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School seeks to honour Anzacs

RELATIVES of former The Lake Primary School students who served in World Wars I and II are being encouraged to buy a paver in remembrance of their contribution to the history of the nation and the community. The pavers will be engraved with the...

27 Aug 2024
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Bring local Anzac’s body home

A CAMPAIGN has begun to bring the body of an Anzac hero languishing in a Russian mortuary back to Mildura for a military funeral. Wales-born Samuel Pearse came to Mildura as a young boy in the early 1900s, and his story is one that is both heroic...

03 May 2024
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Big turnout for Merbein service

MORE than 350 people paid their respects at Merbein’s Anzac Day parade and ceremony yesterday. There were more marchers than onlookers, as crowds made their way from the Merbein RSL to the band rotunda in Kenny Park for official proceedings. Merbein...

26 Apr 2024
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Thousands turn out for Anzac Day in Mildura

THEY stood in the darkness. Thousands of them, side by side in a show of union and solidarity. This time, however, there was not the sound of gunfire or bullets whistling past them, nor did they need to...

26 Apr 2024
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Veteran Josh Fraser remembers tradition

FOR Mildura veteran Josh Fraser, the importance of Anzac Day is reflected in the excitement his five-year-old son Jax gets from marching alongside his dad every year.“The whole week he will ask, ‘Are we...

26 Apr 2024
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Irymple Anzac Day Service

WITH a march led by the members of the 623 Squadron Air Force Cadets, hundreds of people from Irymple gathered at Henshilwood Reserve on Thursday morning to remember those who served and died for...

26 Apr 2024
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ANZAC Day Times

Find the ANZAC Day times from around Sunraysia and nearby areas here.

24 Apr 2024
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Nurses served with distinction

AN RSL Anzac Day badge this year honours Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre on February 16, 1942. Vivian was born in Kapunda, South Australia, and was educated at Broken Hill where she trained...

24 Apr 2024
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Bright outlook for light project

SUNRAYSIA’S large-scale light installation projects are proceeding “full steam ahead” with spring 2023 remaining locked in as the preferred launch period.

09 Jul 2022
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Mildura Senior Citizens Club puts on fashion show for a cause

MILDURA Senior Citizens Club shared their passion for fashion as they walked down the runway for a good cause on Wednesday.

26 Jun 2022
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Mildura ex-POW Bill Burrell dies aged 101

ONE of Mildura’s last surviving ex-prisoners of war died this month aged 101.

25 May 2021
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Pandemic changes Anzac Day format at Wentworth

HUNDREDS of people turned out to Anzac Day services in Wentworth, where COVID-19 rules prompted some changes to the tried and tested formula.

25 Apr 2021
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Mildura’s Anzac Day gets back in step

MILDURA RSL president Gary Pearse said while the sub-branch didn’t break the crowd limit of 5000 for the Anzac Day march and service, “we got close”.

25 Apr 2021
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Limits restrict numbers at Mildura Anzac Day march

THIS year’s Anzac Day march is set to go ahead in Mildura on Sunday amid controversy over attendance limits.

23 Apr 2021
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Anzac Day events - your guide

Find out where in Sunraysia you can pay your respects this Anzac Day.

23 Apr 2021
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Military stories on show at Wentworth

IN the lead-up to Anzac Day, the Wentworth Military Collection has launched its interactive Marching Matilda exhibition, tailored to adults and children.

14 Apr 2021
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Search for Rats of Tobruk banner

MILDURA man Craig Proctor is on the hunt for a Rats of Tobruk marching banner to parade with on Anzac Day after spotting it in a 40-year-old photograph.

11 Apr 2021