20 April 2015
A Star News Group Publication
Covering Endeavour Hills, Doveton & Hallam
Dandy boys faced up to dirty work...
Our heroes H
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. 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
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. Lest we forget.
FREE
( Westpac July 2012)
1179256-EG15-15
Phone our Berwick Home Office
9702 2595
* general advice only
E kelvin@safesuperhomes.com.au www.safesuperhomes.com.au
TA EN L
U
AR
AN
1163730-EG46-14
Don’t let your retirement money disappear in the risky share market. Make your dreams come true, with our tailored advice & investment options
518 Princes Highway, Berwick (15 minutes from Dandenong) 1300 622 826, www.mbberwick.com.au LMCT 578
EE
“ At age 70, only 1 in 5 Aussies will have any Super Left. ”
On Custom Made Blinds
Mercedes-Benz Berwick
G
SAFE SUPER HOMES
Open 6 Days
Mercedes-Benz
T
Shop 6 Victor cres Narre Warren 3805
E-Mail sales@impactblinds.com.au Web Site www.impactblinds.com.au Melway Ref 110 E5
97056366
The Mercedes-Benz Vito Runout is now on.
R
Ph
Vito Runout now on. 1167459-KC50-14
1160897-KM44-14
Blinds & Curtains