Anzac Day Ceremonies: The Sacred And The Profane

The comments by Andrew Dalton (Letters, April 26) concerning the Anzac dawn service at Roseville do require a reply. Our recollection of events leading to the annual dawn service goes back to Anzac Day 1923 when the Reverend Arthur Ernest White, previously a padre to the 44th Battalion, 1st AIF, conducted a service near Albany (Western Australia). He gave a short address on the significance of Anzac and concluded with a prayer which ended with the words: "As the sun rises and as it goeth down, we ...

Schuler's War

IT WAS THE most formidable armada to embark from Australia's shores; the largest convoy assembled in the Southern Hemisphere. In King George Sound, off Albany, more than 40 warships and transports gathered in the closing days of October 1914 - the opening weeks of World War I.