Tag: Anzac Day

THE  solemnity before dawn was stirred as hundreds arrived for an historic Anzac Day commemoration below Cristo Rei – the ...

EVERYTHING had to be light, Brisbane Deacon and former military chaplain Gary Stone said, handling the contents of Second World ...

ORDER of Malta Volunteer Caroline Grogan felt “close to Christ through supporting people in need” as she and 19 other ...

On ANZAC Day Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, recalled the spiritual message of Rudyard Kipling’s poignant short story “The Gardener” – ...

Remembered: The ANZAC Day Mass was live streamed from St Stephen’s Cathedral. In attendance (from left) New Zealand veteran, Jane ...

Day to remember: Australian veterans parade proudly alongside veterans from Timor Leste during last year’s ANZAC Day march in Brisbane. ...

Remembering: "The next generation, as with previous generations of young people, have taken up the torch of remembrance for all who ...

Major Liam Herbert: “In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic perhaps we can draw some strength from our forebears.” A ...

Called to serve: Mick Servos OAM says resilience will see us through the current crisis. Photo: supplied WITH COVID-19 restrictions ...

Massacre survivor: Wounded in the gunfire, Rogerio Castro Da Cruz says the Santa Cruz massacre is “engraved in my mind”. ...

Timorese visitors: East Timorese war veterans unite with Australian veterans at the recent Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane. MEETING Brisbane ...

Forging links: Timor Leste president Francisco Guterres greets Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge during a 2017 visit to Queensland to strengthen ...

Anzac remembrance: Tom and Saskia Vanderbyl and their three sons Oliver (then 15), Jeremy (then 11), Ben (then 17) outside ...

Protest: Jim Dowling (right) and his son Franz Dowling demonstrate outside St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane. Photo: Mark Bowling A FATHER ...

Living memory: Val Davidson locating the name of her fallen uncle, John Joseph Kenny, who died on April 19, 1917, ...

Family memories: Noel Synnott holds a photo of his uncle, Corporal Bartle Patrick Synnott, who was killed in action in ...

Reaching out to veterans: Peter Handy is the president of the Veterans Support Centre. Photo: Mark Bowling PETER Handy finds ...

Solemn remembrance: Mau Buti was among 30 Timorese veterans attending Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane and Townsville. Photo: Mark Bowling ...

Anzac tribute: Students from St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace and All Hallows’ School prepare for their performance on the world ...

Life of prayer: The prayer book, saints’ medals and war medals of Australian Private Edmond William Carmody Bourke. By Emilie ...

Anzac cove: "However idyllic it might have seemed on that summer morning, it was and in many ways remains a ...