Dandenong Journal Star - 20th April 2015

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AROLD Tulloch and George Holford were used to having printer’s ink on their hands, not human blood.

The Dandenong lads worked together as printers at the Journal before they signed up for war in 1914.

Both soon found themselves in the hell that was Gallipoli.

Harold and George survived to tell the tale - as we know and remember this Anzac Day, many did not.

The carnage at Gallipoli, which was replicated across Europe between 1914 and 1918, tore the heart out of many country towns like Dandenong.

Townsfolk farewelled their young men as they embarked to fight in far-off foreign lands surely knowing that many would never return. That they would never again pull on their boots and play country football; never

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return to their jobs as butchers, bakers, grocers, farmers or printers.

They would never marry; never father children and never be comforted by the warm embrace of their mother’s arms.

The Journal and its rival newspaper at the time, the Dandenong Advertiser, remain precious conduits of those men’s voices, thoughts and feelings.

Through letters, diaries and messages home we have a graphic and moving account of the extraordinary as well as the more mundane moments of life as a soldier during the Great War. One hundred years after the historic landing at Anzac Cove, this week’s Journal is devoted to honouring and remembering the locals who gave so much.

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Wheels roll in to town

By CASEY NEILL “A GERM of an idea around a dinner table” grew into a traffic-stopping showcase of Dandenong’s manufacturing strength.

Calls to create an annual event were being bandied around just hours into Dandenong on Wheels, held in Dandenong Civic Square last Friday 17 April.

Organiser and Committee for Dandenong member Jill Walsh said it shone a spotlight on vehicles - just in time for the May State Budget - but the next event could focus on food.

Dandenong on Wheels realised a dream Ms Walsh shared 12 years ago with South East Business Networks (SEBN) manager Sandra George.

A train, a tram, a bus, trucks, vans, tractors, caravans and more towered over and surrounded proud workers, students and other visitors.

“The tram moved in at 2.30am. It took an hour and a half to turn the corner,” Ms Walsh said.

“But we did it.”

Some manufacturers told their stories in videos on the big screen, while others demonstrated innovations on the ground.

The whole event came together in six weeks with help from City of Greater Dandenong and South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA).

“We’ve had to turn people away, and they’re looking forward to next year,” Ms Walsh said.

“We want to do it in Manufacturing Week, the last week in May.” Mayor Sean O’Reilly said there was no better way to show what was made in Dandenong.

Greater Dandenong business group manager Paul Kearsley said it was rallying against popular opinion that manufacturCommittee for Dandenong’s Jill Walsh oversees Dandenong on Wheels. 137710 ing was dead.

“We’ve got investment, workers all here proving the opposite,” he said. warned that jobs were on the line unless alls and hard labouring,” he said. “(Volgren) export that bus to Japan. the State Government ordered more trams.

“It’s a specialised skill set.”

People are blown away by that.”

It’s halfway through a 50-tram contract He said the event was also about calling Mr Kearsley said the day also highlightfor new contracts to build trams and trains. but needs a work order for more by Noed career paths.

Dandenong’s Bombardier this month vember to secure supplier contracts and its “Manufacturing’s not about dirty over-

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Picture: ROB CAREW 430-strong team. A spokesman for Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan refused to commit to an order but said next month’s budget would include a Rolling Stock Strategy to “give certainty to manufacturers”.

Car park to open despite terror attack concerns

Hajib blowback rolls on GREATER Dandenong mayor Sean O’Reilly has been accused by some councillors of “naively” endorsing the hijab on their behalf. The mayor had described the council as “fully supportive” of a public activity that encouraged non-Muslim women to wear a hijab for up to three hours on 10 April. Meanwhile Muslim community advocate Reem Hakeem warned the vitriolic reaction to the social experiment could drive young people towards radicalisation. To see the full stories, go to dandenongjournal.com.au.

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Some of the security risks included “many instances” of unauthorised public access to the building via the car park, and potentially sexual assaults, thefts from cars and assaults in the car park.

There was also potential access to the council’s essential services generator with a “large capacity fuel supply”, major services such as power, communications and water, and access to underground storage and sensitive facilities and services, the report stated.

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As an offset for the car park’s closure, the report proposed extra public parking spaces in the Thomas St multi-deck and a free permit system for seniors library members.

Other security boosts were endorsed by councillors, such as a digital visitor-access system, restriction on library lift access, improved CCTV coverage, firm sanctions against disorderly behaviour and an inhouse security service.

The report noted more than 480 “disorderly and offensive” incidents had been logged in the 12 months since the civic centre opened, many of them in the library precinct.

TRADERS could be “up in arms” over the proposed introduction of on-street parking meters in central Springvale, according to a business group spokesman last week.

Springvale Asian Business Association spokesman Stan Chang said about 40 to 50 per cent of traders would “see the rationale” if the estimated $900,000 annual revenue was invested into improved parking.

He said most would be angered if it was diverted towards the $20 million-plus Springvale civic centre and library redevelopment - nominated as a possibility in a council report last week.

“What we said to council was the funds need to be clearly marked - whether it’s in a trust - for additional parking provisions,” Mr Chang said.

“If they don’t do that, most traders will be up in arms.”

A council report stated that the revenue would be put in a reserve fund for “facilities and amenity” in central Springvale.

The meters would help decongest onstreet parking spots which are up to 97 per cent full on Fridays and Saturdays.

The $1.20 an hour fees were expected to increase over the next four years in line with Dandenong’s parking rates.

Councillor Roz Blades - who opposed the meters - said the move could destroy Springvale business district.

“You stick a parking meter in somewhere and it takes the heart out of it,” she said.

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DANDENONG Civic Centre’s basement car park will re-open to the public despite concerns that it could be a terror target.

The councillors over-ruled a council report, which last week recommended continuing a public ban from the 39-space car park put in place since a security review began late last year.

The confidential security risk assessment rated the car park a “high risk” to the building and precinct’s security though a “very low” terrorist target risk.

Councillor Matthew Kirwan opposed the car park’s closure to the public which

provided important access for older and disabled library and civic centre users.

“I’m not convinced there’s any serious risk to this building that can’t be mitigated.

I think this is a panicked action.

“What image do we project by closing this car park permanently?

“To me, this is a fortress mentality.”

Councillor John Kelly supported the closure, citing a recent car-park bomb in Thailand injuring 25 people.

“No-one expects these things to ever happen. We have a duty of care.”

But Cr Sampey said: “Where’s the risk?

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Fortitude shows the Anzac spirit is in us all

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HE Anzacs are still here. The centenary of the landings at Gallipoli is a great opportunity for us all to think about who we are and about how we became the people

we are.

It is an invitation to think about the past, the present and the future, as one.

It was a bitter defeat, of course, wasting the lives of more than 15,000 of Australia’s best, and starting a reaction in Australia that eventually led to great difficulty in finding sufficient volunteers to fill the gaps on the Western Front.

The long casualty lists and the letters home made it clear the war was not, after all, a great adventure.

It was supposed to be ‘over by Christmas’, but it lasted four Christmases and for many of them there were to be no more Christmases.

Yet we celebrate it proudly, and so we should.

I don’t think it was the ‘birth of our nation’ at all, but I do think it was proof of the sort of nation we had become.

I think we can still be hugely proud that so many people put up their hands when the need was there.

I think we can be hugely proud of the way we fought, and the things we did.

I think part of that pride is that, simply, they were us. The Anzacs are still here.

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VOICE JOHN WELLS

DANDENONG CRANBOURNE RSL PRESIDENT

The people who fought in the Second World War, all over the globe, the people who have fought since, all over the globe, were, and are, Anzacs in a very real sense.

I have said before that we have the best gene pool in the world because this huge island has always attracted the ‘have a go’ people, the people who were prepared to move to a new land, a new culture, often a new language.

The people who had the courage to do something about their circumstances.

The people who were prepared to sacrifice almost everything to give their children a better life, a better world.

From the First Fleet, through explorations, the gold rushes, the settling, all the building of a nation, we had people who would have a go, people who would put their hands up when the need was there.

Soldiers from Dandenong serving overseas during World War I. We still have them.

The Anzacs are still here.

We are still a land of volunteers. We are still a land of people who will ‘have a go’.

That is the essential memorial to those Diggers on the heights, those Diggers in the mud and in the deserts, those Diggers in the jungles, those airmen in the vastness of the skies, those sailors on the endless seas, those nurses in stinking tent hospitals.

Let’s celebrate the centenary by remembering not just what they did but who they were.

They were the sons and daughters of a tough, proud people, made up of the world’s very best.

They built a nation, and they fought for it.

Let’s celebrate the centenary by committing ourselves all over again to those values that drove the Anzacs.

That is the memorial that matters. Let’s honour them by having the past shape the future, by remembering who we are, all of us, together.

Let’s remember that we have a duty to the people in our past, the people who put us here and gave us the Lucky Country.

We all owe them a debt, but it is one we pay to our children and their futures, not to the past.

On Anzac Day, wear the badge. Wear it as a symbol of so much that is great and good.

Wear it in memory of the Anzacs, and wear it knowing that they will never really be gone from us.

The Anzacs are still here.

LOOKING BACK 100 years ago 22 April 1915 Dandenong Soldiers Presentation Fund The soldiers presentation fund has made presentations of razors to R Pickett, John Ordish, Walter West, Robert Brock, Roy Nicholson, Samuel Pearce, George Byrnes, Albert Masters, Charles Christopherson, Ernest Smith, Lawrence Vincent Carroll, James Cotter, Charles Gordon, James Herrington, W. Tatham, John O’Leary, Andrew McPherson, John Balderson, John Walker - 19 in all who are about to join the Ex-

pedition Forces overseas.

A British made (and ground) razor in case was handed to each man by Mrs Pearson. Private John Ordish expressed the thanks of the soldiers for their gifts.

50 years ago 21 April 1965 £543 from ‘Barrow Push’ The traditional “Good Friday Barrow Push“ from Dandenong to Melbourne raised a record £543 for the Royal Children’s Hospital this year.

The barrow push was organised by the Dandenong Lion’s Club and

the Dodgers Basketball Club as a special effort to raise money for the children’s hospital.

It go its initial “push off“ from the Mayor of Dandenong, Cr Maurie Jarvis, on Good Friday morning and collected donations all the way from here to Melbourne.

Last year’s effort raised £390 for the hospital.

20 years ago 24 April 1995 Karina sets sail Secondary College student Karina Larsen has been sailing around

Port Phillip Bay on the Alma Doepel.

Karina, a Year 11 student and a junior legatee nominated by Melbourne Legacy, was one of 32 young people who took part in the nine-day cruise under the guidance of a professional crew.

The Alma Doepel was a transport ship in the South Pacific area in World War II has been restored as a three-masted topsail schooner.

5 years ago 19 April 2010 True Blue support for battle against depression

There’s a change to our masthead this week - the inclusion of the beyondblue logo.

Fairfax Community Networks and beyond blue have joined forces to raise awareness about depression.

We will be featuring the beyondblue logo on our masthead, and all publications will feature a blue front cover in the lead-up to mental Health Week in October.

- Compiled by Dandenong and District Historical Society

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015

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ITH war still raging in Europe, the Dandenong community gathered at the town’s state primary school on 25 April 1916 to commemorate the first official Anzac Day. According to a report in the Journal, “genial autumn sunshine” shone on a large gathering of citizens who gathered to mark the “now historic Anzac Day, where the soldiers of the Commonwealth received their baptism of fire on the distant fatal shores of Gallipoli, where they won such imperishable fame, as constitutes a new epoch in the annals of the richly endowed land of the Southern Cross”.

The newspaper recorded the occasion as an “auspicious one” and “all present realised the importance of the function as a factor in keeping green in the memory of the rising generation the prowess and devotion of their fellow countrymen in defending their hearths and homes and honour against a rapacious and inhuman foe”.

“The head teacher and his attendants had the children marshalled round the flagpole in the school yard, and Mr Talbot, Rev Buntine, Mr E. P. Walker and Cr Pearson explained to the pupils the meaning of the celebration.

“They impressed upon the

minds of the children the glorious deeds enacted by the Australian soldiers at the Peninsula - deeds which evoked worldwide admiration and proclaimed the Commonwealth to be a young and vigorous nation and a loyal auxiliary of the Mother country; ever willing to share her troubles and uphold the-dignity of the Grand Old Flag which has always waved in the van of civilisation and freedom for all men.“ Among those present were returned soldiers Sergeant Harold Tulloch, who was formerly a printer at the Journal and Private A. Newsome.

“Sergeant Tulloch, being called upon, gave a brief but graphic account of his many sensational experiences at the front, and he and his comrade received a salvo of cheers from the appreciative assemblage.

The children sang O God Our Help in Ages Past, and God Save Our Men. “Dr Taylor snap shotted the gathering with the intention of sending copies to the soldiers away on active service and the saluting of the flag bought a memorable ceremony to an appropriate termination.“ The photograph was not printed in the Journal at the time and, sadly, it could not be found for this special commemorative edition.

Greater Dandenong’s dead 1914-1918 A.E Alexander L.A Anderson C Andrews W.W Ball J Bellett D.C.R Black F.W Blackmore J.P Broomhall W.A Cameron L.V Carroll J.P Chitterden A.E Clark A. Copeland J. Copeland L.J Coridas H.T.L Couve A.C Couve P Cranwell D.V De Vries C.T Ebsary J.H Eden W.A Ellis S.F Erwin W Fisher

O.R Green H.W Griffiths E Haycraft H Holsworth T.P Holloway H.M Holschier C Hunt J.H Hunt T.F Keating A. H Kennedy M Kirkham F.L Lamb C.E Leigh O.B Lowenstern S Male G.C Manning E.D Martin H Masters L Mathewson H.D Mossenton H.H Mundy J Murphy C.P.G McLean C.A Nelson

R Nicholson A.G Orgill E.A Orgill W.C Owen S.T Pearce W.H Petteual R.J Pickett A Shugg T.J Slatter F Sledge E.T Smith W.J Smyth C.W Spetts J.T Tynan A Walker J.P Walker R.E Walmsley J.W Watkins J Webb C.W Williams P.B Winton

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OPIES of the Journal were sent to Gallipoli to keep soldiers in touch with news from home.

A letter written from Gaba Tepe on the Gallipoli Peninsula by local lad Jack Walker in August 1915 confirmed that he had “received a bundle of Journals last week and passed them on to Jim Kennedy, etc”.

“They all look forward to Dandenong papers and are very glad to recieve them,” wrote Jack.

“I am glad to hear that lots of Dandenong men have enlisted since the great recruiting campaign, and, of course, there are plenty on their way here, but I hope we’ll finish off the Turk before they get here, and meet the last lot on our way back.”

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015 Diary from the front line

War to end all wars didn’t end madness L

ANCE Corporal William John Meehan kept a detailed diary throughout World War I. His first entry was on 19 September 1916 as he set sail from Melbourne on the SS Commonwealth.

He wrote of homesickness, concerts and sporting events on board the ship, church services, ocean wildlife, the weather, his training and the food - particularly his fondness for bacon.

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AR has become a family affair for the Meehans, but Noble Park RSL president John hopes the tradition ends with him.

“I’m very proud of my grandfather and father, and all my other relatives that have gone away to protect our country,” he said.

“The family thing continued, but I would hate to think of my kids having to go to war.

“That’s why we commemorate the efforts of these blokes on Anzac Day. “That’s why we’ve got to teach people all over the world about peace and communication. Keep on talking.”

John’s grandfather LanceCorporal William John Meehan signed up for World War I in Geelong in his early twenties.

He left Australian shores in September 1916 and returned two years later.

John said William was a machine-gunner at first but applied to become a mechanic in the new tank recovery unit.

“I think he thought his life would be pretty short as a machine-gunner,” he said.

He died at age 49 from emphysema caused by exposure to mustard gas during the war and a heavy smoking habit.

John said his death coincided with the start of World War II. “He died of a broken heart as well,” he said.

“I never met my grandfather, which was a shame because I think he was a lovely bloke.

“He used to have nightmares and go into rants and rages. He never got over his illness.

“These World War I kids - a lot of them were only 14 when they went over - they just wanted to do this adven-

John Meehan in Vietnam in 1969.

Bryan Meehan in World War II. Noble Park RSL president John Meehan. 136149 Picture: GARY SISSONS ture thing for their queen and country in those days.

“They went away to protect Australia and for peace.

They wanted the world to be at peace.

“Unfortunately 20 years later the world was at war again.

“Ten years after that they were in Korea, 10 years after that they were in Vietnam, 10 years later in the Middle East.”

John’s father Bryan John Meehan served in WWII. “Initially he was in the militia. It was sort of a national service. They were able to bring them in but they weren’t supposed to go out of Australia,” he said.

“We had New Guinea as a protector of Australia.

“Our politicians said ‘Well it’s still part of Australia’ so they were able to send them

“

He used to have nightmares and go into rants and rages.

He never got over his illness. Any war is madness...

William John Meehan during World War I.

JOHN MEEHAN over there.

“My dad joined up with the second AIF. “He was over in the islands. He suffered a lot of problems, with the heat, the dysentery, the malaria.”

John’s uncles also fought in WWII, battling the Japanese.

“My father brought home from the islands a map of Port Phillip Bay in Japanese,” he said.

“It’s got all the piers. They

“When I went in I tried to make the most of it.”

Four of his cousins also received the call-up.

“It hurts us Vietnam vets to know that it’s still going on,” he said.

“It’s not over.

“These kids are coming back with the same post traumatic stress and problems that the Vietnam vets came back with, that the World War II guys came back with and our kids from World War I.

had all this ready to attack Australia.” John was called up for National Service in 1967 during the Vietnam War. His childhood battle with polio wasn’t enough to earn him a reprieve.

“My mum had exercised me and got me walking,” she said.

“I wore callipers until I was 13.

“By the time I was 19 I could have knocked down a brick shithouse, I was that fit.

20 January 1917, Albert, France “The area for miles is nothing but a mass of ruins of old guns, machinery. Villages and woods are levelled to the ground.

“The whole area is a mountain of rubbish and every inch of earth is ploughed up, covered with tangled barbed wire.”

21 January 1917, the Somme, France “Cemeteries are here and there and bodies of dead are found everywhere covered with a little clay.

“We are now four miles from front line of trenches.”

26 January 1917, the Somme, France “It’s that cold at present that our noses freeze hard inside and water in our bottles is always frozen.

“Have three shirts, two underpants, cardigan, sheepskin tunic, also overcoat, scarf, gloves, cap comforters and waterproof capes. This is to keep us warm on the front line.”

