April 2015 – Page 2 – Nick Miller

Tony Abbott unveils plans for new Sir John Monash Centre in France

April 26, 2015April 28, 2015 admin museum, The Somme, Tony Abbott, Villers-Bretonneux, war, Western Front, world war 1

A new war museum at the Australian memorial in northern France will take inspiration from old sacrifice and new technology

Europe wrings its hands as boat people flood in

April 25, 2015April 28, 2015 admin boat people, crisis, David Cameron, European Union, feature, humanitarian, Mediterranean, migrants, refugee

On Thursday, under a temporary marquee on a helipad in Malta, green uniformed soldiers carried 24 simple wooden coffins into

Anzac 100: Australians and New Zealanders remember the fallen in London

April 25, 2015April 28, 2015 admin Anzac Day, dawn service, London, remembrance, war, world war 1

As two minutes’ silence descended on Hyde Park Corner, the usually-roaring hub of the old Empire preternaturally quiet, a seagull

Anzac terror plot: UK boy, 14, charged with inciting terrorism, encouraging beheading of Australian

April 25, 2015April 28, 2015 admin Anzac Day, Blackburn, crime, terrorism

A British teenager has been charged with inciting terrorism after allegedly encouraging another person to behead an Australian. Source: Anzac

Turkish trenches discovered on Gallipoli peninsula after 100 years

April 24, 2015April 28, 2015 admin archeology, feature, Gallipoli, historians, war, world war 1

A historian retraces the steps of the first Anzacs at Gallipoli and finds the hidden site of an historic encounter.