Article Archive
June 2002

The last ANZAC

 

Alec Campbell, the last ANZAC, died in Hobart on 16 May 2002, aged 103.

Known unto God

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New Zealand is to have its own Tomb of the Unknown Warrior to honour all New Zealand military personnel who have lost their lives in
time of war.

Kiwis in Afghanistan

 

A small team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel are currently deployed to Afghanistan working at Kabul Airport as part of the International Security Assistance Force.

The last conscripts for Empire

 
 

"Without realsing it at the time, we had a unque place in New Zealand's military history".

Ian McKie recalls fifty years ago being one of the last New Zealanders conscripted solely for the defence of the Empire.

A modern monarchy

 
 

In this, The Queen's Golden Jubilee, Sue Mapp, London Press Service correspondent, tells how the monarchy keeps abreast of the times.

New memorial headstone for Double VC

 

On ANZAC Day a new memorial headstone for Captain Charles Upham VC and Bar was unveiled in the graveyard of St Paul's Church, Papanui, in Christchurch.