28 January 1917, the Somme, France “Fritz was bombarding all day long and we had some narrow escapes.

“Shells were all around us all day long. About three were killed and about six were wounded of the 29th.

“Hundreds of aeroplanes were out observing being fired at all the time. One of our planes was hit.

“The plane smashed and the pilot fell out and dashed to the earth.”

29 January 1917, the Somme, France “The ground is frozen and we can’t even get water to drink or wash.”

31 January 1917, the Somme, France “The names of the men buried are written in lead pencil on the wooden cross and sometimes a little fence is erected by the pals of those who have fallen and a few shell cases or stones laid on the grave.”

3 February 1917, the Somme, France “Villages and towns on the Somme battlefield are now levelled with the ground.

“Some places a wall or chimney remains of what was once a town.

“The ruins, such as brick and stones, come in handy for dugouts and road making.”

29 March 1917, the Somme, France “The dead are still lying on the ground of both sides.

“Crosses are erected every 30 yards or so, in memory of the different divisions who were lost in this fight. The loss was 40,000.”

4 May 1917, Bapaume, France “The villages and towns the Germans evacuate are either burned down or blown up.

“Nothing but a lot of ruins are found when we enter these villages, even tins or anything that would carry water have holes put in them by the Huns. All wells are poisoned.”

5 May 1917, Bapaume, France “Last night an officer, two Tommies and myself made an effort to bring in tank temporarily held by Fritz.

“Out of supports, we sneaked to within a few yards of the tank under machine-gun fire and heavy shell fire.

On our right a great battle was in progress.

“It was a wonderful sight - nothing but shells bursting.”

1 August 1917, Hazebrouck, France “The people run screaming with biddies in their arms out to the farmhouse and neighbouring villages.

“It was a sad sight for us to see these poor people.”

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015

Duty bound Grainy photographs taken outside the Dandenong Town Hall in October 1915 captured an excited throng of townsfolk, including many children, dressed warmly in coats and hats, many of them holding umbrellas.

The focus of this patrotic outpouring was 25-year-old Private Pearson, the first local to return wounded from the Gallipoli front.

The young Keysborough grocer signed up for war on 18 August 1914, joining H Company of the 8th Battalion.

What happened to Private Pearson on the battlefield is not made clear on his service record.

However, in a report on his homecoming the Dandenong Advocate described him as “lame” after being “wounded twice”.

The crowd gave Private Pearson “three hearty cheers” when he appeared on stage outside the hall, which was drapped in British Union Jack flags.

The Reverend Buntine said he was pleased to welcome Private Pearson home, who was one of his congregation, and through his exploits at Gallipoli “had proved that he had come from good stock”.

“Private Pearson thanked them heartily for the sympathetic

welcome given him, but said he had not done more than others his duty,” reported the newspaper.

According to the Advocate, Private Pearson had been one of the town’s best footballers of whom “fifteen had enlisted, and no doubt their training had enabled them to withstand the hardships of the campaign“.

Below: Many children lined the footpath outside the town hall to welcome home Private George Pearson.

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Bayonet charge on enemy Sergeant Charles Masters

By CASEY NEILL

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ERGEANT Charles Henry Masters was one of the first men in Dandenong to enlist for World War I. He was also one of the most decorated, receiving the Military Medal and Distinguished Conduct Medal for his service.

But his son Ken Masters, who lives in Noble Park, said he never spoke about his achievements. “I’m proud of him. We always knew what he’d done. We’d seen the medals,� he said.

Charlie embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Battalion in September 1915, aged 24.

He arrived in Gallipoli on 7 December 1915 and in his diary wrote that he received his first shock while on water fatigue the following day. “Scottie and I had just put the water cans down when a shrapnel shell burst and one of the pellets went through a tin of water,� he wrote.

Ken said his dad was only in Gallipoli for about 12 days. “He often talked about the two billies - the top one with a hole in it and the water dripped into the bottom one with a string attached to it and fired the rifle,� he said. “They set them all up before they went as they were clearing off.�

On 26 October 1917 Charlie wrote that the Canadians had gone over the top, or “hopped the bags� as the soldiers called it, for an attack on Passchendaele Ridge in France - and in

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He bombed his way alone 200 yards up a trench, killing six of the enemy and clearing the way for his platoon to advance over the top...

Ken Masters with his father’s Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal. 134757 Picture: CASEY NEILL passing mentioned a serious injury. “We were on their right. In the afternoon Fritz bombarded our position,� he wrote. “I got smacked through the right

arm. Arrived Canadian CC (casualty clearing) Station.�

He was sent to Graylingwell War Hospital in Chichester, England, with shrapnel wounds to his forearm.

He re-joined the 8th Battalion in France in May 1918 and was awarded the Military Medal for a raid on German trenches at Merris in July 1918. “Charlie was one of three sergeants to take part in the raid and was the only one to return uninjured,� the Dandenong RSL reported in 1961.

He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for taking charge of his platoon at Herbville Wood on 23 August 1918 when his officer became a casualty. “Getting them into a suitable position (he) charged with the bayonet, getting into the wood and capturing 40 prisoners and three machine guns,� the award citation read. “Later he bombed his way alone 200 yards up a trench, killing six of the enemy and clearing the way for his platoon to advance over the top.�

Charlie was admitted to the military hospital in Cheltenham, England, after being gassed on 28 August 1918.

He arrived home on 2 March 1919.

Charlie worked in the Australian Army Pay Corps from 1919 to 1920, where he met the woman he would

Sergeant Charles Henry Masters, right, with his brother Sergeant Albert Ernest Masters in France in 1917. marry in 1925, May Morris.

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015

Battle’s school of hard knocks Lieutenant Percival Langford

Private Percy Langford in 1914.

Dandenong High School captains Brandon Lee and Rebekah Parker with principal Susan Ogden. 137701 Picture: GARY SISSONS

By NARELLE COULTER

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HE ghosts of Lighthorsemen past ride on at Dandenong High School, their memory preserved in the school’s official colours - dark blue, light blue and red.

The colours - representing loyalty, faith and courage - pay homage to the school’s founding principal PercivalLangford, a member of the 4th Light Horse Regiment and a veteran of the horrors of the battle for Gallipoli.

Langford was a 30-year-old teacher at University High School when he enlisted for war on 18 August 1914, joining A Squadron of the 4th Light Horse as a private.

The regiment sailed from Melbourne on 19 October 1914, disembarking in Egypt on 10 December.

According to the Australian War Memorial, the Light Horse was considered unsuitable for the initial operations at Gallipoli, but was subsequently deployed without their horses to reinforce the infantry.

The regiment landed in May and its squadrons were scattered to reinforce the infantry battalions already fighting the Turks.

The regiment was not re-united until 11 June.

Much of the regiment’s time at Gallipoli was spent defending the precarious Anzac position, most frequently around Ryrie’s Post.

In a letter written home to his University High School students, Private Langford writes that he could hear the boom of guns as his boat approached the Gallipoli shore.

“The flash of the guns followed by the heavy boom gave out the impressions of continuous thunderstorm,” he wrote.

“That night we dug in, but before we had done it three of our men were hit, one of them fatally.

“Three of us dug a hole about two feet deep and sufficiently long to enable us to lie down.

“However, it was only wide enough to allow us to lie on our sides. Before morning we were very stiff.

Percy Langford, second from the right, and fellow Lighthorsemen in Egypt in early 1915.

“We dug four separate ‘dug-outs’ during the day and were heartily sick of the task before night.

“We were nicely and finally settled for the night, having returned with blistered hands and very tired bodies, we got work to prepare for the support trenches.

“We moved into trenches themselves about 8am and relieved troops who had been in them for a considerable time.

“One trench in front of us was completely filled with their dead bodies, but I do not wish to give you harrowing details of the state of affairs.

“You will be able to form some idea of the number of dead lying in front when I tell you that we collected 185 rifles from dead men on half the ground between us and the Turks.

“It was estimated that 7000 Turks lay dead in front of our trenches.“ On 24 May and by now a lance -corporal, Langford witnessed the truce brokered between the warring sides to allow the dead to be buried.

“Midway between the trenches... men of either side stood with, on one side, the Red Cross flag and on the Turks the Red Crescent. They formed the dividing line between the two forces.

“Burial operations occupied the Turks until late in the afternoon. As soon as it was over, a perfect hail of bullets was fired by the enemy.

“During my stay in the trenches...

I did not shave, washed once in half a cup of water, observed and slept.

“The first swim in the sea after coming out, was, as the girls would say ‘heavenly’.

“I wallowed, regardless of shrapnel, which was bursting at the other end of the beach.

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fore.” The 4th Light Horse didn’t leave the peninsula until 11 December.

For Lance-Corporal Langford, active service was over. He was discharged as medically unfit and returned to Australia on 29 January 1916.

He saw out the rest of the war at the Melbourne Recruiting Centre, where he was promoted to lieutenant.

After the armistice was declared, Mr Langford returned to the Education Department and was given the task of setting up a new high school at Dandenong.

The school was opened in March 1919 with 80 pupils.

In a book published in 1960 on the school’s 40th anniversary, Percy

Langford wrote an account of how the school colours were settled.

“When I joined the 4th Light Horse Regiment our two colours had been red and white but on being sent to the Peninsula we had so many reinforcements after the evacuation that it was decided to divide the Light Horse into two sections (one went to Palestine and the others through France) and that meant we had four colours - red, white and two blues.

“In those days to register school colours there had to be three, so one of the girls suggested we take my regimental colours and combine them, omitting the white and arranging the other three to suit ourselves.”

Mr Langford remained in charge

at Dandenong until 1934. He later led schools at Midura and Frankston before returning to Dandenong in the 1950s. He died in 1964.

President of the ex-students association Greta Jungwirth said Mr Langford’s influence on the school was profound and long-lasting.

“Coming from a teaching and military background, Mr Langford introduced to the students an ethos of industry, self-discipline, school spirit and pride in achievement.

“This visionary approach has infused the aims and efforts of generations of students and exists to this day.

“There is much for which to thank and honour him.”

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Onto the pages of history Sergeant Harold Tulloch

By NARELLE COULTER

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OUSED from what must have been a fitful sleep at 3am on 25 April 1915, Harold ‘Shaver’ Tulloch ate breakfast at 4am and by 5am was ready to take his place in the second wave of landings at Anzac Cove.

The sickening feeling of foreboding must have been palpable as Corporal Tulloch boarded a destroyer at 7.30am and set off for the “decidedly unfriendly looking shore”.

The son of James Tulloch and Emma Webb, Corporal Tulloch was a Dandenong lad.

He attended Dandenong Primary School and became an apprentice printer at the Journal.

He was 24 when he enlisted for war on 17 August 1914, joining the 8th Battalion.

Corporal Tulloch’s letters home to his colleagues paint a poignant picture of the mateship and hardship of war.

Writing in June 1915, Corporal Tulloch vividly describes his boat being pelted with shrapnel as it was towed towards the peninsula’s fatal shore on 25 April 1915.

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grounded, then sprang ashore, or rather into water up to our waists, holding our rifles well out of the water, and waded ashore.

“Just as we got ashore shrapnel whistled over our heads and burst over the boat following us, causing about a dozen casualties.”

On shore the company reformed and started advancing towards the enemy over countryside of “high hills and valleys, heavily covered in scrub and prickles; which made things not too pleasant”.

“Every bush seemed to hold a hidden sniper,” wrote Tulloch “who kept up a consistent fire on us all the time, whilst the enemy artillery swept the hills and valleys with a hail of shrapnel.”

“Soon the men were tired, as they were carrying a pick and shovel as well as their full equipment and short breathing spaces were given as soon as shelter was reached.”

At noon the company finally arrived at the place where it was to form a firing line.

“The men threw their picks and shovels in a heap and then helped each other off with their packs. They fixed their bayonets and charged forward up a hill to

their position.

“We immediately started to dig in with our small trenching tools and they proved their worth that afternoon,” wrote Corporal Tulloch, noting that all afternoon the Turks kept peppering the ridge with shrapnel, only cooling the bombardment as night fell.

At 10pm the Turks made their first charge.

“They came on with cries of “Allah, Allah,” and we allowed them to advance to within about 40 yards of us when we opened up on them.

“They soon got tired of this and beat a hasty retreat, carrying as many of their dead and wounded with them as possible.”

It was during that first charge that Alan Couve, another Dandenong lad, was hit and killed. (See sport for the tragic story of the Couve brothers).

As Corporal Tulloch was the only non-commissioned officer left in the platoon he took charge until an officer was available.

The next day he was promoted to sergeant.

During their next assignment the men had just finished digging their trenches when they received

Former Journal printer Harold Tulloch.

Picture: Dandenong and District Historical Society

orders to advance and support the firing line.

“We passed over some of our own troops entrenched, then on over the Indian troops in support, and finally over the firing line.

“We continued for another 600 or 700 yards and then commenced to dig a fresh firing line.

“It was reported that I was

wounded, but if this appears in the papers, take no notice of it, as the closest they got to me was to hit my rifle, and one through the leg of my trousers,” wrote Sergeant Tulloch.

It was five days before the men would be relieved.

“It had been raining all day, and was still going strong. We

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“Men were continually getting stuck in the mud, which, in parts of the trenches, was knee deep.

“After falling into the creek, falling into dugouts, etc, wading across the creek about a dozen times, and other little accidental trips into wells and things, we arrived at our halting place at 3am.

“All this time bullets had been whistling down the creek, but only three men were hit.

“As soon as we arrived at our halting place we just threw the waterproofs on the ground and ourselves after them.

“Next morning we did look a lot of guys, covered with mud from head to foot.”

Sergeant Tulloch was given a reprive from the front when he was seconded to the “concentration camp” at Imbros to guard prisoners.

He found it a pleasant change “be away from the roar of the guns and shriek of the shrapnel which were presented with every day in our dug-out”.

However, by August he was back in the trenches.

In September Sergeant Tulloch was transferred to Malta with with dysentry and enteric fever (typhoid). In December he was declared unfit for service and invalided home to Australia.

He died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in 1963 aged 69.

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015 JOURNAL COLUMNIST JACK JOHNSON IS THE SON OF A WORLD WAR I VETERAN. IN THIS SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EDITION JACK WRITES “WITH LOVE TO OUR DAD“ FREDERICK HERBERT JOHNSON, 6TH BATTALION, AIF.

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E WERE four children born in the late 1920s and I was the third child, born in 1929. We were children of a T.P.I (totally and permanently incapacitated) soldier, one of the Anzacs of the Great War, 1914-1918.

Dad was partly paralysed on his left side, with many internal injuries, from a shell burst on the Western Front in August 1918.

His war record states that he suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and a fractured spine.

Despite this he did not receive a full pension until 18 years after he was disabled in France.

After returning to Australia, Dad spent almost five years in a repatriation hospital in Caulfield.

For much of this time he was flat on his back in one of those wheeled stretcher beds, with an angled mirror above his head so he could see a little of what was around him.

He was forever grateful to the doctors and nurses who put his broken body back together.

After much surgery, they taught him to stand up again and walk and be fully normal.

Mum’s older sister was a nurse at the hospital, and mum used to go there on weekends to help look after the wounded soldiers.

This is where our mother, Mary Doherty, met and fell in love with Dad. They were married a few years after he was finally discharged from the hospital.

Mum told me that when she told her family and friends she was going to marry Dad, that many of them disapproved, some saying to her, “But you can’t marry him, he is a cripple“.

Dad never talked about the war to us children. As I think the horrors and trauma to a country boy who was still in his teenage years when he joined the Great War, was such that he could not bring himself to speak of it to his young, innocent children.

He would only ever joke about the war with us kids.

He used to tell us he still had so much shrapnel in his body and a couple of metal plates in his skull, that we should be careful when were at the table playing with our magnets.

He also used to tell us that he had more stitches down his spine than there were in a chaff bag.

We lived at 88 McCrae Street and the rent on the house was exactly the same as Dad’s pension.

The pension situation meant Dad had to get a job. In 1926 he became a traffic officer at the stock and produce market.

Dad would have to go to the old town hall to get paid.

Sometimes he would take a couple of us kids with him to Mr McAlpine’s office.

He was a nice man and always made a fuss over us because he thought Dad was quite special.

The first time I remember going to the town hall with Dad he showed us the honour roll boards, some of the names were friends and fellow soldiers.

After the Second World War, we were old enough to go into the town hall without Dad, and read the names on the new honour roll board.

Sadly, two of them were childhood friends and neighbours.

One thing that gave me a proud feeling at a very young age, on being the

child of a TPI serviceman of the Great War, was the great respect and gratitude shown to these returned or deceased servicemen by the community of Dandenong.

Dad was finally given a full TPI pension in about 1936. That was when what we kids called the “golden years“ began.

We began to get new clothes and shoes.

Dad was given a gold pass on the Victorian railways, this meant lots of trips into Melbourne for Dad and us boys.

In late 1938 we went to Victoria Barracks in St Kilda Road. We were quite impressed with the large guns outside the front entrance.

We were treated as very special kids because of who our Dad was.

They were good men, many of them of high rank, and as I grew older and thought of these soldiers, I wondered if any of them had the slightest inkling that in little over a year Australia would be entering a second world war with Germany.

My parents shared a long happy life together.

Dad died at 80 due to war injuries and mum died at 87.

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The daily grind of battle Captain Eric Keys

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HE amputation of a thumb failed to hamper Eric Keys’s writing ability as he passed time convalescing in Egypt far from his mates at Gallipoli.

A letter sent to his mother and printed in the Journal in September 1915, assured her that his thumb was “healing wonderfully“ but he thought it would be some time before he saw action again.

Eric was born in Keysborough in 1889. A famer, he enlisted as a Sergeant in the 8th Light Horse Regiment on 18 September 1914.

He was shipped first to Egypt, before embarking for Gallipoli on 15 May. Sergeant Keys sustained several wounds on 1 July 1915 while fighting at Gallipoli.

His letter paints an evocative picture of the Gallipoli Peninsula and the challenges faced in supplying food and water to frontline troops.

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Add to this a hail of rifle, machinegun, and shrapnel fire and you’ve got a fair idea of things, and can appreciate the fight our fellows put up.

On the first day they drove the Turks out of their trenches and back for about two miles, but owing to the nature of the country, and Turkish reinforcements coming up, had to retire

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to a line, about a mile at the furtherest point, from the beach and dug themselves in and held on.

This they managed to do in spite of many counter-attacks and the losses from snipers.

At this time the snipers were all through our own lines, concealed in the scrub and used to pick our fellows off all day long.

Gradually they were killed or driven out and are now a thing of the past as far as our lines are concerned.

