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Safety lights for CFA
By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA GLEN CFA received a generous community donation from a local restaurant, which will go towards safety lights to protect children. The…
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Fitting tribute for VC recipient
By PETER DOUGLAS THE Yarra Valley’s sole Victoria Cross recipient, Captain George Ingram, will soon be honoured further with a memorial established at his hometown…
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Avenue of Honour reinvigorated
By PETER DOUGLAS RIGHT in time for the Anzac Centenary, the Healesville Avenue of Honour received a boost on Friday with the unveiling of…
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Nurse’s role of honour
JESSIE McHardy White’s name takes pride of place on the Dixons Creek Primary School Honour Board. Born in 1870, her distinguished career as a…
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Private Halford Leonard Platt
Private Halford Leonard Platt, of Millgrove, enlisted on 30 June, 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 10 September, 1915.…
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Our Diggers come to life
By JESSE GRAHAM THE LIVES of World War I soldiers are currently on display at Healesville Library, with personal stories from Diggers on the…
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Daughter amazed at courage
By PETER DOUGLAS EVEN today, Anni Atkinson still finds it difficult to grasp the hardships her Steels Creek-born father endured during the World War…
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Other ways to remember
By JESSE GRAHAM DAWN services and marches on Anzac Day are just a few of the ways that the community will stop to remember…
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Stories to reflect upon
FOR this Anzac Centenary souvenir edition of the Mail, our editorial team has compiled an invaluable array of feature stories and historical material. We’ve…
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Battling for Anzac glory
FOOTY teams from across the valley will face off in an annual Anzac showdown this weekend, with Healesville and Warburton-Millgrove battling it out for a…
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George’s war of hardship
By KATH GANNAWAY “JUST a line or two to let you know how things are going with me.” Private George Muir’s letter to his…
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Honour is well flagged
By KATH GANNAWAY STUDENTS from schools throughout Upper Yarra placed flags on the 34 trees that make up the Yarra Junction Anzac Avenue of Honour…
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