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Nurse Norma Mowbray honoured in Bundaberg

Former Bundaberg woman Norma Violet Mowbray today had her name added to the Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial 103 years after she died in Egypt.

Lest we forget: John Leask, Anglo Boer War

John Leask from Bundaberg joined the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry and died of wounds in August 1900 during the Anglo Boer War.

Meet World War II veteran Ula Agnew

RSL Queensland interviewed Bundaberg World War II veteran Ula Agnew, who served as a Lance Corporal in the Australian Women's Army Service.

When the Dutch in Bundaberg faced Communist threat

A little-known fragment of Bundaberg military history is that the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force had a presence in Bundaberg between June 1945 and April 1946.

Time ticking for Telstra talking clock

Time is ticking for Telstra's talking clock, with the countdown under way to close the information service on 30 September.

Billy Broome hanged in 1900 for killing 13yo girl

The last person from the Bundaberg Region to be hanged was Billy Broome in 1900 for the murder of a 13-year-old girl he denied committing.
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