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Issue #278 – Wednesday, 22 April, 2015
Albury Wodonga’s largest circulating newspaper
Border’s war T
HEY were graziers, clerks, buttermakers, men of the railway, or some barely men at all. They were sons and daughters of the Border. They were soldiers. It wouldn’t be long before the pull of World War I took them far from this sleepy and peaceful region and make them men and women of war. They traded in the Murray River and arrived to rivers of blood at Gallipoli, farewelled their farmlands for sand in the Middle East, and gave up the western plains of home for the flats of the Western Front. But
through the struggles, many of the local lads made their mark as heroes, doing their towns and country proud. Some came home. Some brought the war home with them. Others stayed forever young as they were put to rest
in foreign soil. Almost all towns would mourn in one way or another. Some mothers would never again hug their sons, some teams would forever be missing their team-mates, and some children would grow up without fathers. Through letters, diaries, photos, and recollections, we have created a snapshot into life as our Border soldiers and those at home saw it during the years of the Great War. A century after the historic landing at Anzac Cove, this week’s NewsWeekly is devoted to honouring and remembering the locals and Australians who gave so much. Lest we forget.
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