalion losthundreds of men during afailed attack on Germanpositions.

Cottesloe man Lt Bert Bell,a platoon commander in the28th Battalion, was among thedead.

Thursday, April 21 Battle of Mouquet FarmAugust 8, 1916

Before he left for the war,York farmer James “Jim”Duperouzel assured hisparents he would be back intime for the next year’sseeding.

The 18-year-old private wasoff on an adventure, unawareof the horrors that awaitedhim.

Just three weeks after hedisembarked at Marseilles, hewas thrust into the fighting atthe Battle of Mouquet Farm.

He died one week lateralongside battle-hardenedGallipoli veterans with the51st Battalion.

It is believed PteDuperouzel was killed in the48 hours after the battalionlaunched its first attack onthe farm.

His body was neverrecovered.

The Australian 1st, 2nd and4th divisions lost thousandsof soldiers during theback-and-forth battle.

WA’s 16th Battalion, alsofull of Gallipoli veterans, wasravaged once again.

A group of about 30 of PteDuperouzel’s relatives plan tovisit the area of his death forthe centenary.

It is not known exactly howhe died but he did itdefending the country of hisgrandfather, FrenchmanAmiable Duperouzel.

Saturday, April 23 Battle of RomaniAugust 4, 1916Battle of MagdhabaDecember 23, 1916

After a breakthrough victoryat the Battle of Romani inEgypt, the men of WA’s 10thLight Horse Regiment were inpursuit of the Turks. Theyhad been following them eastacross the Sinai peninsulasince early August 1916.

More than 100 Australiansdied at Romani, defending theSuez Canal from German andTurkish forces.

They finally clashed againtwo days before Christmas atthe Turkish garrison atMagdhaba in the northernSinai desert.

Trooper Charles Jones, 20,Trooper Benjamin Poutney,29, and Lance-Cpl VictorTaylor, 28 — all farmers fromWA — were killed in action.

They were buried at theKantara war cemetery, nearthe Suez Canal.

The mounted infantryproved their worth atMagdhaba, where they helpedsecure water supplies,surround the garrison andforce a surrender.

They were able to ride closeto the frontline, dismount and

use their bayonets.The battle cost the British

Empire 22 men.In contrast, about 300 Turks

were killed before theremaining 1200 were takenprisoner.

Sunday, April 24Battle of FromellesJuly 19, 1916

The worst night in Australianhistory lingered for almost acentury for the family of PteAdolf Knable.

Pte Knable was one of 2000Australians killed at theBattle of Fromelles on July19, 1916 — the nation’sbloodiest 24 hours.

The schoolteacher had lefthis home in Dardanup andjoined the war with the 32ndBattalion.

After three weeks on theWestern Front he was shotdown in no-man’s-land.

Firsthand accounts depictPte Knable taking multiplegunshot wounds andeventually falling behind hisfellow soldiers.

He was initially reportedmissing but that statuschanged to prisoner of warand later to killed in action.

His relatives were told hisbody had not been recovered.

Remarkably, in 2009, theyreceived a glimmer of hopewith the discovery of a massgrave in Fromelles containing250 bodies.

Two years ago, their hopeswere confirmed —researchers had identified hisremains using DNA from hisrelatives.

Pte Knable is now buried atPheasant Wood Cemetery,near Fromelles.

York farmer Pte James Duperouzel died at Mouquet Farm.

Trooper Charles Jones, left, with two other 10th Light Horse troopers.

Schoolteacher Pte Adolf Knable.

Lt Bert Bell, of Cottesloe.

Manjimup resident Jim Aldersea with memorabilia commemorating his brother Richard, who died in the in the Battle of Long Tan. Picture: Tari Jeffers

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Friday, April 22 Battle of Long TanAugust 18, 1966

Vastly outnumbered andbogged down in a rubberplantation in torrential rain,the men of D Company werefighting for survival.

It was August 18, 1966, andthey were taking heavy fireeast of the Australian task-force base at Nui Dat, SouthVietnam.

