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Act of bravery in 1912 commemorated at Jeparit Cemetery
 Today marks the 110th anniversary of a tragic accident near Jeparit in 1912 that resulted in the death of two men and a moving act of selfless heroism. World War One | Foreign honours for Wimmera soldiers
 Many Australians have performed extraordinary feats of bravery on battlefields around the world for over one hundred years, although most of them would claim they were not heroes, but that they were just looking after their mates. Who was C McRay of Tarranyurk?
 Do you know who C McRay of Tarranyurk was? Twenty years ago | Standard gauge steam to Dimboola
 Over the Easter and Anzac Day long weekend at the end of April 2000, the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum operated their special ‘Millennium Aurora’ passenger train to Dimboola. From Wail to Germany
 Seventy-five years ago today a local resident from Wail was killed during a bombing raid over Germany, and his sacrifice was commemorated in the Upper Regions Cemetery, south east of Dimboola. Lest we forget
 Many from the Wimmera enlisted to serve overseas in the World War One, and too many of them never returned, but their sacrifice is still honoured where they fell. Flashback to 1940 | Airliner forced landing near Dimboola
 No one was injured when an airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in a paddock near Dimboola on February 8 1940 after a collision with a bird, whilst enroute from Melbourne to Perth via Adelaide. Flashback to 1992 | Jeparit Community Pavilion destroyed by fire
 It was 27 years ago this weekend that the residents of Jeparit awoke to the news that the Community Pavilion at Sir Robert Menzies Park had been destroyed by fire, leaving the local and cricket, football and netball clubs and Agricultural and Pastoral Society without a home. Lieutenant Laurence T Binns - Military Medal and Bar
 More than 295,000 Australians, including many from the Wimmera, served between March 1916 and November 1918 on the Western Front during World War One, and they are remembered in many different ways. Centenary of the Battle of Hamel
 Today, the fourth of July 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Hamel which was one of the most significant Australian actions of the First World War.
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