Tales from the Grave

Hugh Russel received a Military Cross for his bravery in the Great War

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Soldier, publican, husband and father.

The writing on the striking white gravestone is barely readable. The tree that may have been planted at the time of burial has now grown...

She would win the money while he spent it.

A renovation of Kanowna cemetery has seen Teddy's story highlighted.

Private James Hill Stobo no longer has any marker on his grave.

She knew how to tell a story.

The mystery body washed up on the shores of Christmas Island after the sinking of the HMAS Sydney.

Frank Skinner Thompson and his wife Alice Maude knew how to show hospitality.

He knew more charges were meant to explode and the air was unbreathable, but he continued down the shaft to rescue his friend.

A recently erected headstone stands in the lonely cemetery of Mount Morgans in Western Australia.