Some of them were concealed in pits dug in the scrub just deep enough to allow them to look out and shoot out and had a fortnight’s provisions and water and 2000 rounds of ammunition, and these took a lot of finding.

At the heads of the ravines, here, there is a peak running out like a peninsula and dropping sheer down about 300 feet.

It is only about 20 feet wide, and has a deep cleft a few yards from the point.

Eric recovered from his wounds and saw further action on the Western Front.

In 1916 he was promoted to captain.

He returned to Australia in March 1919 and soon after married Henrietta Maxwell.

The couple had three children and Eric lived in Foster Street, Dandenong, for the rest of his life.

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It consists of a succession of hills and deep ravines, rather rugged and covered with scrub about three to four feet high.

There is a rise of 40 feet in the first half first half mile from the sea, so you can imagine it’s fairly steep.

Along the coast the ravines run at right angles to the sea and end abruptly in a dead end. They are very much water-worn, and must all become torrents in the rainy season.

It’s a wonderful place for wild flowers.

Corn flowers, pippies, passion flowers, thyme, honeysuckle and many other flowers and shrubs abound.

Brackish water is easily obtained by sinking, but the quality and quantity are very poor.

It does the mules, but all drinking water is brought by tank steamer and pumped from them to storage carts, then put in canvas bags and packed on mules to the trenches.

This for 30,000 men is in itself no small undertaking.

There are roads cut up the hills now, but when the first force landed the place was in its natural state, plus a few barbed wire entanglements and

For a long time a sniper was concealed in this and as he commanded the road to the beach, did a lot of damage, till one day someone on the beach saw a movement in the cleft and got a pair of glasses and watched.

Then he reported the matter - a machine-gun fired a burst of shots and the sniper was non-est.

He had some pigeons there, and they are still to be seen flying in and out of the cleft, interesting relics of one of the many tragedies.

For the first week or so all water stores and ammunition had to be carried up the hills to the firing line, but now the arrival of the mules has done away with all this labor.

It’s marvellous the work these mules do, tiny ones of about 12 and13 hands, carry enormous burdens and live on next to nothing.

There are hundreds of them and their value is inestimable.

The trenching we’ve done, too, would open your eyes - miles and miles of it, about five feet deep and from two to eight feet wide.

The total trenching done in three main theatres of war would have cut half a dozen Panama Canals.

If you look at one of the war maps in the paper you’ll see the bit of country the Australians hold.

It is in the form of a half-circle, and runs from Gabe Tepe to a little way past Anzac, or to within about two miles of a salt lake you’ll see marked.

Anzac is a coined name for our base landing place and was given to commemorate the landing of our troops - the capital letters of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps make the word.

Recently troops have been landed away on the heights of Gaba Tepe to link up our forces with those at Cape Helles.

Of course, as I suppose you know, the hill Achi Baba is the key to the whole peninsula as well as to The Narrows and until it is taken there will be no general advance.

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015

Memories kept in silent sleep

By MAREE ROWE

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HE first name on the World War I honour board that hangs in Dandenong’s Drum Theatre is that of Albert Edward Alexander.

Private Alexander claimed the unlucky honour when he was killed in France during the Battle of Peronne in September 1918.

Albert Alexander was born in North Melbourne in 1891.

He was the second of 10 boys born to Albert Alexander and Elizabeth Watson.

Around 1907 the Alexander family moved to Dandenong where Albert worked as a grocer with his father.

Albert made three attempts to join the Australian Imperial Forces before he was finally accepted when he was 25.

He had to undergo an operation in order to meet the entrace criteria.

He signed up on 24 November 1916 and assigned to the 59th Battalion.

His daily rate of pay was five shillings (which is about 50 cents per day).

On 16 December he sailed off to war.

Once in Europe Private Alexander was sent to the French town of Pozieres on the Western Front.

He was stationed at Windmill Hill.

Looking from the windmill ruins back to the village and to the right towards Mouquet Farm, about 1.8 kilometres away, the eye takes in a sweep of countryside which, in the words of official historian Charles Bean “was more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other spot on earth“.

After two and a half months Albert’s health was suffering from the appalling conditions and he was in and out of field hospital and was eventually sent back to England to convalesce.

By 15 October 1917 Albert was back in France and rejoined his original 59th Battalion.

He fought in the Second Battle of VillersBretonneux, as well as at Flanders, Ypres, Passchendaele, Avre, Hamel, Amiens, Albert, Mont St Quentin and Perrone.

Private Alexander’s luck finally ran out when he was wounded during the Battle of Peronne.

He was taken to the 6th Field Ambulance Dressing Station with severe wounds to both legs.

He died there on 2 September 1918.

He was buried in a French military cemetery near Cappy after 20 months of heroic service.

Nine weeks later the war ended at 11am on11 November 1919.

Private Alexander received the standard British war medal and Victory medal which were sent home to his parents along with a memorial scroll and plaque.

His personal effects were also sent home to his parents in April 1919. They included a pouch, disc, badges, shoulder titles, one African coin, metal watch (damaged), wallet, notebook, photos, cards and letters.

A letter from the AIF dated 6 April 1923 stated that Albert’s body was exhumed and reinterred at the Fouquescourt British Cemetery.

His gravestone reads “While he lies in silent sleep his memory we will always keep”.

– Maree Rowe is a relative of Private Alexander

Albert received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

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Mission to save wounded

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But just a few years ago he learnt that Private Walter Stanley Smith had not only survived – he’d returned to Australia and had two children.

Mr Tharle’s family has lived in the Dandenong area since 1864 and he is well-versed in its history.

The Smith side of the clan is more of a mystery, though.

“Trying to find Smiths, the unusual name that it is...” he laughed. Private Smith left Melbourne aboard HMAT Anchises A68 on 14 March 1916.

He served with the 2nd Field Ambulance and casualty records show he was gassed on five occasions within a month.

In France on 24 September 1917, he

earned a Military Medal, awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. One stretcher bearer was killed and eight were wounded during a heavy enemy bombardment.

Private Smith heard of a wounded man lying in the under-fire Glencorse Wood and without hesitation went out and brought him back to the ambulance relay post at Clapham Junction.

“Apart from this conspicuous act of bravery, this man has throughout worked magnificently and been a stunning example to his comrades,” his award citation read.

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ERGEANT Edward Barker literally lived to fight another day. Wounded twice

in World War I, and undeterred by the battle scars of the Great War he later enlisted in World War II. A farmer in Springvale, Edward John Harold Barker was the eldest of six children. He was born in Carlton on 17 July 1889 to parents Richard and Edith.

He learnt his trade at the elbow of his father on a property in Wellington Road, Springvale.

Edward first enlisted in the Victorian Scottish Regiment.

He finally reached the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.

On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and within two weeks many of the regiment volunteered for active service and formed the 5th Battalion, one of the first infantry units raised for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). His service number was 966.

As part of the second wave to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, Edward was shot in the leg and was evacuated to hospital at Heliopolis, Cairo.

As the number of casualties rapidly rose, many were transferred to hospitals in England.

On 27 August, Edward was sent to the King George Hospital in London and remained there until discharged in January 1916.

Rehabilitation and further training kept him in England until 3 February 1917.

It was during this period that he was severely reprimanded for allowing a prisoner, who he was escorting, to be seen in public.

On 7 February, a battle-hardened Edward rejoined his battalion, this time in France where they followed up the German forces as they retreated to the Hindenburg Line.

The battalion then moved to Belgium and took part in the Battle of Passchendaele.

While advancing on Menin Road on 20 September, the 5th Battalion incurred 285 casualties.

Edward received a shrapnel wound to his left shoulder and was evacuated to England.

On recovery, he was granted two weeks’ leave, but was fined two days’ pay on returning one and a half hours late.

Returning to France, Edward re-joined his battalion on 4 December 1917 and was later promoted to Company Sergeant Major.

After the war, he arrived in Melbourne on 23 December 1918.

He was discharged from the AIF on 13 March 1918, and later married Margaret Grace Spalding.

He farmed on a property close to the Victorian border at Walbundrie, NSW. However, a quarter century later, Edward again put his hand up, and answered the call to enlist in the 17th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II. He served until October 1945 and returned to his first love of farming.

After fighting the good fight, a man of the soil, Edward returned to the dust after his death on 8 January 1973 at Corowa. He was 83.

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143 CLeeLaNd STreeT

PRIME POSITION FOR DEVELOPMENT (STCA)!

What an opportunity! Whether you are an Investor or Developer, this rectangular block of land measuring just over 797m2 with a Zoning of GRZ1 (General Residential Zone – Schedule 1) has numerous possibilities. Centrally located within walking distance to the Dandenong Market, Hospital, Dandenong Plaza, Oasis Sporting Complex, local shops, Schools, Churches and bus stop. What a find! The three bedroom weatherboard home is currently tenanted and returns $280.00 per week providing an income stream whilst your plans and permits are being approved.

NUMEROUS POSSIBILITIES!

auCTioN: Saturday, 2nd May, 2015 @ 11:00am (if not sold prior) oPeN: Wed 4:30pm to 4:45pm & Sat 4:00pm to 4:30pm

Dandenong Central

N TIO UC S R ST OR ING ON Y F SAV C R R R Y DE HU DUT UN P AM ST

110 CLeeLaNd STreeT

BLUE CHIP INVESTMENT!

Located on a prominent corner site of approximately 760m2 opposite the Dandenong Hospital and only a short walk to the CBD, this highly exposed property is currently operating as Medical consulting rooms.

The improvements include five consulting rooms, day surgery/treatment room, large administration area and waiting room.

There are 14 car parks and a permit for four full time practitioners. Boasting a Zoning of Residential Growth Zone – Schedule 1, the property may lend itself to a medical/residential mixed development (STCA).

Owner occupier opportunity – lease out – invest – redevelop. Lots of options!

CORNER THE MARKET! For details contact Daryl Rayner on 0411 537 820 *** In conjunction with Facey Industrial. Contact Matt Rice on 0419 871 240 ***

auCTioN: Wednesday, 22nd april, 2015 @ 2:00pm (if not sold prior) oPeN: Wed 1:30pm to 2:00pm immediately prior to auction

Dandenong

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3 BUILDER INCENTIVE PACKAGES AVAIL

FULL OF NATURAL LIGHT!

8-12 Stanley Street

2/2 Peter Court

Sherwood Apartments comprises 6 x 1 bedroom - 1 bathroom apartments and 12 x 2 bedroom - 2 bathroom apartments within two separate buildings divided by car parking space. These spacious, apartments will feature abundant natural light, high quality fittings and be finished to the highest standard.

Fantastic near new two bedroom rear unit close to all facilities. Well designed with open plan living, a large focal point kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a large bathroom. Also includes ducted heating, lock up garage, private courtyard and only two on the block.

Handy to shops, public transport, schools and more.!

For SaLe: From $295,000 oPeN: Wed 4:30-5:00pm & Sat 3:15-3:45pm

For SaLe: $360,000 to $375,000 oPeN: Wed 3:45-4:15pm & Sat 2:30-3:00pm

Doveton

Dandenong

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LARGE BLOCK - GOOD TENANTS

CORNER SITE!

POSITION PLUS!

VALUE FOR MONEY - PRICE REDUCED!

106 Paperbark Street

1/17 Grant Street

3/61 Herbert Street

1/2-4 Leonard Street

Over 600m2 of land with a low maintenance home with good tenants who have another ten months to run on their current tenancy agreement. The kitchen has floating floors, gas cooking and dishwasher while the bathroom has been updated. Ideal redevelopment site (STCA).

HARD TO FIND PROPERTY - AVAILABLE NOW!

What an opportunity! This 1950's style three bedroom timber home will suit the first home buyers with renovation skills OR the builder/developer wanting a multi unit site (STCA). Walk to the City centre and Schools in minutes!

IMPROVE YOUR LOT!

Spacious villa unit just five minutes walk from the Dandenong CBD offers a large lounge, spacious modern kitchen, dining area, two bedrooms with mirrored built in robes and separate laundry. The large backyard can be accessed from the laundry and the lock up garage.

Features gas appliances, ducted heating and much more!

Walk to Dandenong Tafe and Hospital form this unit featuring a formal lounge, dining off the modern kitchen, two spacious bedrooms with built in robes, full bathroom, separate laundry, ducted heating, air conditioning, dishwasher, gas cooking, gas hot water, polished floors, large single garage and private backyard.

Doveton

Dandenong

Dandenong

Dandenong

EXCELLENT TENANTS & RETURN

AN INVESTMENT BEAUTY!

IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN!

STRESS FREE INVESTMENT!

For SaLe: $290,000 to $320,000 oPeN: Sat 4:00pm to 4:30pm

1 & 2/9 Marie Street

For SaLe: $330,000 to $360,000 oPeN: Thurs 4:30-5:00pm & Sat 1:00-1:30pm

14/16-18 Close avenue

With two units on the one block and 733m2 of land, this is a great opportunity not to be missed. The front unit has two bedrooms with built in robes, polished floors, gas cooking and heating, air conditioning and ceiling fan in the lounge. Unit 2 has one bedroom with built in robes, gas cooking, polished floors and a huge backyard.

For SaLe: $370,000 to $390,000 oPeN: Sat 1:00pm to 1:30pm

For SaLe: $300,000 plus buyers oPeN: Thurs 5:00pm to 5:30pm

13/44 Princes Highway

Opportunity to buy neat home in the heart of the city.

Boasting a $250.00 per week rental return, it features two spacious bedrooms with built in robes, meals area off renovated kitchen, a combined bathroom/laundry, separate toilet and car space. Walking distance to the CBD and many other facilities.

For SaLe: $220,000 plus buyers oPeN: Wed 5:30-6:00pm & Sat 2:00-2:30pm

For SaLe: $285,000 plus buyers oPeN: Wed 4:30pm to 5:00pm

3/18 Hutton Street

This two bedroom well maintained unit is right in the heart of town – you don’t need a car because you are already here! First floor with elevated views over Dandenong.

Recently repainted so it’s ready to occupy now! Put a tenant in straight away. Features undercover carpark.

SELL THE CAR!

For SaLe: $220,000 to $235,000 oPeN: Thurs 3:45-4:15pm & Sat 1:45-2:15pm

This hard to come by two bedroom ground floor rear flat with rear car park is only a couple of minutes walk to Dandenong Central with all its shops, offices and transport hub including the Dandenong Market and Plaza. Currently tenanted at almost 6% return or available with Vacant Possession in June.

For SaLe: $200,000 to $220,000 oPeN: Thurs 4:30-5:00pm & Sat 1:00-1:30pm 1181289

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DOVETON 11 CAMPHOR COURT Delightful first home or super investment on a flat 835m2 ,retain the existing brick house & build behind STCA or demolish & develop multiple units STCA. Good rentable condition as is or an easy renovation project, court location close to schools, shops, bus & Dandenong central, inspect today!

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sat 9th May @ 11am 10% dep bal 30/60 days INSPECT Sat 11-11:30am Photo ID required PRICE Contact Agent CONTACT Ari Oinonen 0402 349 644

Live in /invest or develop you’re on a winner here! Flat 597m2, perfect for side by side or front and back development STCA. Located moments to schools, Hospital, market & CBD. Feats spacious bedrooms, updated kitchen large living, garage, sizeable backyard, gas heating & cooking and A/C. Don’t miss this one!

sat 9th May @ 12pm 10% dep bal 30/60 days INSPECT Sat 12-12:30pm Photo ID required PRICE Contact Agent CONTACT Ari Oinonen 0402 349 644

ONLY 1 LEFT

DOVETON 5 ALMOND DRIVE 3 bedroom family home which features polished floorboards throughout, good sized bedrooms, gas heating, aircon, kitchen with adjoining meals area, roller shutters & a fantastic covered decking-ideal when entertaining. All set on a large block of land (670m2) approx.

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HALLAM 1-9 CASUGGAN COURT

INSPECT Sat 12-12:30pm Photo ID required PRICE $315,000+ CONTACT Silvana Lakic 0412 241 888

HURRY LAST CHANCE ONLY 1 REMAINING •9 Exclusive Allotments •Titled March 2015 •Close to Fountain Gate Shopping Centre’s •Walking distance to schools, shops & gym •Handy Monash & 35Km to Melbourne’s CBD •All services/telecommunications underground

INSPECT by appointment Photo ID required PRICE From $261,000 CONTACT Shagi Pathmanathan 0413 076 585

Record Sales - Record Prices in Dandenong in March

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HOME OF THE WEEK KEYSBOROUGH 15 EDGECOMB STREET

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LUXURY ON GRAND SCALE IN A HIDDEN LOCATION Just over 2 years young in a great pocket of Somerfield, this 44 sq. home offers a stunning array of premium features. Comprising 4 bedrooms plus a study, the master bedroom is huge and all 4 bedrooms have full en-suite bathrooms plus large walk in robes. There are 3 generous living areas including a spacious, north-facing sitting room upstairs with its own balcony. The sumptuous, open plan kitchen showcases vast stone benches and is fully equipped with stainless steel German made Bosch appliances including double ovens, induction cooktop extractor and dishwasher. There is also a fully plumbed butler’s pantry with stone counter tops and loads of storage. Engineered, floating parquetry timber floors through the ground level give a warm glow to this area, whilst quality carpets is fitted throughout the upper level. The home has fully refrigerated, reverse cycle air conditioning throughout plus architectural features such as high ceilings and a feature bulkhead in the kitchen. There is a large laundry with a chute from the upper level, a powder room and loads of storage including a walk-in linen cupboard.

There is a double lock up garage with remote door and internal entry, landscaped gardens, timber decked alfresco area at the rear under the roofline and a private backyard. All this located in a serene yet handy neighbourhood within easy reach of Haileybury College plus East Link

Price: $880,000+ Inspect: Saturday 2:00 - 2:30pm

Le Hoa Wysham 0418 566 133 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

KEYSBOROUGH 21 THE PANORAMA

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LISTEN TO THE SONG BIRDS This high, wide and handsome 2 storey home has a blissfully unloseable north-facing aspect directly overlooking Tatterson Park just across the street with its sweeping grasslands flanked by stunningly beautiful stanzas of eucalypts. Sited on a generous allotment, this premium home offers everything one could possibly expect of a spacious family residence in this neighbourhood. The accommodation comprises 5 bedrooms plus study, formal and vast casual living areas on the ground level, whilst the chefs kitchen is appointed with all the essential appliances in stainless steel and features a host of storage. This feeds onto the covered al fresco and out to the established, lawned rear garden. There is a further, open plan living area upstairs around which are arranged the 5 bedrooms (or 4 plus 2nd study), and the master and second bedrooms both enjoy stunning vistas over the parkland. In addition, there is a large balcony from the en-suited main bedroom which is just perfect for enjoying one’s morning cuppa among the treetops. Completing the scene is a remote controlled double garage, central heating plus both evaporative and refrigerated air conditioning, Miele oven, built in Boss microwave, dual drawer dishwasher, ducted vacuum, security system, video intercom, ADSL connections to every bedroom, sprinkler systems front and rear fed from a 2,500L water tank and pump. This beautiful home is within walking distance to Hailleybury College, Springers Leisure Centre and just a minutes to East Link entrance.

