Fraser Coast Chronicle

Vietnam vet recalls horror of war

A Queensland digger still hears the sound of gunfire and death as if it was yesterday, almost 50 years on from the most...

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29th Sept. 2020 11:09 AM

Fraser Coast 2015 Troop Train

A look back at the 2015 re-enactment of the troop train from Winton to Brisbane.

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27th June 2020 5:06 AM

2015 Anzac Troop Train Re--enactment - Winton to Longreach. Joe Friedman from QR - volunteer at Ipswich Raiway Worrkshops.Photo: Alistair Brightman / Fraser Coast Chronicle

Army vet reveals the one phone call that saved her life

For one Townsville RAAF member, a simple Facebook message from an unlikely source literally saved her life when she reached...

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25th April 2020 1:04 PM

Aussie star’s heartfelt driveway tribute

As people across the country remembered the Anzacs from their driveways in unprecedented numbers, so too were Australia’s...

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25th April 2020 12:04 PM

The Last Post shoots to number one on iTunes

The Last Post has shot to number one on the music charts this week with Aussies preparing to honour fallen soldiers this...

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24th April 2020 3:04 PM

The Last Post is number one on iTunes chart. Picture: Toby Zerna

From firing guns to crafting limbs

A former Australian Army soldier, who toured Afghanistan, has a new mission – to build prosthetic limbs for landmine...

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24th April 2020 12:04 PM

Lynden Harbour, a former soldier, is in his third and final year of a USC Bachelor of Health Science with an extended major in Prosthetics and Orthotics.

Isolated Anzac’s century: turning 100 in a crisis

Brisbane WWII veteran fulfils a prophecy he first predicted in 2013, as former airman has a week to remember.

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24th April 2020 11:04 AM

Brisbane southside World War II veteran Norman Abbey, pictured in 2016 with his war medals. Picture: F45 Photography

Mike Pompeo delivers Anzac message from US

America's top diplomat has acknowledged the sacrifices Australian, New Zealand and US military and medical personnel have...

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24th April 2020 10:04 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offers condolences to Australia on January 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. Picture: AP /Jacquelyn Martin

OBITUARY: He lied about his age to serve his country

He will be remembered for his gentleness, kindness and his devotion to his family and fellow servicemen

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30th Nov. 2019 8:11 AM

GOODBYE: Sisters Julene Sommerfeld and Robyn Barrett prepare to say goodbye to their father, Monty Edmonds, whose funeral service will be held on Monday.

‘We had to burn the bodies of our boys’

A former Gold Coast Army officer has revaled the astonishing war diaries of a Southport man who saw some of World War II’s...

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25th April 2019 7:04 AM

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