CN writer Christopher J. Harvie, discusses 'Menin Gate at Midnight', the William Longstaff painting on loan to the Canadian War Museum for 'Fighting in Flanders-Gas. Mud. Memory,' a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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Menin Gate Lions arrive at Canadian War Museum for ‘Fighting in Flanders’ exhibition
Australia’s Menin Gate Lions have been unveiled at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, where they will feature in a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles
Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.
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New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles
Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.
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Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company 18 Pounder Gun Project
The Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company (RAAHC) has undertaken a project to deliver an original WW1 Quick Firing 18 Pounder gun and ammunition limber complete with horse team and gun detatchment.
Continue readingMajor Anzac Centenary commemorations in Australia
A weekend of events in the Australian port of Albany from October 30th-November 2nd 2014 marks the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy 100 years ago.
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Major Anzac Centenary commemorations in Australia
A weekend of events in the Australian port of Albany from October 30th-November 2nd 2014 marks the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy 100 years ago.
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Centenary update: First Anzac convoy remembered in Albany, Australia
Tens of thousands of people joined First World War commemorations in Albany, Western Australia, from October 30th-November 2nd 2014, marking the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy in 1914.
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Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company 18 Pounder Gun Project
The Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company (RAAHC) has undertaken a project to deliver an original WW1 Quick Firing 18 Pounder gun and ammunition limber complete with horse team and gun detatchment.
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Honest History provides resources for Australian history
Honest History is a group of historians and others supporting the reinterpretation of Australian history. They say that their aim is to present "a more balanced viewpoint", during the Centenary of the First World War.
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