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Mosaic memorial adds colour to hinterland town

A tribute to the service men and women who risked their lives for their country has added colour to a hinterland town.

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26th Nov. 2020 9:11 AM

John Diprose and Llew O'Brien unveil the new mosaics at Cooroy RSL.

Vietnam vet recalls horror of war

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

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29th Sept. 2020 11:09 AM

Calls for deputy mayor to stand down over song

Cr Goodluck published a satirical version of Redgum’s song “I was only 19”.

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29th July 2020 2:07 PM

LNP candidate for Gladstone Ron Harding. Picture: Rodney Stevens

Fraser Coast 2015 Troop Train

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

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27th June 2020 5:06 AM

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

Tributes for World War 2 Veteran

The Capricorn Coast is mourning the loss of World War 2 Veteran Arthur Coutts who at 100 years of age lived life with a get...

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11th June 2020 7:06 AM

Arthur reflected on his past last year with handwritten letters from war times and memorabilia collected after the war.

ON THIS DAY: ‘Soul of Anzac’ visits Ipswich

The Queensland Times has been covering local news for the past 161 years. Here's what was happening in Ipswich on May 4...

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04th May 2020 4:05 PM

Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood at North Beach, Anzac, on the day of the final evacuation, 19 December 1915. Source: Anzac Portal

PHOTOS: How St John’s celebrated our Anzacs

“We always make an effort to celebrate it and get the students involved because to us it’s really important.”

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28th April 2020 12:04 PM

Year three students in front of their Anzac poppy field.

Grandad ‘gobsmacked’ by six-year-old’s Anzac Day gift

Grace knew from his medals that her grandfather had been a soldier.

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27th April 2020 4:04 PM

ANZAC DAY: Six-year-old Grace Saunderson (right) is proud of her grandfather Garry Saunderson (left) for his time as a soldier. Photo: Contributed

Families commemorate war heroes by lighting the dawn

Residents pay their respects to the Anzacs amid the coronavirus pandemic

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27th April 2020 11:04 AM

ON GUARD: Andrew, Ronan, Layla and Jahan Boyd up for the dawn service.

Army vet reveals the one phone call that saved her life

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

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25th April 2020 1:04 PM

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