Price: $880,000+ Inspect: Thursday 5:15 - 5:45pm Saturday 2:45 - 3:15pm

Le Hoa Wysham 0418 566 133 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

KEYSBOROUGH 24 WESLEY COURT

A5

IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN

Price: $900,000+ Inspect: Saturday 3:30 - 4:00pm

This immaculate and beautifully presented 35 sq. two storey home offers a relaxing life style with quality features and fittings in the heart of Keysborough’s highly coveted College Green Estate. Wide lawns flank the approach to the impressive entrance to this property with an expansive, paved forecourt and a triple, lock-up garage straight ahead. This perfect family-sized home comprises 5 bedrooms, of which the huge master bedroom features a vast en-suite bathroom with a spa bath and twin vanities. All other 4 bedrooms have built in robes. In all, there are 3 bathrooms. There is a formal living room which has a sweeping staircase and the upper gallery as a feature. There is also a formal dining room.

The more casual family living and dining area is vast and features a spacious Tasmanian Oak kitchen with a walk in pantry, lead light cupboards, stainless steel appliances, dishwasher and quality ceramic floor tiles and includes a wet built in bar. This delightful family area opens onto an impressive undercover, alfresco BBQ and entertaining room which has clear screens to enable year round use in comfort. Alongside is a large spa housed in a Balinese-style hut. Other features include a cathedral ceiling, gas log fire with marble surround, quality carpets and drapes, burglar proof security fly screens, ducted heating, evaporative cooling plus split system air conditioning, triple lock up garage with remote door and internal entry, a private backyard with drip water system for easy maintenance all designed for a relaxed and hassle-free lifestyle. Only a short walk to Haileybury College, bus stop, and just a 3 minute drive to East Link.

Office: Keysborough Ph: 9701 8611

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TOTAL OF 5 LUXURY TOWNHOUSES A once in a lifetime opportunity has been presented to you to purchase these magnificent townhouses off the plan. Located within walking distance to Dandenong Hospital, Chisholm TAFE, public transport services and central Dandenong’s shopping precincts including Plaza, Market and Lonsdale Street, you are literally minutes away from everything that Dandenong has to offer. With all townhouses comprising 3 bedrooms, master bedroom with full en suite, all bedrooms with built in robes, modern floor plans with formal living area and separate kitchen and meals area, first floor main bathroom and ground floor powder room, single lock up garage with additional off street car space in front of the garage, fully landscaped courtyard at the rear of the home and array of quality fittings and features which include cesar stone benchtops, stainless kitchen appliances, central gas ducted heating, laminated timber flooring & much more.

PRICE: From $395,000

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FOR SALE: 1-5/2 Burrows Avenue Dandenong Neb Delibasic : 0411 332 467 e: neb.delibasic@delrealestate.com.au

Lavinia Varga : 0434 398 943 e: lavinia.varga@delrealestate.com.au

Rosewood Downs’ Finest

More like a Small House

Located in the highly sought after Rosewood Downs Estate, this home offers quality and space for the most fastidious buyer. As you step inside the double front doors into the spacious hallway entrance you will certainly be impressed by the sheer elegance and beauty of this home.

Walking through the property you will be astonished by the meticulous presentation and array of great features including high ceilings and lacquered woodwork throughout. With 4 spacious bedrooms, master bedroom with full en suite and walk in robe, remaining bedrooms with built in robes, formal lounge and dining area and separate family area, your family will not be short of space. The kitchen will certainly astound you with its high quality timber finish and great quantity of bench space. Other features include double lock up garage with remote access, roller-shutters around the entire home, ducted vacuum and much more.

This magnificently presented home is located within walking distance to public transport services including buses & Noble Park Railway Station, Douglas Street shopping strip, Chandler Secondary College & a short drive to Parkmore Shopping Centre. With no work to do but simply move in you will fall in love with the generously sized kitchen with all the modern fittings & ample bench & cupboard space as well breakfast bar. The formal lounge area is sure to provide a perfect setting for entertaining guests, whilst the 2 bedroom offer built in robes & the entire home offer an abundance of natural light. With features that include a fully renovated bathroom, separate toilet, good sized laundry, laminated timber flooring through living areas & bedrooms, central GDH & evaporative cooling this home has an array of attributes that would suit the most fastidious of buyers.

AUCTION: Saturday 9th May 2015 at 12:00pm TERMS: 10% Deposit, Balance in 30-60 Days INSPECT: Saturday 25th April 2015 at 11:30am – 12:00pm

PRICE: $550,000 Plus INSPECT: Saturday 25th April 2015 at 11:00am – 11:30am

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FOR SALE: 1 Dorset Road Dandenong North

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AUCTION: 1/36 Yarraman Road Noble Park

Neb Delibasic : 0411 332 467 e: neb.delibasic@delrealestate.com.au

Lavinia Varga : 0434 398 943 e: lavinia.varga@delrealestate.com.au

Ranko Delibasic : 0422 991 375 e: ranko.delibasic@delrealestate.com.au 1181304

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2/147 Corrigan Rd NOBLE PARK

Lot 19 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

Lot 29 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

Lot 9 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

Lot 22 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

12 Coolibah Pl KEYSBOROUGH

17/3 Close Ave DANDENONG

93 Church Rd KEYSBOROUGH

2 Vitis Ave NOBLE PARK

Lot 26 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

2/6 Kirk St NOBLE PARK

57 Ardgower Rd NOBLE PARK

2/36 Moodemere St NOBLE PARK

53 Ellt Cres NOBLE PARK

10 Godfrey Cres DANDENONG NORTH

1 Waterfront Way KEYSBOROUGH

Lot 18 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

18 Cole St NOBLE PARK

33A Sunnyvale Cres KEYSBOROUGH

2 Carpenter St NOBLE PARK

20 Cyril Gr NOBLE PARK

2/53 Kelvinside Rd NOBLE PARK

9/149A Princes Hwy DANDENONG

9 Valepark Cl NOBLE PARK NORTH

50 Leonard Ave NOBLE PARK

33 Waddington Cres SPRINGVALE SOUTH

13 Mark Crt DANDENONG NORTH

1/1073 Heatherton Rd NOBLE PARK

33 Armadale Ave NOBLE PARK

7/12 New St DANDENONG

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Lot 73 Chi Ave KEYBOROUGH

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Lot 4 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

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Lot 20 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

28B Larbert Rd NOBLE PARK

194 Outlook Dr DANDENONG NORTH

4/6 Mather Rd NOBLE PARK

4/3 James St DANDENONG

3/13A Henry St NOBLE PARK

5 Dulcie Crt NOBLE PARK NORTH

1/11 Wall St NOBLE PARK

3/6 Mather Rd NOBLE PARK

79 Clow St DANDENONG

2/15 Elray Ave DANDENONG

11/2-4 Tarene St DANDENONG

11 Trevor Crt KEYSBOROUGH

2/3 Ripon Crt NOBLE PARK NORTH

1/82 Buckley St NOBLE PARK

5 Gwent St SPRINGVALE SOUTH

233 Outlook Dr DANDENONG NORTH

Lot 6 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

4 Stella Ave NOBLE PARK

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Lot 21 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

10 Ryder St NOBLE PARK

31 Walnut Cres KEYSBOROUGH

13 Mildura Cres KEYSBOROUGH

61 Wahroonga Ave KEYSBOROUGH

71 2/10 Sherwood Cres DANDENONG NORTH

Lot 25 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

SALES IN MARCH

ALL SALES MADE BY BARRY PLANT NOBLE PARK & KEYSBOROUGH OFFICES

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7 Kogarah Crt KEYSBOROUGH

23/3 Close Ave DANDENONG

Lot 3 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

17/44-46 Potter St DANDENONG

3/130 Kennington Park Dr ENDEAVOUR HILLS

Disclaimer: Information contained herein is believed to be accurate at time of printing.

Lot 15 Chi Ave KEYSBOROUGH

NOBLE PARK 390 Princes Highway 8710 0000 | KEYSBOROUGH 1/ 320 Cheltenham Road 8769 1888 PROUDLY SERVICING: Springvale • Endeavour Hills • Dingley • Waterways

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SPRINGVALE SOUTH 22 LUDWIG STREET This very special family home built on a rectangular wide block is a perfect opportunity for 1st home buyers, investors and developers. Comprising of 3 bedrooms, lounge, dining/ kitchen, bathroom and laundry plus heating in lounge and central evaporative cooling. Take advantage of this great opportunity in such a prime location where you have potential to extend, build another unit at the rear or build your dream home (all STCA). Step outside and enjoy the big backyard, carport, garage, workshop area, bonus of a water tank, shed & aviary. This home ticks all the boxes and has so much potential so be quick to inspect this property!

DANDENONG NORTH 215 OUTLOOK DRIVE Quietly positioned in the Rosewood Downs Estate, this home is perfect to live in or rent out... Perhaps you’re keen on utelising the 1014m2 (approx.) on offer where you can build / re-develop (STCA). Whichever way you view it, this home on a massive parcel of land is ripe for the picking & ready to be your next big move!

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Bring the family and settle in - this well designed & hand crafted home is the solid foundation for your family. With two living areas, a huge kitchen and meals area with balcony, 4 great sized BDRs incl MSTR with en suite plus a ground floor self contained rumpus area with bathroom, kitchenette & timber alfresco.

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Saturday 9th May at 11am Contact Agent Thurs 5:15 - 5:45pm & Sat 2 - 2:30pm Photo ID required Jenny Sudra 0422 991 593 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

3a 1b 1c 1e Saturday 16th May at 12pm INSPECT As advertised or by appointment PRICE Contact Agent TERMS 10% Deposit. Balance 60/90 Days CONTACT Mehmet Atesel 0419 333 553 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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This versatile & exceptionally large home is positioned on a block size of 900m2 (approx) and is quite simply a treat for all of the family or any developer/ investor.

It pleasantly maintains its original charm, but the maintenance is second to none.

Adults can enjoy peaceful living with hardwood polished floor boards in the front half while the kids can enjoy spending time with the friends in the rear living area it’s the best way to all stay under one roof and still have plenty of room to move.

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Saturday 2nd May at 12pm INSPECT Thu 6 - 6:20pm & Sat 1 - 1:20pm PRICE $610,000+ TERMS 10% Deposit. Balance 90-120 Days CONTACT Mehmet Atesel 0419 333 553 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

PRICE TERMS INSPECT CONTACT

Saturday 2nd May at 1pm Contact Agent 10% Deposit. Balance 30/60 Days.

Thurs 5:15 - 5:45pm & Sat 1 - 1:30pm Photo ID required Kush Chetri 0425 199 192 Nalaka Weerakoon 0414 445 403 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

NOBLE PARK 390 Princes Highway 8710 0000 | KEYSBOROUGH 1/ 320 Cheltenham Road 8769 1888 PROUDLY SERVICING: Springvale • Endeavour Hills • Dingley • Waterways

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DANDENONG NORTH 23 WARATAH DRIVE Come One - Come All! This renovated beauty is a feast for all home lovers! Renovated and well designed for easy living, this home has it all. Sparkling floating timber floors, a modern and good sized kitchen with all of the bells & whistles that flows into the living, three zoned carpeted bedrooms plus a modern bathroom. Step outside to make the most of the undercover alfresco and enjoy the sunrise in your backyard while utilising the land size of 556m2 (approx). For room to move, quality finishes, space and an easy living lifestyle, make Waratah the one!

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Saturday 9th May at 12pm $450,000+ Thurs 5:10 - 5:30pm & Sat 1:50 - 2:10pm Photo ID required Alex Abou-eid 0417 147 878 Nalaka Weerakoon 0414 445 403 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

NOBLE PARK NORTH 4 ROULSTON COURT Step inside and know this will be home for years to come. You can entertain all night long in the L-shaped living with dining, each of the bedrooms are well sized, the bathroom is nice and spacious and boasts a spa bath plus you have plenty of room in both the front and rear yard. All in all, this is the complete package in such a prime location making it a dream come true! Make your way up the porch and into this honest home where you’re greeted by a carpeted living and dining with a gas heater and split system invertor unit.

Flowing through from here is the meals area which is overlooked by a kitchen that enjoys a dishwasher, breakfast bench and stainless steel appliances. Completing the picture indoors are three nicely sized carpeted bedrooms, all with robes (two mirrored) plus a central large bathroom with spa bath. Outdoors is treat to entertain with plenty of yard space, fruit trees, concreted area and it’s all on a block size of 533m2 (approx).

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Saturday 9th May at 2pm Contact Agent Thurs 4 - 4:20pm & Sat 2:30 - 2:50pm Photo ID required Mehmet Atesel 0419 333 553 Alex Abou-eid 0417 147 878 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

NOBLE PARK 390 Princes Highway 8710 0000 | KEYSBOROUGH 1/ 320 Cheltenham Road 8769 1888 PROUDLY SERVICING: Springvale • Endeavour Hills • Dingley • Waterways

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Raine&Horne Springvale

9548 4011

236 Springvale Road, Springvale

2A Vale Street, Bentleigh 4A 4B 1C

This architecturally designed masterpiece showcases an elegant blend of European and English grandeur. Tastefully finished throughout and displaying a spacious contemporary layout, it offers the complete package with two separate living areas, high ceilings on both levels, a modern kitchen with granite benchtop and s/steel appliances, four ensuite bathrooms, a single car garage plus a car space. It provides a superb living environment with a great outdoor entertaining area. This home is located in the greenest part of Bentleigh, in a quiet street that is so close to Sacred Heart College, St Pauls Primary School, Patterson train station, the bus stop.

Auction Sat 9th of May At 2.00pm View Tue&Thu: 4.30-5pm Sat&Sun: 11.15-11.45am Agent Daniel Nguyen 0488 818 918 George Urosevic 0400 673 566

2 Ellen Street, Springvale

5 Callistemon Ave, Keysborough 3A 2B 1C

Selling

Sat 9th of May At 11.30am

Behind this green garden is this large Bv house and Situated in one of most prefer location of Springvale.

Within walking distance to new Springvale Station, shopping centre, schools and bus stop. Boasting 3 bedrooms; 2 kitchen areas with stainless steel appliances and large dining area; cooling system, gas log heater, 2 showers, 2 toilets; garage converted into a workshop and 4th bedroom; huge covered entertaining area and carport.

View Tue: 3-3.30pm

This immaculate and affordable BV home situated closed to Parkmore SC, school, indoor sporting centre; public transport. Offers: 3 brs, BIRs, master br has FES; updated kitchen; gas appliances; large meals area.

Extra: gas heater, central ducted heating, evaporative cooling system, internal walls freshly painted, huge cover outdoor sitting area with room to accommodate extra car or boat, carport and spacious garden.

View Thur: 4.30-5.00pm

2 Valepark Close, Noble Park Nth

Selling

2/74 Virginia Street, Springvale

Selling

This well presented 3 bedrooms BV home has big lounge & all gas appliances. Features double carport & plenty carpark spaces, big garden shed & large pergola at rear, neat and nice garden. This home is situated in close proximity from Waverly Gardens Shopping Centre, Monash/Eastlink freeway and a short walk to bus stop, Silverton Primary, Carwatha Prim/Secondary school. It is ideally suited as a great family home or investment property.

Agent Kennedy Do 0419 003 969

This young, low maintenance 3 bedrooms unit claims no Body Corp fee and one of only two on a block.

Within a short walk to Springvale train station, school and Springvale shopping centre. Comprising:3 Bedrooms all with BIRs; Open plan kitchen adjoining to dining and large living area; Central ducted heating, split air conditioner, vertical blinds, aluminium windows and brick lock up garage

Agent Daniel Nguyen 0488 818 918 Melissa Pham 0412 822 998

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Auction Agent Daniel Nguyen 0488 818 918 Melissa Pham 0412 822 998

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Agent Daniel Nguyen 0488 818 918 Kennedy Do 0419 003 969

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A stunning blend of premium fixtures and cutting-edge design make these soon-to-be-completed residences the perfect opportunity to live or invest. Enjoying expansive open-plan living and dining zones, gourmet kitchens which include caesar stone benchtops with stainless steel appliances, spacious double bedroom accommodation, luxuriously appointed bathrooms, as well as other inclusions of cooling,

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heating, down lights throughout the home, timber floor, hardwood staircase, remote garage and heaps more! Superbly positioned, these contemporary brand new homes are a short walk to Fountain Gate Primary School and Fountain Gate Secondary College, the bus stop at your door step, only 200 metres to Monash Freeway access and within a few minutes drive to Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre and Narre Warren train station. With the $10,000 government grant for first home buyers available, the time is now to take advantage of this extremely rare opportunity in this hugely popular suburb. Act fast and take your pick!

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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PUSHES PROPERTY PRICES The 2015 property market has begun solidly, buoyed by low interest rates with the cash rate kept on hold by the Reserve Back recently at its 2.25 per cent record low.

Despite some economic uncertainty around employment levels, consumer confidence has picked up since the March interest rate cut.

This is flowing through to the property market.

Price growth has continued to strengthen, with the REIV House Price Index (HPI) for regional Victoria rising by 0.9 per cent in March 2015 to 133.5. The HPI also rose in Melbourne, increasing 0.8 per cent to 171.6.

A key contributor to the regional increase was Geelong, with the index for the region up 0.4 per cent in March.

The auction market, which is a key determinant of activity in regions close to Melbourne, continues to grow.

In the year to date, there have been 7600 auctions statewide, with most of these - 4200 auctions - in March.

The 76 per cent statewide clearance rate for the year to 31 March was the highest for five years.

We expect that in the short term the low interest rate environment will continue to

drive demand.

More broadly across the state, private sales continue to be common, and statewide in March there were 10,780 sales in total - an increase on March last year when there were 10,600 private sales.

For investors in regional Victoria there was some good news with the rental vacancy rate stable at 2.1 per cent in March and 50 basis points lower than a year ago.

While the rate actually eased to 2.8 per cent in both Ballarat and Bendigo, both of which have been experiencing severe accommodation shortages, in Geelong it has been tightening for the past six months.

