Lest We Forget Archives - CONTACT magazine

A hell of a way to get your name on a bridge

In the town where I once lived they built a bridge, named the Private Ziggy Trzecinski Bridge, after my mate killed in Vietnam.

22/11/2020 Ross L 870 Views 0 Comments

Thanks for the reminder of the Japanese escort from Albany at the opening of WW1: as you say, little-known – or appreciated.

18/02/2020 Lisa Robson 1935 Views 4 Comments

CONTACT fan crochets 500 Matilda Poppies for her local RSL – then 500 more for another – to remember the 500 souls lost to veteran suicide.

Dave Stafford Finney, a recently retired Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer – is how he described himself when he allowed

. It is generally accepted in life that under normal circumstances, children pay their last respects to their parents when