More than 2000 Viet Congand North Vietnamesesoldiers were laying siege to108 men from the 6thBattalion, Royal AustralianRegiment.

Pte Richard Aldersea, 21,from Perth, was one of 18Australians killed that day atthe Battle of Long Tan.

His elder brother, Jim, 81,still struggles with his deathand the memory of telling hisparents.

“At that time, the old man’sbirthday was only a few days’away,” Mr Aldersea said.

“I got a phone call from

some officer in Canberra andhe said ‘Do you know PteRichard Aldersea?’”

“He said something abouthim being wounded so I said‘How bad is he’, and he said,‘He’s dead. He was fatallywounded’.

“I had to go along the roadand stop my mother andfather to tell them, halfwaybetween Pemberton andNorthcliffe.”

The brothers grew uptogether in Perth, Treesville,Quinninup and Northcliffe.

Mr Aldersea said hisbrother hated school from hisfirst day through to his last,but he found his place in theCitizen Military Forces andthe regular army.

“The CMF officer said he’sthat good, he’d pull amachinegun apart and put itback together blindfolded ifthey scattered the parts,” MrAldersea said.

“He just wanted to get intothe army. He’d rather do thatthan anything else and hewas very good at it.”

Terry Burstall’s book, TheSoldiers’ Story, containsfirsthand accounts of thefighting which mention PteAldersea.

Sgt Neil Rankin, from PteAldersea’s 10 Platoon,described the chaos at thetime of his death.

“I can’t really put the nexthour together coherently,” hesaid.

“It’s a time of confusedpatterns and images, someclear and some blurred.

“The rain didn’t ease upand each assault seemed to begetting closer.

“I remember themachinegunner RickAldersea getting killed in oneof the waves.

“The fire was cracking inthe air over our heads, bitinginto the mud all aroundus and you’d hearthe thud as bullets

embedded in the rubbertrees.”

By nightfall, the Viet Conghad suffered a resoundingdefeat by the Anzacs andtheir artillery support. DCompany was awarded a USPresidential Unit Citation two

years later for “extraordinaryheroism” while confronted bya larger force.

Pte Aldersea will behonoured at a sunset servicehosted by the RSL on Friday,April 22, to commemorate theBattle of Long Tan.

He will be featuredalongside Cpl Peter Clements,a Moora man from the 1stArmoured Personnel CarrierSquadron who died ofwounds sustained late in thebattle.There will be five sunset servicesheld at the Flame ofRemembrance on consecutiveevenings from Wednesday, April20-Sunday, April 24. The other

four services willcommemorate World

War I battles andthe WA men who

were killed inaction.

SUNSET SERVICES Sunset Services will honour extraordinary people and theirstories in the lead-up to Anzac Day. Liam Croy reports.

use their bayonets.The battle cost the British

Empire 22 men.In contrast, about 300 Turks

were killed before theremaining 1200 were takenprisoner.

Sunday, April 24Battle of FromellesJuly 19, 1916

The worst night in Australianhistory lingered for almost acentury for the family of PteAdolf Knable.

Pte Knable was one of 2000Australians killed at theBattle of Fromelles on July19, 1916 — the nation’sbloodiest 24 hours.

The schoolteacher had lefthis home in Dardanup andjoined the war with the 32ndBattalion.

After three weeks on theWestern Front he was shotdown in no-man’s-land.

Firsthand accounts depictPte Knable taking multiplegunshot wounds andeventually falling behind hisfellow soldiers.

He was initially reportedmissing but that statuschanged to prisoner of warand later to killed in action.

His relatives were told hisbody had not been recovered.

Remarkably, in 2009, theyreceived a glimmer of hopewith the discovery of a massgrave in Fromelles containing250 bodies.

Two years ago, their hopeswere confirmed —researchers had identified hisremains using DNA from hisrelatives.

Pte Knable is now buried atPheasant Wood Cemetery,near Fromelles.

Trooper Charles Jones, left, with two other 10th Light Horse troopers.

Cpl Peter Clementsdied at the Battleof Long Tan.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.

Taken from FROM THE FALLEN, Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

Ode of Remembrance

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