The rate of 3.1 per cent there is at its lowest since April 2013.

Median house rents across regional Victoria were stable at $300 a week, while median unit and apartment rentals were up $5 to $245.

Median unit rents in Geelong were up $10 to $290 and Ballarat were up $30 to $240.

Both vacancy rates and house rents in Melbourne’s outer suburbs remained stable, while unit rents there increased from $316 to $320.

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LJ Hooker Box Hill 953 Whitehorse Road Box Hill 03 9939 3999 @ boxhill@ljh.com.au LJ Hooker Mount Waverley 2 Hamilton Place, Mount Waverley 03 9830 8889 @ mountwaverley@ljh.com.au

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Vacancy for Property Manager Welcome to LJ Hooker Keysborough, Burwood and Mount Waverley Office, On expansion of business we are looking property manager for 3 new offices.

Property Manager Job Duties: • Establishes rental rate by surveying local rental rates; calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals.

• Attracts tenants by advertising vacancies; obtaining referrals from current tenants; explaining advantages of location and services; showing units.

• Contracts with tenants by negotiating leases; collecting security deposit.

• Accomplishes financial objectives by collecting rents; paying bills; forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.

• Maintains property by investigating and resolving tenant complaints; enforcing rules of occupancy; inspecting vacant units and completing repairs; planning renovations; contracting with landscaping and snow removal services • Maintains building systems by contracting for maintenance services; supervising repairs.

• Secures property by contracting with security patrol service; installing and maintaining security devices; establishing and enforcing precautionary policies and procedures; responding to emergencies.

• Enforces occupancy policies and procedures by confronting violators.

• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• Salary $54,000 pa + Bonus. Salary increases each year dependent on performance.

judyt.glenwaverley@ljh.com.au LJ Hooker Glen Waverley 8588 5288 LJ Hooker Doncaster Suite 4/857-859 Doncaster Rd Doncaster 03 9855 8889 @ doncaster@ljh.com.au LJ Hooker Burwood 4/4 Burwood Highway Burwood 03 9889 8889 @ burwood@ljh.com.au

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided. Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

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Explore Your Possibilities with The C! NOBlE PARK 3/32 Moodemere St NEW LISTING

Perfect irst home or investment!

An exciting and affordable opportunity awaits irst home buyers, investors and down-sizers wanting to buy into this sought after location within walking distance to Noble Park Station, shopping centres, schools, churches and parks.

• Comprising of a spacious lounge, 2 bedrooms, kitchen and meals area, bathroom and separate toilet, this immaculate unit is sure to impress.

• Gas ducted heating, step outside and enjoy the kids playing in the private backyard

KEYSBOROUGH 22 Westwood Blvd

Exquisitely breathtaking, this stunning 2-storey family residence lawlessly incorporates aesthetic charm & practicality to create an exceptionally spacious and alluring interior that fulills every family requirement.

• Close to Parkmore Shopping Centre, Southern Golf Course, Springers Leisure Centre and ideally in proximity to Haileybury College • Only 15 minutes from Mordialloc or Edithvale

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KEYSBOROUGH 72 Wahroonga Avenue

Middle of Everything!

This residence offers enormous family appeal walking distance to Parkmore Shopping Centre, Keysborough Primary Schools and Keysborough Secondary College. In a family friendly and safe neighbourhood where there is parkland and play ground to play.

• Nice block of 535m2 (approx.) of land with 3 spacious bedrooms with BIR. • Featuring central kitchen, cosy timber loor family room and huge rear yard.

$840,000 + Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30pm Saturday 12:00 - 12:30pm Contact: Corey (Khoi) Le 0417 311 491 Varun Ahuja 0404 954 492

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Ideally located just a short drive to Fountain Gate shopping centre, schools and a short walk close to the park with easy access to the major freeways.

• There are 3 generous living areas which include a formal lounge with ceiling rose, an open yet light illed family room with hardwood looring plus an upstairs retreat area.

• Gas Ducted Heating and Evaporative Cooling

$390,000+ Saturday 11:00 - 11:30am Photo ID Required Contact: Corey (Khoi) Le 0417 311 491 Nik Sharma 0411 790 745

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Gorgeously contemporary, this brand new townhouses combines aesthetic charm and smart design to create an exceptional living environment full of functionality and luxury. Situated close to Coles supermarket, public transport, walking distance to Minaret College, Springvale Rise Primary School, Monash University Clayton, Ikea, Springvale Central shopping, easy access to Princess Highway, freeways and east link.

$470,000+ Saturday 12:00 - 12:30pm Photo ID Required Contact: Corey (Khoi) Le 0417 311 491 Aaron Hadow 0498 669 002

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Potential to Develop (STCA) 769sm2 Approx

Located in a prime court position this 3 bedroom family home is sure to impress. Featuring immaculate slate looring and carpets throughout and situated on a huge block, including two sheds for all your storage needs, semi ensuite and secure back garden, this lovely home is waiting for you to inspect. Short walking distance to primary school and public transport.

• Currently rental $1,474 per month

$430,000+ Wednesday 4:30 - 5:00pm Saturday 11:00 - 11:30am Contact: Corey (Khoi) Le 0417 311 491 Aaron Hadow 0498 669 002

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Hall & Partners DANDENONG 2/21 Edward Avenue SALE NOW OR AUCTION

WHEELERS HILL 2 Itale Court 4 BEDROOMS + 2 BATHROOMS IN A SECLUDED CENTRAL LOCATION ON LAND APPROX. 462M2 Four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms plus large open plan living areas gives this home enormous appeal. Also comes with a large high clearance garage with a workshop area. Secluded and private location on a compact (battle axe) allotment of approx. 462m2. Extra include new carpet throughout, ducted gas heating and refrigerated air conditioning. A great property for the now gardener who appreciates lots of living space.

YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED! A most desirable location complemented with an outstanding timeless design for your family to reside in. An in-ground pool just an obvious part of the prestigious location. Comprising a formal lounge with cathedral ceilings, separate dining and a meals area adjoining a functional kitchen. Master bedroom downstairs with ensuite, 2 large bedrooms upstairs plus a generous open living area with potential to create an additional bedroom/study. OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU WILL JUST LOVE IT!

Auction: Saturday 2nd May at 11am Inspect: Wednesday 5:30-6pm Saturday 1:30-2pm Contact: Tim Retallack 0419 391 804

Auction: Saturday 9th May at 12pm Inspect: Saturday 2:30-3pm Contact: Walter Kubiak 0412 359 973

ENDEAVOUR HILLS 13 Ambrosia Court NEW LISTING

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SPRINGVALE 2/9 Morris Court MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS! Come and explore a beautiful home suited for people looking for top quality. Feel at home in this 5 bedroom property with full ensuite to master, a separate family bathroom and 2 large living areas. A well designed kitchen with gas cooking, dishwasher and a meals area. Double garage, evaporative cooling, lots of storage space and a good sized yard assures you and your family comfort.We cannot forget to mention the AMAZING views this home provides!

NEAT AND TIDY! This spacious unit is situated in a quiet court with only 2 units on the block, featuring 2 bedrooms both with built in robes, ducted heating, carpet throughout with tiles to wet areas, gas and electric cooking appliances with a meals area plus a single lock up garage.

A separate bath, shower and toilet are also provided in this wonderful unit. Prime location is assured and in easy reach of all amenities. Great for a first home buyer or investor, SAY YES!

For Sale: Contact Agent Inspect: Wednesday 7-7:30pm Saturday 2:30-2:50pm Contact: Leigh Hall 0401 408 580

Auction: Saturday 2nd May at 11am Inspect: Wednesday 6-6:30pm Saturday 10:40-11am Contact: Leigh Hall 0401 408 580

ENDEAVOUR HILLS 10 Plumpton Court

SALE NOW OR AUCTION

HALLAM 12 Glencairn Avenue PERFECT 5 BEDROOM HOME FOR YOUR FAMILY! Take possession of this double story family home before its sold! Surrounded by quality homes and located in a great part of Endeavour Hills, this will make for a very comfortable place to call home.This beautiful house comprises:5 Bedrooms with BIR, 2 and bathrooms including ensuite, 3 carpeted living areas, 6 car parking (3 under cover), Kitchen with gas cooking and dishwasher, Cooling system, Ducted heating & Security alarm. An extra-large backyard with a covered pergola results in so much room for your kids to play or to entertain family and friends. All of the above just walking distance to Schools, Public Transport, Shops and easy access to freeway.

For Sale: Buyers over $565,000 Inspect: Saturday 1-1:30pm Contact: Alex Simule 0412 889 173

ENDEAVOUR HILLS 18 Peebles Street

2 HUGE SEPARATE LIVING AREAS! This wonderful home comprises of 3 bedrooms (all bedrooms including curtains, tinted windows and ducted heating). Master bedroom featuring full ensuite, walk in robe and split system plus bedrooms 2 and 3 with built in robes. 2 separate living areas with 2nd living area including bathroom, air conditioning and built in bar, A stylish kitchen with dishwasher, oven, gas cooking, and a new air conditioning unit. Other features include solar panels, sunroom and double carport. All this on a great sized block approx.

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For Sale: $425,000+ Inspect: Thursday 5-5:30pm Saturday 10-10:20am Contact: Leigh Hall 0401 408 580

DANDENONG 9 McFarlane Crescent 5 BEDROOMS AND WORKSHOP A real surprise package awaits.The amazing upper level is sure to impress.This home consists of 4 bedrooms all with built-ins, walkin robe and ensuite to main, plus stud/office, separate lounge and dining, open plan with a well-appointed timber kitchen plus a huge living room.Location, size & design are why this home has always been so sought after. Huge storage and car accommodation under the house. Conveniently located close to Schools, Endeavour Hills Shopping Centre, easy access to Monash Freeway & Public Transport.

BRAND NEW & CLOSE IN! Superb quality with 2 pac kitchen, ceaser stone bench tops and Blanco appliances. Elegantly designed open plan 2 bedroom apartment with balcony. Also included, secure undercover car park with lockers, intercom system, high grade floor coverings. Premier location, just a few minutes’ walk to the Dandenong Market and Central shopping. Say Yes!

For Sale: $480,000+ Inspect: Saturday 3-3:30pm Contact: Walter Kubiak 0412 359 973

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8 Aratula Street Dandenong Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 2nd May at 11am 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $620,000+ Saturday 12-12.30pm Bob Milkovic 0422 504 106

3 Eugenia Street Doveton

BIG LAND & PLANNING PERMIT = BIG PROFIT Great opportunity to capitalize on existing planning permit for 5 double storey townhouses. Vendor has done the hard work and now it’s up to you to inalise this project and reap the rewards. All townhouses feature 2 bedrooms upstairs with open plan living, dining and kitchen downstairs PLUS lock up garage. Walking distance to Dandenong Central these units will be easy to sell or rent out upon completion.

This is your chance to score big in the real estate game. Be quick!

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 2nd May at 12pm 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $620,000+ Saturday 1-1.30pm Bob Milkovic 0422 504 106

140 Paperbark Street Doveton

EXCELLENT 1ST HOME OR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Close to shopping centre, transport & schools this renovated 3 bed home also has potential for a dual occupancy development(STP). Internally the home offers stunning hardwood loors, modern kitchen with gas cooking, updated bathroom including separate shower, carpets to bedrooms plus ducted heating throughout.

Great start or suit investor.

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Sat 2nd May at 1pm 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $290,000+ Saturday 12-12.30pm Neil Butler 0411 637 088

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FANTASTIC FIRST HOME OR DEVELOPMENT SITE (STP) Immaculate 3 bed home set on elevated corner block of 660m2 with great views. Existing home is freshly painted and includes all gas appliances and polished hardwood loors. Ideal dual occupancy site or potential 3 unit site (STP). Great location opposite parkland and close to schools, shops & transport. Live in now & develop later.

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9 Belfort Street Dandenong MAGNIFICENT 937m2 BLOCK WITH FANTASTIC POTENTIAL

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 16th May at 11am 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $550,000+ Saturday 12-12.30pm Chris Drieberg 0411 737 303

Sat 9th May at 11am 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $320,000+ Saturday 1-1.30pm Neil Butler 0411 637 088

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 16th May at 12pm 10% dep-bal 30/60 days $500,000+ Saturday 2-2.30pm Bob Milkovic 0422 504 106

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BLUE CHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY This 674m2 corner block in Residential growth one (high Density) has potential for units, townhouses or an apartment complex (STP). Only minutes walk to schools, market, shops & CBD. Original brick home features large lounge, separate dining & 3 bedrooms with hardwood loors throughout. Garage at rear on large block. Rent out prior to develop or renovate, live in or build your dream home on the fringe or Dandenong. Melbourne’s 2nd city.

Huge potential here.

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Close to station, shops & transport this wide frontage (17.5m) block is ideal for 2 large homes or would suit a multi-unit development (STP). Added bonus of two 3 bedroom homes which can be let separately. Potential rental of $500 per week ($26,000p.a). Excellent income while waiting for planning permit. Great opportunity in rapidly changing area. Buy now & capitalize later.

Genuine seller, so DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS!

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AGENT’S CHOICE

CLYDE This four-bedroom Clyde township property has a full ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.

Totally rejuvenated, the home has timber floating floors and quality fixtures and fittings.

It has a five burner stainless steel cooker, dishwasher and glass splashbacks.

There is also two split systems plus evaporative cooling and ducted heating, a fully enclosed verandah entertaining area, two garages, one set up with workshop and man cave with slow combustion wood heater plus another large double garage and high clearance carport all on a quarter acre block.

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One Lyndhurst Estate Relaxed Lifestyle Living • 35 min drive to Melbourne CBD • 250m to Lynbrook Train Station • Opposite Banjo Patterson Reserve • 2km to Lynbrook Village Shopping Centre • 18 min drive to Monash University Clayton & Berwick Campus • 5 mins walk to St. Francis Primary School • Connecting bus services (Route 893) to Cranbourne, Lynbrook, Hampton Park and Dandenong

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919 PrinCeS WaY drouin Perfect location just a minute to the freeway and within ~4minutes to the centre of Drouin with all CBD conveniences and reliable public transport.

This parcel of land tucked away on the service road is elevated allowing views to Mt Baw Baw and is amongst other quality properties and homes. The huge block of 5612m² lends opportunity for all your lifestyle dreams to be put into place and realised here. Natural gas, power, mains water and phone all available and on a sealed no through service road. $250,000 Plus buyers internet id: wg3461 View property and more details at www.sej.com.au

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7212 SQUARE METERS (1.78 ACRES) 58 Foreshore Road, Jam Jerrup

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WATERFRONT CONTEMPORARY HOME

Peaceful & private, this impressive residence comprises a completely renovated, extended & modernised homestead built with careful attention to detail, comfort & design. Features:- *Impressive entrance hall, 9 & 10ft ceilings, soaring French doors, solid fuel heating with stone mantles & zoned ducted heating / cooling. Stunning Craftsman built kitchen - Granite stone, Falcon stove & more; 4BR’s (opulent ensuite & WIR) + Studio/5th BR + Fully itted ofice; ~40sq URL; 5 Star Energy Rating; 5.76Acre Lifestyle retreat. Just 1hr to Melbourne.

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Spectacular position and peaceful location. This elegant home includes 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 living rooms, 2 bathrooms, a 2 car garage, laundry, a large decking and 2 balconies to take in the breathtaking sunsets over the bay and sunrises over the rural outlook behind. The master bedroom has an ensuite, walk in robe and floor to ceiling windows with sensational water views. The ensuite includes a double sink basin, bath and a generous shower. Every inch of this contemporary indoor/outdoor passive solar designed home has had practicality, liveability and environmental efficiency in mind.

AUCTION: Saturday 2nd May at 11 am on site Inspect: Saturdays at 11 to 11:30am or by appointment Agent: Lynn Pendergast 0458 780 023

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$790,000 Plus buyers internet id: Wg3460 View property and more details at www.sej.com.au

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Old world charm, 4 bedroom brick veneer home, ornamental gardens, extensive shedding and a pony paddock makes this a very desirable property with potential. This home is in a great location, convenient to a variety of schools, the freeway and shopping centres. This is a great opportunity for you to update or rebuild, keep a pony, work or store in the 100 sqm shed and to enjoy the rural lifestyle in such a well sought after position.

Auction Saturday 2nd May at 11am, agent onsite from 10am Inspect By Appointment Contact Tom Gibson 0438 574 472 or Brian Rodwell 0438 031 566 Alex Scott & Staff, Level 3, 480 Collins Street, Melbourne - 8610 6578 1181286

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This stunning five bedroom architecturally designed luxury home featuring solar heated swimming pool and three living areas is dedicated to quality.

Open plan back area of the house combines a closed third living room, dining area and quality chef style kitchen with full walk-in pantry and ample bench and storage space.

It features down-lights, hydronic heating, double doors, quality light fittings, alarm system and full intercom system.

Eight color security cameras are divided into two receivers by four cameras and have an enormous 500 GB hard drive recording space on each receiver.

The homely rumpus on second floor features a balcony with street views and leads off to a master bedroom and queen-sized bedroom.

The master suite is truly something else with its bay windows, en-suite featuring double vanity, spa bath, large shower and hotel style zoned lounge within.

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DANDENONG Whether looking POSTCODE to live in, invest or develop would-be buyers are on a winner here.

Offered for the first time in more than 36 years, this billiard table flat block of 597 square metres with a 18.3

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It is located moments from Dandenong primary and high schools, Dandenong Hospital, market and Dandenong Central.

The delightful three bedroom weatherboard house has spacious bedrooms, updated timber kitchen with adjoining

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Extras include large garage with remote controlled garage, sizeable backyard, gas heating and cooking and airconditioning.

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SPRINGVALE Behind this greenery garden is this large brick veneer house situated in one of the best locations in Springvale.

It is within walking distance to the new Springvale station, shopping centre, schools and bus stop.

It boasts three bedrooms, two kitchen areas with stainless steel appliances and large dining area, a cooling system, gas log heater, two showers, two toilets, a garage converted into a workshop, a fourth bedroom and a huge covered entertaining area and carport.

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Future residents of Belmond are set to enjoy the best of both worlds as a dedication to lush landscaping within the community will create the feeling of a tranquil sanctuary while the estate’s central location and access to facilities will offer unrivalled convenience and lifestyle appeal.

Developed by Newland, Belmond is nestled among undulating hills and boasts 3.7 hectares of open space including picturesque Hilltop Park and a future wetlands precinct.

