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War Widows Day 2025: honouring stories, service, and sacrifice

Celebrating the lives of Australia’s war widows and their families who carry the impact of service War Widows Day 2025 brought together hundreds at the Sydney Cenotaph to honour Australia’s war widows and their families and acknowledge the ongoing impact of service. The day was an opportunity to reflect on the strength, resilience, and dedication […]

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October 22, 2025

The Poppy Project at Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

The poppy project brought to life

The Poppy Project at the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway Anticipation has built over the months for many members excited and waiting for the unveiling of the wall of poppies at the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway. Through our recent Digests, newsletters and online posts, we’ve shared the Poppy Project and its collaborative, remarkable initiative, directed by

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December 10, 2024

The legacy of the Anzac Memorial

The Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney – thoughts and tributes to veterans and their families The Book of the Anzac Memorial, written by Bruce Dellit who was also the architect for the Memorial, offers a moving tribute to veterans and, perhaps most profoundly, to the families left behind; the war widows, parents and children who

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November 22, 2024

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Queenwood students learn the stories of veteran families

This Remembrance Month, we look back at our visit to Queenwood School that was earlier this year after ANZAC Day. As we remember the fallen this month, this school visit and the stories of the war widows and veteran spouses are important to be told, so we never forget the families left behind. Queenwood students

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November 15, 2024

Wearing our War Widows Day pin with pride

Support war widows by wearing a sprig of wattle with pride this War Widows Day This War Widows Day, we celebrate the resilience, strength, and enduring spirit of our war widows. It’s a day to honour their remarkable stories of love and sacrifice, and to commemorate the legacy of our organisation, founded on “the energy

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October 29, 2024

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Tribute to war widows that have passed

This War Widows Day, we paid tribute to Audrey Blood OAM and Diana Bland On War Widows Day this year, former State President Wendy Thompson and former Board Director Lynne Boyd delivered a heartfelt tribute to two remarkable women. The late Audrey Blood OAM and Diana Bland who were former presidents of the War Widows

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October 25, 2024

War Widows Day 2025: honouring stories, service, and sacrifice

The poppy project brought to life

The legacy of the Anzac Memorial

Queenwood students learn the stories of veteran families

Wearing our War Widows Day pin with pride

Tribute to war widows that have passed

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