First World War

  • Soldier’s 100-year-old message in a bottle

    A GLASS BOTTLE thrown into the ocean 100 years ago is acting as a lasting memory of a Colac man’s father.

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  • First World War poetry finds a new audience

    A BEEAC nurse’s war poetry has found a new audience 82 years after her death.

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  • Family takes journey to remember soldiers

    AN EMOTIONAL trip to Turkey will provide a special moment for Winchelsea father and son Stephen and Mitchell Woods.

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  • Winchelsea walk in honour of war heroes

    WINCHELSEA will have a new walk to honour Australia’s 64 Victoria Cross recipients, including Winchelsea’s Albert Jacka.

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  • Cemetery remembers returned war veterans

    COLAC’S cemetery will transform into an Anzac Day walk to help remember the 100th anniversary of Australian soldiers’ Gallipoli landing.

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  • Childhood memory helps solve war mystery

    A CHILDHOOD memory has helped solve a decades-long mystery surrounding a missing tree at a Colac district avenue of honour.

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