Offering an assortment of some 600 lots, Belmond has something for everyone from larger lots situated adjacent to the parklands through to smaller allotments boasting an attractive price point for first home buyers.

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As a leading home builder in the Victorian market, Carlisle Homes is known in the building industry for designing modern homes with innovative floorplans catering for all buyer types and embodying their design philosophy ‘liveability’.

Now Carlisle Homes has announced the launch of a new online suite of design tools which will assist buyers and budding renovators in designing their dream home.

Inspire by Carlisle is a dedicated design section on the Carlisle

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Carlisle Homes director John Doulgeridis described the vision for this bespoke website addition.

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015

Rise of natural leader Lieutenant Raymond Jeffers

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IEUTENANT Raymond Alva Jeffers rose from humble beginnings on a farm in Cora Lynn to become a highly-decorated World War I soldier and Dandenong’s mayor.

His daughter Wilma Coleman today calls Pakenham home and beams with pride when she speaks about her father.

“Dad applied three times to enlist in World War I and was rejected twice due to a strained heart,” she said.

“He persisted and was accepted into the army in 1916, aged 23.”

During his service in France with the 14th Battalion he suffered gunshot wounds to his thighs and was gassed.

Ray received the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Hebuterne between 26 March and 6 April 1918.

He displayed great skill and initiative in withdrawing his platoon after his superiors fell wounded.

“Later he went forward under heavy enemy machine-gun fire and carried in two wounded sergeants of his company,” his award citation read.

“His coolness and courage created a great impression on all ranks.”

He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Morcourt on 8 Au-

Wilma Coleman with photographs of her father Ray Jeffers, his Distinguished Conduct Medal and his Military Medal. 135315 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS

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His coolness and courage created a great impression on all ranks...

gust 1918. Ray assumed control when his platoon commander became a casualty, “leading his men with great dash across a bare ridge swept by direct artillery and machine-gun fire”.

He captured many prisoners and several machine-guns and, under heavy fire, turned a machine gun on enemy gunners

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who were firing into the front line.

“He sent his medals to his parents in Australia, specifying the second medal to his mother, which I think was rather lovely,” Ms Coleman said.

Ray was promoted to corporal in May 1918 and sent to Oxford, England, to Officer Training School.

“I think it changed his life completely, seeing a side of life he didn’t know before,” Ms Coleman said.

He was a lieutenant by the time he returned to Melbourne in September 1919.

“Dad spoke little of his experiences, would just shake his head if asked,” Ms Coleman said.

“I remember him saying the most important thing was to try and find somewhere dry to sleep.

“Aunt Selena, his mother’s sister, was bed-ridden before Dad left for war, and when he visited her on his return she was still lying in bed in the same position.

“Apparently he just cried and cried and cried, which he hadn’t done during the war.

“To come back and the feeling of being through it all and nothing’s changed... it’s incredible, isn’t it?”

Ms Coleman said her dad settled back into farm life. He met and married Lillian Gardiner of Yannathan and moved to Dandenong, where he stared a transport business and was a captain in the Volunteer Defence Corps during WWII. Ray was elected to council unopposed in 1946 and remained there for the next 17 years, serving as shire president and as mayor.

“He was asked to become a councillor,” Ms Coleman said.

“He was involved in a lot of things. He was president of the RSL at one stage. He was a Rotarian and he was president of that. He was on the hospital board, he was on the high school board....

“I suppose they just thought he was alright. He must have had a few clues.”

He died on 11 August 1963 aged 70.

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INTERACTIVE signs will guide a World War I tour across Dandenong, Noble Park and Springvale.

The council will install a marker each month until Remembrance Day from the week after Anzac Day. Drum Theatre will be the first site and was where recruits enlisted. The boards will link with mobile phones to provide information.

Locations will include: The Dandenong Drill Hall, built in 1916 and used for compulsory military training; The Noble Park settlement, which housed returning soldiers; Dandenong Primary School, where students supported the war effort; Mechanics Institute Springvale, which opened in 1915 and hosted WWI fund-raisers; Dandenong Market will be used to commemorate the 8th and 58th Battalions, which eight Dandenong men served in; Red Cross Dandenong Branch, formed in 1914; Peace Memorial Bridge, Dandenong, constructed during WWI; and Dandenong High School, where Gallipoli veteran Percy Langford was the first principal.

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WE REMEMBER THEM 1915-2015 SPRINGVALE CEMETERY IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MORE BRAVE MEN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. CASEY NEILL TELLS THEIR HEROIC STORIES.

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IGHT Victoria Cross recipients have been laid to rest in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery – probably more than any other cemetery in Australia.

Historian and cultural heritage manager Dr Celestina Sagazio will guide a war heritage tour at the site and Springvale War Cemetery at noon on Anzac Day, 25 April.

It’s free to the public and will start at the Cross of Sacrifice in the cemetery, where more than 600 World War II service men and women are buried.

There are 98 WWII veterans buried in other plots throughout the main cemetery and 65 commemorated on the Springvale Crematorium’s walls.

The main cemetery is home to the remains of 48 WWI servicemen and women.

A Victoria Cross memorial there, unveiled in November 2013, incorporates the ashes of five recipients of the medal – William Dunstan, William Jackson, Lawrence McCarthy, James Rogers and William Ruthven.

Plaques exploring the lives and war stories of 33 Australian and six British VC recipients adorn the large stone monument.

Queen Victoria instituted the honour in 1856, the highest award for acts of bravery in wartime.

Corporal William Dunstan was a drapery store clerk in Ballarat when WWI broke out.

He earned the VC on 9 August

The Victoria Cross memorial at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Springvale War Cemetery.

1915 during one of the most famous assaults of the Gallipoli campaign, the Battle of Lone Pine.

Corporal Dunstan was defending a newly-captured trench when the Turks made a determined counterattack.

Bombs destroyed a sandbag barricade three times but Corporal Dunstan and his colleagues rebuilt it despite their serious injuries.

Private William Jackson was the youngest Australian awarded the

VC during WWI, at age 18. He enlisted under-age in rural New South Wales in early 1915 and earned the VC in Armentieres, France, on 25 June 1916.

His patrol came under intense fire while returning from a successful raid on German trenches.

Private Jackson got to safety but insisted on returning to recover wounded men from no man’s land.

His “right arm was blown off above the elbow” when a shell exploded close by, but he returned to the trenches for help and went back out to search for his comrades.

An orphan from Perth, Western Australia, Lieutenant Lawrence McCarthy on 23 August 1918 earned a VC during an attack near Madame Wood, France.

When German machine guns held up a nearby battalion, Lieutenant McCarthy dashed across the open, dropped into a disused trench and tunnelled through the block over which the enemy was firing.

He pushed his head and one arm

through and shot dead the two machine gunners, then crawled through the hole and by himself charged down the trench, throwing bombs and shooting Germans with his revolver.

He captured five machine guns and 50 prisoners and single-handedly killed 20 enemy soldiers.

Lieutenant James Rogers earned his VC in South Africa during the Boer War. In 1901 during an ambush by about 60 Boers, under heavy fire he on three separate occasions rescued soldiers who had lost their horses.

He suffered serious wounds in Gallipoli in 1916.

Second Lieutenant William Ruthven was a timber industry mechanic from Collingwood and his VC was awarded after he took control during an attack near Villesur-Ancre on 19 May 1918 after his commander was severely wounded.

To combat heavy enemy machine gun fire, he threw a bomb that landed beside the post, rushed the position, bayoneted one of the crew and captured the gun.

Second Lieutenant Ruthven then wounded two and captured six enemy men coming out of a shelter and reorganised his men. He spotted enemy soldiers nearby and armed only with a revolver went over the open ground alone and shot two men.

He then single-handedly mopped up this post and captured the whole enemy force of 32, and keeping them prisoner until assistance arrived to escort them back to Australian lines.

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OBERT Grieve is wearing a hospital blue armband on his left arm in this studio portrait taken in the UK in 1917, indicating he was wounded at the time.

Picture: Australian War MemorialMOST visitors to Springvale Botanical Cemetery would walk past Robert Cuthbert Grieve’s grave without a second glance.

But the World War I veteran was decorated with the highest award for gallantry – the Victoria Cross.

The warehouseman from Brighton, Victoria, embarked at Melbourne for the battlefields with the 37th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Persic A34 in June 1916.

His conspicuous gallantry during an attack at Messines, Belgium, on 7 June 1917 earned him the coveted medal.

He led his company to the enemy’s third line in the face of heavy artillery and machine gun fire.

After all his officers had been wounded and his company had suffered heavy casualties, he located two enemy machine guns.

Alone, he ran forward 50 yards in the open under constant fire and singlehandedly killed the machine gun crews.

The award citation said he then “with great coolness and ability” reorganised the remnants of his company and succeeded in capturing his objective.

“It was his action alone that enabled the advance to be continued and the objective reached,” the citation said.

“By his utter disregard for danger, his coolness under fire and his magnificent conduct he set a splendid example

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His coolness under fire and his magnificent conduct set a splendid example...

to his non-commissioned officers and men, and when he finally fell wounded the position was securely in our hands and the few remaining enemy were in flight.”

Grieve was repatriated to Australia in 1918 and died in Melbourne on 4 October 1957.

His family later donated his VC to his old school, Wesley College.

Ethel Richardson, as Mrs Attiwill was known during her war service.

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DECORATED World War I nurse is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

The final resting place for Mrs Attiwill – known during the war as Sister Ethel Tracey Richardson – blends in with the sea of graves surrounding it.

The nurse from Toorak embarked with the 1st Australian General Hospital on HMAT Kyarra A55 in Melbourne on 5 December 1914.

Mrs Attiwill served in Heliopolis in Egypt before returning to Australia in July 1915 as matron in charge aboard the Kyarra, the first ship returning home with wounded soldiers.

She re-embarked from Melbourne in August and served at the No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield, England, and Queen Mary’s Military Hospital in London before returning to Australia in April 1916.

She was appointed the first matron in chief at Melbourne’s Army Headquarters.

In July 1917 Mrs Attiwill was awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class in recognition of her wartime service.

She married Walter Edward Attiwill in 1921.

Below: Robert Grieve is wearing a hospital blue armband on his left arm in this studio portrait taken in the UK in 1917, indicating he was wounded at the time.

Picture: Australian War Memorial

Historian Celestina Sagazio at Robert Grieve’s grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. 136238

Ethel Attiwill’s grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

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That’s the spirit

By CASEY NEILL

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ACRIFICE, mateship and courage were the common themes at Anzac centenary commemorations held in Springvale and Noble Park yesterday (Sunday).

Wet weather forced both RSL subbranches to at the last minute move their 19 April services indoors.

“We’re just reorganising as the Anzacs did many, many years ago,” MC Michael Vaughan said as guests filed into the Springvale Town Hall.

The service started with a tribute to legendary Australian soldier Jack Simpson and his donkey.

Jared Fleming played the part of Jack Simpson in an original World War I uniform on loan from Springvale and District Historical Society.

He led rescued donkey Molly through the hall as primary and secondary school children from Springvale and surrounds shared the legendary tale.

They explained that Simpson had many failings as a soldier due to his undisciplined nature, but became an Anzac

legend for his dedication to his mates as a stretcher-bearer. He was shot three weeks after arriving in Gallipoli, trying to help a wounded soldier.

Jared served in the Australian Army and is the great-grandson of William ‘Bill’ Fleming, who founded Springvale RSL alongside his brothers Victor and Thomas.

Many audience members shed tears as Bill’s son Doug joined Vic’s daughter Dawn Charters and Tom’s son Trevor Fleming to lay a wreath during the service.

Dawn’s husband, RSL past president and WWII veteran Geoff Charters, read the first lesson.

Mr Vaughan said that a Fleming family member had served in the RSL every year since its inception 95 years ago.

Guest speaker Lieutenant Dowd from HMAS Cerberus told the audience that the Anzac landing at Gallipoli was the ill-conceived opening to a campaign intended to secure allied shipping access to the Black Sea. He said the soldiers committed them-

selves without hesitation, fought with great skill and audacity, and suffered a heavy defeat.

“Their true achievements were in their courage, determination, mateship and sacrifice,” he said.

Noble Park’s guest speaker, Jeff Jackson, said Anzac Day ceremonies were a permanent reminder that “our Anzacs thought this wonderful country of ours was worth dying for”.

“We gather not to glorify war,” he said.

“All we ask is the simple recognition of the sacrifice, commitment and unselfish devotion by those men and women who served so valiantly for their country and what they believed in, so much so that many knowingly went to their deaths.”

Dandenong RSL will hold a dawn service at 5.45am on Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April, at the Pillars of Freedom, corner Clow Street and Princes Highway, Dandenong. A march from Clow Street and Stud Road and a second service at the pillars will follow at 10.30am.

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Doug Fleming, Dawn Charters and Trevor Fleming lay wreaths for their fathers, founding members of the Springvale RSL.

Above: Rod Tharle speaks about the significance of the Anzac centenary at the Springvale service. 137842 Left: Jared Fleming in an original WWI uniform with Molly the donkey.

137842 Picture: CASEY NEILL Right: Victorian Re-Enactment Society’s Gary Baker and Colin Robinson in WWI uniforms at Noble Park. 137183 Picture: ROB CAREW

Brothers united on the battlefield William, Victor and Thomas Fleming

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HREE Fleming brothers left Springvale for the foreign battlefields of World War I. Unlike many who fought during the Great War, William Henry, Victor Lawrence and Thomas Stanley all returned home and in 1920 founded the Springvale RSL sub-branch.

They started with 50 members and initially held meetings at the Fleming family home.

The RSL is now in Osborne Avenue, includes the Fleming Lounge, and in May last year welcomed back Bill.

His cremated remains and those of his wife Ethel had been interred at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

When the tenure expired, their grandson Phil Cuthbert contacted the RSL, which jumped at the chance for

a garden memorial honouring its first president.

“I thought it would be nice for the family, but it turned out to be really important for the RSL as well,” he said.

“To them it was a real piece of history to have a founding member buried on their grounds.”

Bill’s son Doug hopes to find Vic and Tom’s remains to reunite the trio.

Bill was a gardener when he embarked with the 8th Battalion aboard HMAT A24 Benalla in Melbourne in October 1914.

His age is listed at 30 on embarkation rolls but his 3 February 1898 birthdate puts him at just 16.

Casualty records show he was admitted to hospital with a severe gunshot wound to his chest on 15 November 1916.

On 23 January 1917, shrapnel wounds to his chest again sent him hospital and he also received medical attention on 10 and 18 January 1918 for gas poisoning.

He returned to Australia on 15 April 1918 and had five children with Ethel.

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He was one of the lucky ones there, but he copped it in France...”

DOUG FLEMING

Doug said his father rarely spoke about the war.

“He told us a little bit about Gallipoli. He got wounded in France,” he said.

“He was with the 8th Battalion.

They lost a lot of their people when they first went there.

“He was one of the lucky ones there, but he copped it in France.

“He had a scar right down the middle of his chest.”

Vic was an 18-year-old gardener when he embarked from Melbourne aboard the HMAT Vestalia with the 8th

Light Horse Regiment on 18 January 1916.

He returned to Australia on 2 January 1919.

Vic married Nellie and moved to Osborne Avenue, Springvale, to work as a market gardener and raise four children.

He became well-known in the town and served on the school and scout committees.

During WWII Vic worked at Caulfield Repatriation Hospital as an orderly, later transferring to the garden staff.

He transferred to the Heidelberg

Repatriation Hospital when Caulfield closed.

In retirement he raised funds for armed forces personnel and was made a Springvale Football Club life member.

Tom signed up as a driver and embarked with the Field Artillery Brigade aboard HMAT Ascanius A11 on 11 May 1917.

After the war he helped to form the Springvale Fire Brigade where he served as captain for several years.

He and wife Constance had four children.

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COUNCILLOR NGELA LONG HAS STOOD IN TURKEY WHERE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS FELL 100 YEARS AGO. SHE TOOK PART IN THE ANZAC STUDY TOUR IN APRIL AND MAY 2013 WHILE SERVING AS GREATER DANDENONG MAYOR. HERE SHE RECOUNTS HER EXPERIENCE.

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N 2013, along with my husband Barry, I was fortunate to be able to do an Anzac Study Tour through Greece and Turkey with two other Victorian councillors, state MPs from Victoria and Western Australia, Federal MPs from South Australia and New South Wales, and members of the Lemnos/Gallipoli Commemorative Committee.

It was our second trip to Gallipoli. We also went in May 2007 as part of our round the world trip.

We started off in Lemnos, which is one of the Greek islands, where we went to Commonwealth War Cemeteries and memorial sites and laid wreaths during ceremonies at these sites. We also visited the site where the Australian tent hospital was, where soldiers that were injured at Gallipoli were taken to recover.

We then flew to Istanbul, Turkey, where we had a bus trip down to the ruins of Troy on 23 April and had to cross the Dardanelles.

On the way back we went to Gallipoli for a walk around.

We stayed in Canakkale, which is on the other side of the Dardanelles from Gallipoli.

On 24 April we assembled at a hotel where there were six buses waiting to take us, along with many other dignitaries, across the Dardanelles by ferry to Gallipoli. We attended four ceremonies there – an

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Barry and Angela Long with Wayne Smith from Casey council.

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international ceremony, two Turkish ones and a French one.

On Anzac Day the same six buses again crossed the Dardanelles to attend the Dawn Service at Anzac Cove.

After that we were escorted to a local hotel for breakfast then we attended the Australian service at Lone Pine and another one for New Zealand at its cemetery. After that

we did a bus tour though Greece, stopping at many significant memorial sites and attending some more services and laying wreaths.

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot about what our soldiers went through during the First World War. I encourage anyone who has the opportunity to do a tour like this to do so.

It was emotional to be over there and have the opportunity to attend nearly 14 Anzac services.

To be there is an experience you can’t really predict.

There were 26 cemeteries in Gallipoli, demonstrating the great loss experienced on both sides during the conflict.

You’re not only remembering your own but others.

DWARD James Regan was court-martialled three times during his World War I service – once after shooting himself in the foot.

He was given a soldier settlement in Nar Nar Goon when he returned from the battlefield, farmed potatoes – and was Councillor Angela Long’s grandfather.

“Three court-martials!” she exclaimed.

“I think he was trying to avoid going to the front.”

Private Regan was a 29-year-old cook from Coolarook when he signed up with the 13th Light Horse Regiment.

He embarked on HMAT Hororata A20 on 27 September 1915.

