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The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.
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Perth veteran shares his tips to long life on 100th birthday
1+ week, 6+ day ago (737+ words) On September 2, 1945, the day after his 19th birthday, Perth’s Jack Le Cras OAM stood aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay and witnessed the end of the Second World War as Japan formally surrendered. Eighty-one years later, the WWII veteran celebrated…...
Dozens evacuated from Grand Canyon after flash floods
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Nepal resumes flood rescue, seeks help and money
2+ week, 1+ day ago (24+ words) Nearly 3000 people remain missing in Nepal as the impoverished nation seeks foreign technical help for tunnel rescues and billions of dollars to rebuild....
‘True mentor’: WA Digger killed in Afghanistan remembered
2+ week, 2+ day ago (270+ words) Mervyn McDonald served his country as a member of the Australian Defence Force for 13 years, including six deployments to the war in Afghanistan. It ultimately took his life. When Mervyn McDonaldâs mates remember him, they recall a Digger from…...
Dozens injured as tornado tears through French village
2+ week, 5+ day ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Free family history sessions across Kimberley
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (244+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport and the WA Registry of Births,…...
Vietnam veteran opens up about war service, life afterwards
3+ week, 2+ day ago (353+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. For the first two decades of his life, Jim Donohoe was right at home…...
Battle of Long Tan remembered in moving memorial service
3+ week, 4+ day ago (305+ words) The three simple white crosses at the Princess Royal Fortress, set in front of the South East Asia Memorial, was the sombre setting for Albany’s annual Vietnam Veterans’ Day service on Sunday. The three simple white crosses at the Princess…...
A bushfire museum is one step closer to opening
3+ week, 5+ day ago (315+ words) A South West group dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories behind volunteer bushfire brigades is one step closer to officially opening its museum to the public. A South West group dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories behind volunteer…...
Battle of Long Tan still carries scars 60 years on
3+ week, 6+ day ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....