With a blow of the whistles at 7:30am on July 1, 1916, tens of thousands of British troops went over the top and advanced on German lines in positions abutting the River Somme in France.
Tag: Anzac
Great great granddad corrects Anzac record
MELBOURNE–Good to see my great great grandfather John Treasure getting stuck into the press on my birthday, 100 years ago today.
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Anzac Treasures
MELBOURNE–My family should never have to pay for rosemary.
Australian soldiers in Iraq
It’s been an emotional week for the Australian Defence Force and its 14-hundred personnel in Iraq.