Six months later, on 15 March 1916, he was charged with “committing an offence against the property of the inhabitant of the country in which he is serving and “an act to the prejudice of good order and military discipline”. Private Regan faced further charges over a drunken incident on 14 June 1916 in which he broke plates outside a French cafe and military records also show he was disciplined after creating a disturbance outside an officers’ billet and being out after 9pm when not on duty.

He carelessly wounded himself in the foot “through negligently handling a rifle” in 1917 and also left hospital without a pass.

Cr Long said he was killed in a dray cart accident on his property in 1929.

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HE scars of the Great War run deep in many families as Dandenong RSL sub-branch president John Wells knows all too well.

Mr Wells’ grandmother lost two of her brothers in World War I. Their deaths left his great-grandmother demented by grief.

“Grandma’s mother went quite odd,” Mr Wells said.

“She got to the point that if she saw a policeman or a minister she would attack them, because twice they’d come to her door to say that she’d lost a son.”

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Uniform badge of honour Corporal Victor Smith

By CASEY NEILL

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HE World War I uniform in the Dandenong RSL foyer is more than just clothing.

It belonged to Corporal Victor Royston Smith, an 18-yearold labourer from Maldon, Victoria, who enlisted on 21 January 1915.

He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A40 Ceramic with the 4th Light Horse Regiment on 25 June 1915.

Dandenong Cranbourne RSL sub-branch president John Wells said Corporal Smith, then a private, landed at Gallipoli 1 October 1915.

He faced a court of inquiry on 23 October 1917 over injuries he sustained on 2 October.

Corporal Smith was admitted to the 43rd Stationary Hospital, Egypt, with a fractured tibia and fibula.

Evidence cleared him of any carelessness. Witnesses reported watch-

ing him trying to free a horse which had its foreleg entangled in its neck rope.

The horse threw itself and fell on Corporal Smith, breaking his leg.

He returned to Australia on 2 August 1919.

Relatives William and Marjorie Smith from Berwick found his uniform in a trunk during a clean-up and thought it too good to throw away.

They first offered it to Legacy, which suggested taking it to an RSL. “Of course we jumped at it,” Mr Wells said.

“It cost a lot but it’ll be there in another 100 years.

“Hopefully little kids will come in and say ‘Why’s that there?’ and think about it.”

He encouraged anyone with memorabilia to consider their local RSL. “No-one who’s alive today owns this stuff,” he said.

“It belongs to the country.”

JOHN WELLS

Right: Private Victor Royston Smith. Picture: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

Battlefield is still revealing its past

By CASEY NEILL

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RUSTED and battered piece of metal will take pride of place in the Dandenong RSL. Sub-branch president John Wells said a farmer recently dug it up in a French paddock where the Battle of Pozieres took place in July and August 1916.

“Some guy went over the top with that on his gun and he didn’t come back,” he said.

“In one sense it’s a rusted piece of metal but it means so much more.”

Mr Wells said Australia lost 3500 men on the night of the main attack of Pozieres.

“It was the worst conflict casualty situation we ever had,” he said.

“We were under constant artillery bombardment for a fortnight. It’s just

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Some guy went over the top with that on his gun and he didn’t come back...

mind shattering to endure.

“We held it and the Germans gave it up.

“For many people that was the beginning of the turn of the war. It was an incredibly courageous thing.”

The RSL donated $5000 towards a memorial at Pozieres.

“That’s a huge battlefield and Australians don’t even know about it,” he said.

“The mayor of Pozieres sent us

If she saw a policeman or a minister she would attack them, because twice they’d come to her door to say that she’d lost a son...

JOHN WELLS that bayonet as a thankyou.

“It has a particular resonance with me because I had a great uncle, who I never met. He disappeared on the battlefield.

“His body was never recovered.

There were a lot of bodies not recovered.

“When you’re in deep mud with artillery the body gets obliterated fairly quickly.”

Dandenong RSL president John Wells with the WWI bayonet.

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Joseph Stanley Saxon, Mr Wells’ great uncle, was one of four brothers from Euroa who served in WWI. Joseph was 18 when he embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A35 Berrima with the 22nd Battalion on 28 June 1915.

He was killed in action at Pozieres on 4 August 1915 and has no known grave.

His brother Bertie Henry Saxon enlisted aged 24 on 10 May 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916 with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.

He was wounded in Tincourt, France, and died of his injuries on 6 October 1918, aged 27.

Thomas Abraham Saxon and Frederick William Saxon returned home safely. As did Mr Wells’s uncle on his grandfather’s side, with whom he shared his name but affectionately called Uncle Jack.

The printer from Brisbane, Queensland, was 35 when he embarked aboard HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916.

“He got shot twice and he got gassed twice.

He got locked up for four days because he broke into a hotel and stole alcohol.

“He got charged with breaking into it and breaking out of it. I think that’s a bit rough, it’s really one crime!

“He was so shell-shocked that if we went rabbit shooting on the farm at Longwarry he would go inside and all the doors in the house had to be shut so he couldn’t hear the guns.

“He had a bad war.”

And then there’s James Carlyle Wells Affleck.

“I’m John Carlyle Wells, and the eldest male in my family is either James Carlyle or John Carlyle, right down to my grandchildren,” he said.

“I’ve never heard the name Affleck, but he comes from Woodend, where the family was, he was a Presbyterian which we were.

“There’s definitely a family connection.

“A lot of people who went to the war appended a different surname so that their parents didn’t know they’d enlisted or their wives didn’t know, or a girlfriend they were getting away from didn’t know, or their debtor didn’t know.

“I’m going to find this James Carlyle Wells Affleck.”

– By CASEY NEILL

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In the thick of the fighting Private William Holford

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ILLIAM HOLFORD was among the fortunate Anzacs who lived to watch the grisly Gallipoli Peninsula fade into the distance as the British forces and their allies stole away in December 1915.

Private Holford, who was known by his middle name George, worked at the Journal as a printer before enlisting.

He spent five weeks in the wretched Gallipoli trenches.

His unit, the 14th Battalion, 8th Reinforcements, was the second last to leave. William was among the final 20,000 Anzacs who left the peninsula on the nights of 18-19 and 19-20 December.

The young Springvale printer enlisted on 17 June 1915 and embarked for Egypt on 15 September 1915.

That November a letter he had written from far-off Egypt arrived at the Springvale home of his parents, William and Mary Jane Holford.

In it Private Holford vividly described his impressions of Egypt.

“Just a few lines to say we arrived here a couple of days ago, and we are all in the best of health,“ he wrote.

“We are only about three or four miles away from Cairo. It’s fairly warm over here, just about as warm as a summer a day in Victoria.

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“We disembarked at Suez, and had a train journey of 160 miles to here, and we did see some fine scenery on the way, too.

“From about 10 miles out of Suez, right up to Cairo there is nothing but crops of cotton, Egyptian maize, tomatoes, fruit, and dozens of other kinds of crops that we didn’t know the name of.

“There were date palms, too, with the dates just about ripe on them. My word, it did make our mouth water, I can tell you.

“The native men are lazy beggars they just sit on the donkey, and do nothing, while the women walk behind and carry big loads on their heads.

“Sometimes we saw camels with great packs of cotton carting it to the railway stations.

“The natives are a funny lot, and dirty with it. Some of the gardens we saw were better than anything you could see in Australia but were spoilt by the dirty little mud houses.

“We could see all kinds of rubbish lying about them.

“We went into Cairo yesterday. It was Saturday, and we had a holiday, and before we had got a quarter of a mile out of the camp the native kids were round us wanting to clean our boots, and they would follow us till

they were satisfied.

“We would just get rid of these when up would come another with some canes.

“They are the great pests, and will take you down as quick as anything if they get the chance.

“The town of Cairo is not much to look at in places; I reckon it is the dirtiest hole on earth.

“You can generally tell when you are coming to the worst part of it; you can smell it yards off.

“But it has one point, and that is, anyone can get a good feed.

“We are just going to start on a trip to the Pyramids.”

After suriving the Gallipoli campaign, Private Holford was transferred to the Western Front “right up in the thick of the fighting, with a few very exciting times and narrow escapes”.

“It would not take much of that sort of war to break the best men’s nerves.”

On 12 October 1916 another letter arrived at the family home.

Private Holford informed his parents that he had been injured on 14 August when he “stepped on a “piece of Fritz’s shrapnel” in France.

“It went right through the leg, just

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behind the calf, ankle and made a fair hole, too. I had the X-rays on it in France.

“They must have found something in it, for I had to go under chloroform.

It is improving slowly,“ he wrote.

William Holford survived the war and returned to Australia on 17 March 1917. He died at Springvale in 1964 aged 68.

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Farmer’s blood soaks Brother and sister into foreign field’s soil at the front Lance Corporal William Erander Carpenter and Sister Mary Campbell Carpenter

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SISTER followed her brother into wartime duty soon after he was wounded on a French battlefield during World War I. Siblings William Erander Carpenter and Mary Campbell Carpenter both hailed from a Hemmings Street farm in Dandenong.

William enlisted as a 36-year-old farmer in March 1915, joining the AIF’s 5th Battalion.

He was admitted to hospital a week after joining the 46th Battalion in Egypt on 31 March 1916.

Discharged for duty in May, the lance-corporal suffered a gunshot wound to the right forearm and thigh in France on 1 September 1916.

He convalesced several months in hospitals in England then returned to Australia on the hospital ship Karoola the following year.

Three months after her brother was wounded, Mary enlisted as a nurse.

She served two years, earning promotion to Sister after shifting between several Indian hospitals.

Her service history shows she worked tirelessly but for being admitted to hospital for an unstated illness over six weeks in late 1917.

Mary returned on the ship Themistocles in early 1919. She re-settled in Dandenong, marrying Frederick Hipwell.

She died at her home Almora on Frankston Road, Dandenong, in 1947.

From his service history, it’s unclear what happened to William. In 1967, William’s lawyer requested a Commemmoration Medal on behalf of his client, who was ailing in hospital at the time.

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Private Eric Martin

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F YOUNG Keysborough farmer Eric Martin had time to take any comfort in the moments before his death from wounds sustained on the blood soaked shores of Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, it was that he was not alone.

Accompanying Eric on his journey to his final resting place had been a band of other keen young lads who had also grown up in and around Dandenong.

The son of William Henry Martin of Bend Road, Keysborough, Eric Douglas Martin was well-known in the district through his work at the Dandenong Post Office.

He joined the postal service at 16 as a telegraph messenger and was later promoted to the position of letter carrier at Malvern Post Post office.

In 1912 Eric resigned from the postal service to join his father on the family’s Keysborough farm.

When war was declared on 4 August Eric, even though he was not yet 21, was among the first to volunteer for the 8th Battalion.

The infantry battalion was raised from rural Victoria by Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton within a fortnight of the declaration of war and embarked just two months later.

Also swept up into the ranks of the 8th Battalion were well-known Dandenong footballers, brothers Allan and Thomas Couve, former Journal printer Harold Tulloch and John Pearson, a 24-year-old grocer from Keysborough.

The boys arrived in Egypt on 2 December 1914.

In a letter written on 13 January 1915, Corporal Tulloch described their camp at Mena, Egypt.

“We have nearly completed our training here and are expecting to be at the Turks on the Suez Canal shortly.

“Tomorrow we go for a long march in full war equipment.

“In another few days we are going to practice an attack under artillery fire.

“The guns will be stationed on a hill in the rear, and firing ball cartridges, we will advance to the attack on trenches lined with dummy men.

“The artillery meanwhile will be pouring in a hot fire, with shells and shrapnel over our heads.

“They will continue firing till it is impossible to fire without injuring us.

“We will conclude the game with a bayonet charge into and over the trenches.

“We had a Merry Xmas on stew, dry bread and sand.“ Three months later on 5 April 1915 all five men embarked from Alexandria for the Gallipoli campaign.

Only two would survive.

In a letter to his parents Private Pearson described the horror and confusion of the Anzac landing.

“We landed about 7.30am on the 25th April and went straight up the hill, over that, down a deep valley,

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The bullets were humming around us like bees, and the shells were bursting everywhere...

PRIVATE JOHN PEARSON

and halfway up another hill, always making straight for the Turks.

“The bullets and shells were landing about us all the time.

“Here we took our packs off, and left them with one man in charge.

“The word came down that reinforcements were needed in front and we doubled up over the brow of the hill with Lieutenant Couve leading.

“My word the fire was hot, the bullets were humming around us like bees, and the shells were bursting everywhere.

“I got separated from our platoon in going over some rough ground, but kept on going forward with some to the 9th Battalion chaps.

“There were no officers to be seen by this time, as they were nearly all wounded, so we could just keep on going as far as we could.

“We got three guns from the Turks (Pom Poms), but we could not advance any further, as the fire was too heavy.

“It was about one PM that I got hit, and laid there for a while, as the shock nearly stunned me, and then I rolled over and started to crawl back.

“Men were dropping everywhere, and I was expecting to get another any minute but I didn’t.

“I crawled down a deep gully then, using my rifle as a crutch I started for the beach; I went a good way and found our doctor and some AMCs (Army Medical Corps); they patched me up, and another chap helped me down to the boats.

“After waiting for a while, we got sent aboard the ship, and arrived here in Alexandria on the Friday about 1pm.

“There are only three out of our tent that I don’t know anything about - Eric Martin and two new chaps - but, you know, they may have been wounded and sent on another boat, or they may be all right and with the company.

“All the rest are wounded, that is out of our tent barring one - and he is at rest, poor chap.

“I now see that Private Eric Martin’s name has, unfortunately, been included among the list of those killed in action.

“The stretcher bearers could not get up near the firing line at all, as half of them were wounded also.

“Any of the wounded that could not get back before our fellows retired back to the hill were murdered by the Turks.

Eric Martin's death bought the war home to Dandenong.

The Benalla took the soldiers to Egypt en route to Gallipoli.

“The place where we landed goes by the name of Sadd-el-Bhair, so if you have a map you will be able to see it for yourself.“ George Pearson was medically discharged and returned to Australia on 3 September 1915.

On 6 May 1915 the Journal carried news of Private Martin’s death.

The newspaper somberly declared that “war was brought right home to residents of this town” with news of Private Martin’s death.

He was described as having a “generous disposition“ and had “a large circle of friends in this neighbourhood“.

Martin was buried at Victoria Gully about 1000 yards south east of Anzac Cove.

His body was later exhumed and he was reburied at the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli.

– Chris Keys is president of the Dandenong and District Historical Society

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Boys booted up to serve

Henry and Alan Couve

By JARROD POTTER

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ROTHERS in arms until the very end, a well-loved and greatly-mourned Dandenong Football Club tandem gave their lives in the service of our nation 100 years ago.

Henry “Tom” Couve, 24, and Alan “Dutchy” Couve, 21, were inseparable - whether on the football field or the battlefield - and side by side the two popular Dandenong footballers marched up the beaches and towards the cliffs of Gallipoli as part of the 8th Infantry Battalion.

Born to Joson Couve, a pharmacist who emigrated from Mauritius, and Minian “Minnie” Couve (nee Ladson), the brothers excelled at whatever they tried.

They were brought up in the town pharmacy, on Robinson Street, and while Dutchy followed the family trade, Tom became a civil servant.

Football was the great unifying passion for the brothers and they joined up with Dandenong and had an immediate impact.

Tom loved the Redlegs - standing as an honorary secretary for the club as well as a league delegate - and featured in the 1912 premiership alongside his brother.

The duo celebrated their 1912 Berwick District Football Association victory - with the Redlegs winning 3.10 (28) over Pakenham 4.3 (27). Dutchy was the main driver of the Redlegs’ success that day - as the wily forward booted all three of Dandenong’s goals to bring home the cup.

Tom played longer than Dutchy, finishing up in the 1914 grand final loss to Pakenham, with his last match only a month before the pair set off across the seas to Africa and beyond.

They embarked in October 1914, leaving on the HMAT Benalla to head towards Albany and onwards to Egypt - and the two lads were left to wonder what was going on back in Dandenong, especially with their beloved Redlegs.

Hard-working go-getters, the brothers rose through the ranks in the army as Alan became a lieutenant and Tom a second lieutenant.

Their campaigns at Gallipoli were sadly cut extremely short, with Dutchy falling on 26 April and Tommy succumbing less than two weeks later.

Their legacy lives on through a series of photographs highlighting their involvement in the Expeditionary Forces - which still exist as part of the Australian War Memorial collection and the community mourning the loss of their young champions.

From the outpouring of grief printed in papers across the Dandenong region, it seemed as if the entire community wept for their passing - their lads, taken far too soon and robbed of their futures.

On 20 May 1915 The Journal reported: “A. (Alan) C. Couve was the second son of Mr Joson Couve chemist of Dandenong and was 21 years of age.

“On Tuesday morning widespread regret was expressed when it became known that Lt Couve had succumbed to the wounds received whilst fighting with the 8th Battalion at the Dardanelles, and many messages of condolence have been received by the sorrowing relatives.

“The flag on the Town Hall was at half mast, in honour of the local volunteer and mourning was displayed outside the business premises in Lonsdale St.” A later report described the grief felt by the congregation at St James Church.

“Last Sunday very impressive intercessory services were held in St. James Church of England, Dandenong. The

sad news of Lt Couve’s death cast a shadow over the whole congregation, in fact the whole township.”

Even the Dandenong Shire Council felt the burden of bereavement with the Couves’ deaths starting calls for the council to create a Dandenong Roll of Honour, which to this day remains in the Drum Theatre.

“At the Dandenong Shire Council meeting on Monday, the president (Cr Rain) said that before proceeding with the business of the council, he regretted to state that a second son of Mr Couve of Dandenong had been killed in action, while fighting for the Empire at the Dardanelles,” the report said.

“It was hard indeed for Mr (Joson) Couve to have lost both his sons, and he would also move that a letter of condolence be sent from the council.

Every councillor present spoke in support of the motion.

“The president directed the secretary to ‘forward letters of condolence to the relatives of those who had been killed in action, and intimated that notice of motion would be given in regard to obtaining a Roll of Honour for the municipality’.”

The final word about the well-loved Couve brothers was left to family friend Jack Walker, who published in the South Bourke and Mornington Post a sad edict on 21 October 1915 edition to inform the wider Dandenong community about their passing.

“Lastly, and with great reluctance, I refer to the sad loss sustained by Mr and Mrs Couve, and by many Dandenong friends, by the death of Tommy and Dutchy Couve,” Walker’s letter read.

“I can add a little to what has been said about them by telling you that from my own personal knowledge they were greatly admired by all ranks.

“Again and again I have talked over their short life in the AIF, with men who were under them, men who were above them and their equals in rank in the forces, and all have the same good things to tell me about them.”

