Southerners at War

Anzac services stir emotions

They may have been going to Anzac services for decades yet the emotion that stirs in southern veterans every Anzac day is still palpable.

Gallipoli service awes Southlander

KELLY BURDON, of northern Southland, writes from overseas on the experience of being in Gallipoli on Anzac Day.

'Disregard of safety' praised

Captain John Ward MC may have served in the Australian Army, but he is recognised as New Zealand's most decorated serviceman.

The pipes call memories back

War veteran Alastair Somerville, 87, has toughed it out under fire at Monte Cassino, in the Desert War and at Dunkirk, but a lone piper playing The Dark Island still brought a tear to the eye of the Scottish soldier.

Recalling The March (audio)

Wyndham man Ivan Dey's experience as prisoner-of-war in World War 2 was bleak.

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