Tom’s final resting place remains unknown, but he is honoured on the Helles Memorial, a magnificent obelisk at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, while his brother Alan is buried at the Beach Cemetery.

- With Dandenong and District Historical Society president Chris Keys

Frontline football

By JARROD POTTER

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T TOOK five years for Dandenong Football Club to get a second chance at a premiership.

The club had suffered a fourpoint defeat in its final match before the Great War, as at least seven players from the side packed up and went abroad to serve their fledgling nation.

Pakenham claimed the trophy on that fateful day in 1914 - which for a number of Dandenong players would be their last foray in football.

Tom Couve, Eric Keys, John Walker, James Kennedy, F. Turner, A. Wilson and Rupert Rodd featured in Dandenong’s last match before the Great War. A damning summary of the 1914 premiership loss described Dandenong’s defeat in blunt terms: “primarily their failure is due to the want of cohesion; the spirit was not there.”

Spirit and cohesion had to become the national endeavour throughout the conflict, as everyone had to band together through the years in recess as Australian men in their droves went to war.

Couve - and his brother Alan - and Walker would not return from the front as the rest of Dandenong tried to cope with their passing while hoping the war would end swiftly.

That would take four long years but once the atrocities ended - the guns falling silent for the first time in half a decade - everyone felt the need to return to the way things were.

Wearing the next proudest item to an Australian army uniform - the red and blue of Dandenong’s jumper - the boys were hungry to return to the football field.

“Your committee, during the season in accordance, with other clubs in the competition decided to abandon all football during the war,” Dandenong Football Club’s 1919 secretary’s report read.

“Members were taking on the more serious part in fighting for the Empire, and you all know what splendid part members of the Dandenong club have taken in this Great War. “Many have paid the supreme sacrifice, and to the relatives of same we should tender our sincerest sympathy.”

Returning to the field - after participating in “the greater game” of war as some reports of the time dubbed it - some things remained.

The club colours stayed the same red and blue, while the club joined the Berwick District Association.

But the game above all was there waiting for its best and brightest to come home and after the atrocities of a devastating war abroad, light-hearted enjoyment and competition were desperately needed to soothe frayed spirits around the region.

Springvale had beaten the Dandy boys in the first final, but Dandenong responded with its right to challenge for the premiership. It was safe to say the charter train from Clayton to Pakenham was a fiery affair for Springvale and Dandenong players and supporters alike.

Dandenong had to play without its star foursome - Noble, Wilson, Vendy and Pearson - the latter having been ordered to bed as Jas Sleith, Vines, Blaine and Rupert Rodd were called into the side.

Rodd was notable among the brought in players, having only arrived home on 3 July, only a week after the

Dandenong Football Club’s narrowly beaten 1914 grand final team had the last laugh as it resumed strongly after the war to win the 1919 premiership.

Picture: Dandenong and District Historical Society signing of the Treaty of Versailles, following his service with the Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 33 as a gunner.

Kennedy’s record also speaks volumes with the lieutenant serving in Egypt, Gallipoli and finally the Western Front in an arduous campaign that lasted until May 1919 when he was discharged.

Dandenong’s captain Harry Anderson - who also led the side in its 1914 grand final defeat - won the loss and kicked towards the Pakenham dressing rooms.

It took a while for the sides to get

into the clash as Dandenong had to wait until the second quarter to kick ahead via F. Turner.

Newsome made it two quick majors for Dandenong before William Holford - a returned veteran who served with the 14th Battalion - kicked Springvale’s first, followed quickly by Paterson’s long-running effort.

Dandenong led at the final change, three goals to Springvale’s two - following what would be the pivotal goal from Bell - and the army effort for the final goal came as Rodd marked and passed to Leeson, who “kicked a goal and thus Dandenong ran out winners by 20 points.”

Other Dandenong players who served but did not feature in the 1919 premiership side were Tulloch and the seriously wounded Alex Kelley.

Springvale’s Paterson, McPharland and Holford all served the country proudly and featured in the grand final defeat.

The Journal noted “the extra fine work was done by Anderson, Newsome, A. and F. Turner, Swords, Merritt, Rodd, Bell, M. McQuade and Eric Keys” in a fitting way to cap off the return to civilian life and most importantly ... the return to football for many of these men.

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Room to improve

By JARROD POTTER THAT’S Noble Park coach Mick Fogarty belief, as he thinks his side can find another gear on top of an already scintillating 22-goal performance against Rowville.

Everyone anticipated a tightly fought contest after Noble Park could only muster a 10-point advantage in a rough-andtumble first term.

But the cogs started turning for the Bulls through the second - opening the floodgates to boot seven goals on the back of forward pressure from Ziggie Alwan and the returning Brett Dore.

Another seven-goal term in the third iced the match as the likes of Shayne Allan (three goals) and Alwan (two goals) started to get dangerous in the forward-50.

The midfield seared off any Hawks’ tag and pushed through to set up 31 scoring shots.

The last quarter - despite kicking six goals - was not as emphatic from Noble Park, as fatigue caused careless passing and lacklustre disposals became commonplace.

“I don’t think we were at our best today (Saturday) - I really don’t,” Fogarty said.

“I think we fumbled a bit and you can credit that to Rowville’s pressure around the footy.

“The scoreboard probably flatters us

a bit today - they had a lot of shots on goal and missed a lot of easy ones.”

Booting a magnificent seven, Kyle Martin showed he is a greater-than-expected force to be reckoned with in Eastern this season.

He had the ball on a string no matter where he went, forward or midfield, as the former Collingwood AFL footballer made it perfectly clear that he’s not here to take a step back from his elite standard on the footy oval.

While not as clearly hitting up the scoreboard, Jackson Sketcher and Jarryd Plymin impressed across half-back and set up a lot of the Bulls’ forward forays.

“Plymmo has been great - had two really great games - lost a bit of weight, he’s a lot leaner and gets out of stoppages and is using the ball well now,” Fogarty said.

“Sketch was a little bit quiet last week, but today he showed his ability and class and how good of a player he can be.”

With the boys from the Local Footy Show filming the impressive Noble Park rampage for this week’s match, be sure to flick across to Ch.31 on Friday from 7pm or Saturday morning at 9am for the replay.

In the match-of-the-season so far, EFL ladder-leading Noble Park heads to Norwood to face the reigning premiers on ANZAC Day - a challenge Fogarty

and his charges crave.

“We look forward to it,” Fogarty said.

“We love playing against the top sides and love playing against anyone, but Norwood on ANZAC Day will be special, especially as they haven’t won a game yet so they’ll be up and about.”

In other Bulls news, Ziggy Alwan and Shayne Allan have been selected in the extended Vic Metro Senior Squad ahead of its representative clash with AFL Queensland on 7 June.

Above: Just through the fingertips as the footy eludes Bulls’ forward Shayne Allan... if only momentarily. 137838 Pictures: JARROD POTTER Left: Kyle Martin was unstoppable as he booted a careerhigh seven goals in Noble Park’s 72-point win. 137838

SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Round 2

Demons turn bystander

By JARROD POTTER SLUGGISHNESS proved lethal for Springvale Districts’ cause in its 36-point home-ground defeat against Oakleigh District.

After a power-packed start - with livewire midfielder Sojitha Jayasinghe (two goals) hitting the scoreboard with a beautiful snap from the boundary - the Demons had to watch on as the visitors slotted five unanswered goals to end the term 28-points ahead. While the Newcomen Road brigade rallied to claw its way back, Oakleigh District had all the answers and fended off the home side to finish 11.15 (81) to 6.9 (45).

The likes of Rob Johnston, Jackson Bolch, evergreen defender Justin Doust and Ben Stacey (three goals) led the Demons’ best.

Springvale Districts is away to Heatherton on Saturday.

Keysborough stormed its way to second on the SFL Division-2 ladder with a comprehensive 74-point belting of Murrumbeena. Tyson

King (six goals) excelled from the forward-arc and is relishing the new standard after switching from Casey Cardinia last year. Also starring were Geoff Humphreys, Scott Chamberlain and Will Gayfer. Keysborough hosts Hampton this weekend in a battle between second and third.

SFL -DIVISION 3 LYNDALE ran away with the points against Southern Dragons, booting five goals in the last term to seal a 10.20 (80) to 8.12 (60) victory. Wayward kicking almost cost the Pumas - as the visitors conceded 15 behinds to three-quarter-time to be level with the much more accurate Dragons.

The kicking boots finally arrived for the Halton Road men as Mohammad Babar and Jared Henshew (three goals each) found the bigger uprights when it mattered most.

Sticking fat to last year’s sideto-beat Carrum Patterson Lakes, Sandown Cobras composed an admirable effort - despite conceding six-goals in the opening term. The Cobras rallied through Mitch Uaon-

go and Ciaran O’Shaughnessy (two goals each) while Luke Newton and Luke Williams also impressed.

Dandenong was brushed aside

by Black Rock in a 138-point demolition.

VAFA - Round 2 DESPITE a hiccup after half-time, St John’s steadied to compose a heavenly 15.12 (102) to 10.11 (71) win against the Northern Blues.

The visitors stormed back into the clash after the main break, booting four goals to get within one major at the last change.

JOC’s coach Ben McGee implored his players to return to their best and attack the Blues where it hurts most - the scoreboard.

Finding its way once more, St John’s made sure everyone in Division 2 has them pegged as a contender as the Dandy boys booted six goals in the final term to run out 31-point victors.

Tim Edwards (six goals), Aaron Thornton (four goals), Glenn Costas

Peter Heng gets some good air for Springvale Districts. 137836 Picture: JARROD POTTER and Matthew Nicholson were the standout JOCs. Masala was not as fortunate in its Round-2 clash, downed by Division-4 powerhouse Canterbury, losing by 63 points. A shocking conversion rate failed the Tigers in their cause with Masala booting six goals to its whopping 12 behinds. Sam Freeman (three goals) was one to find the middle of the goals while Ben Nugent and Matt Decarne were best afield. Masala has a bye this weekend.

DANDENONG SCOREBOARD EASTERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Division 1 - Round 2 NOBLE PARK 2.1 9.5 16.7 22.9 (141) ROWVILLE 0.3 3.5 6.9 9.15 (69) Noble Park Goals: K. Martin 7, S. Allan 3, Z. Alwan 2, T. Harper 2, A. Erbulut 2, J. Sketcher 2, L. Cody 2, S. Valenti, K. Kean. Best: K. Martin, J. Sketcher, S. Monaghan, G. Manson, S. Valenti, J. Plymin.

VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Division 2/4 - Round 2 ST JOHN’S 4.4 8.6 9.7 15.12 (102) NORTHERN 1.1 4.3 8.7 10.11 (71) St John’s Goals: T. Edwards 6, A. Thornton 4, C. Strobel 2, A. Brannan, M. Nicholson, G. Costas. Best: G. Costas, T. Edwards, M. Nicholson, D. Webb, D. Abou-Karroum, G. Ennis.

CANTEBURY 2.5 4.9 9.13 16.15 (111) MASALA 1.2 2.5 4.7 6.12 (48) Masala Goals: S. Freeman 3, F. Alidad 2, M. Decarne.

Best: B. Nugent, M. Decarne, D. Crkvenac, P. Herbert, S. Daw, J. Toikalkin.

SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Division 2/3 - Round 2 SPRINGVALE DISTS 1.0 2.5 4.7 6.9 (45) OAKLEIGH DISTRICT 5.4 6.5 9.11 11.15 (81) Springvale Goals: B. Stacey 3, S. Jayasinghe 2, L. Morrey.

Best: R. Johnston, J. Bolch, J. Doust, P. Heng, L. Morrey, M. Pay. KEYSBOROUGH 0.1 6.10 13.12 16.13 (109) MURRUMBEENA 4.0 4.0 5.3 5.5 (35) Keysborough Goals: T. King 6, J. Scata 2, R. Minney 2, G. Humphreys 2, M. Collett, J. Dunn, L. Damato, B. Sutton.

Best: T. King, G. Humphreys, S. Chamberlain, W. Gayfer, C. Dalton, R. Minney.

SOUTHERN DRAGONS 3.4 5.5 6.9 8.12 (60) LYNDALE 1.5 2.9 5.15 10.20 (80) Lyndale Goals: M. Babar 3, J. Henshaw 3, A. Bertucci, V. Rexha, T. Clappers, P. Ross. Best: A. Kerr, D. Tormey, B. Tosh, A. Bertucci, J. Henshaw, D. Wilsnach.

CARR/PATT. LAKES 6.0 9.2 12.8 12.10 (82) SANDOWN 1.3 3.6 5.8 9.12 (66) Sandown Goals: M. Uaongo 2, C. O’Shaughnessy 2, O. Uaongo 2, B. Reiner, N. Bye, L. Newton. Best: M. McGovern, O. Uaongo, L. Newton, J. McDonald, C. O’Shaughnessy, L. Williams.

DANDENONG 2.0 3.3 4.3 5.4 (34) BLACK ROCK 5.7 9.8 18.11 26.16 (172) Dandenong Goals: P. Henderson 2, N. Osler, R. Hall, J. Farrugia. Best: n/a.

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By JARROD POTTER NOTCHING their first century of the season, the Dandenong Rangers emphatically brushed aside Canberra Capitals Academy in a 104-74 Saturday night SEABL triumph.

Quick out of the blocks, Dandenong rattled off 32 points in the first term to send the immediate message to the Capitals’ Academy.

Despite a third-term lull - as Canberra revived its chances posting a 26-16 advantage - the Rangers finished as strongly as they started to cap off the 30-point demolition.

The guard brigade excelled on Saturday night, led by Amelia Todhunter (28 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals) - in one of her finest performances in the Rangers’ colours.

Clare Papavs (17 points, 10 rebounds) also snared a doubledouble while Aimie Clydesdale (16 points) and Rachel Antoniadou (10

points) ensured all the fun was had from the Rangers’ back-court.

Sitting pretty in SEABL East Conference’s first place, Dandenong now has a double-header its traditional ANZAC Day match against Frankston from 6pm Saturday before hosting Nunawading on Sunday from 12pm.

Beaten by a whisker were the Dandenong men, downed 86-88 by the faster finishing and aptly named Canberra Gunners.

The Gunners fired off a lastquarter rampage, hitting 31 points to chase down an 11-point final term margin the Rangers accrued on the back of hard work from Daequon Montreal (26 points) and Chris Patton (19 points, 8 rebounds).

Canberra long-ranger shooters sealed the game as the visitors nailed 17 threes, as Luke Jamieson (four-of-five 3 pointers) and Daniel Joyce (four-of-10 3 pointers) rattled off the match-winning shots.

South Springvale striker Dionysios Liosatos, pictured playing Western Suburbs, was the miracle-maker on Wednesday night with two late, match-winning goals. 135681 Picture: JARROD POTTER

Amelia Todhunter was unstoppable for Dandenong, even making shots while going to ground in the Rangers’ Picture: JARROD POTTER 30-point victory. 137839

Can you hear the drum Fernando?

By MICHAEL FLOYD FERNANDO Bale is the best greyhound in the country.

That was the verdict following the striking white and brindle’s comprehensive victory at Sandown Park last night.

For the 15th time in 19 starts, Fernando Bale was sent to the boxes as the race favourite and soon showed the traits that have the greyhound racing world abuzz.

Jumping cleanly from box six, Fernando Bale crossed Sisco Rage to lead through the first turn, then accelerated away from the field, running to within a length of the second split record before powering to the line and stopping the clock at 29.10 - the fastest time at the View Road circuit in 2015.

“He’s probably the best race dog I’ve ever had,” kennel representative George Dailly said.

“It’s quite amazing really, he’s got that speed early and strength at the end.

“It’s a wonderful combina-

tion, you don’t get them like that very often.”

The Dailly kennel is no strangers to fast dogs. In recent years, the Daillys have prepared Group-1 winners Dyna Tron, Allen Deed, Ollie Bale, Spud Regis, Grigorieva Bale and Dyna Lachlan, as well Sandown track record holder Bekim Bale and litter brother and former Meadows track record holder Heston Bale.

“A lot of dogs are one dimensional - they can lead or they come from behind - but he (Fernando Bale) can do both,” Dailly said.

“In his heat of the Golden Easter Egg I thought he was gone, next thing you know he’s five lengths in front… he’s a very good chaser.”

Ominously, at just 25 months of age Fernando Bale - form and fitness permitting - could have another 12 months (or more) of top class racing in front of him.

He already has two Group-1 titles to his name and with last night’s win, he passed $400,000 in prize money - moving to 35th position on the all-time Austra-

Fernando Bale flies to the post to record one of the best course times in Sandown history. 137841 Picture: SUPPLIED lian prize money list.

While owner Paul Wheeler flirted with the idea of retiring the speedster to stud following his Golden Easter Egg triumph, Fernando Bale’s next assignment will be the rich Sandown Autumn Carnival with almost $150,000 up for grabs for the sprinters.

The Sandown Autumn Carnival kicks off on Thursday 30 April and culminates with the RSN Sandown Cup on Thursday 21 May. The four weeks of outstanding greyhound racing carries more than $800,000 in prize money across eight black type races.

Dionysios the saviour

By JARROD POTTER IT LOOKS like all Dandenong-area FFA Cup hopes will once again rest with South Springvale as Aris advanced in a 2-1 win over Box Hill United.

The early going was all with the Mustangs as Frank Cafara’s header found the back of the net in the 32nd minute.

Box Hill would dictate the tempo all the way to the final few minutes - which as everyone knows, is when Aris shines brightest.

Dionysios Liosatos was a man on a mission Wednesday night, as he bedazzled the home crowd with two spectacular late goals.

He found his first in the 80th minute to level the ledger before he became Warner Reserve’s most-loved man as he pierced the defence once again to put South Springvale into the final 16.

Two wins now separate Aris from a return to the FFA Cup National Round of 32 as it faces NPL side North Geelong Warriors on the weekend of Sunday 7 June.

Springvale White Eagles failed to stop Preston Lions roaring past in a 0-3 FFA Cup Victorian qualifiers’ loss.

In NPL results, Dandenong Thunder could not keep up the tempo against Avondale Heights, slumping to its sixth loss of the season with a 2-3 defeat. Oleksiy Khrapko beguiled the Thunder defence to slot a hattrick, while the best performers for Dandenong were Yusuf Ahmed and Alan Mulcahy, slotting one apiece.

Dandenong will now host Green Gully on ANZAC Day evening from 7pm.

Springvale White Eagles drew 1-1 with Sunshine George Cross while Dandenong City was easily bested 0-3 by Ballarat Red Devils in NPL1 East.

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