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James Edward Ryan, probably taken in Egypt, early 1916. Photograph: courtesy of Beth Sutton James Edward Ryan, probably taken in Egypt, early 1916. Photograph: courtesy of Beth Sutton Sat 24 Apr 2021 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 24 Apr 2021 16.09 EDT This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts. That’s the thing about wars. Young (mostly) men get t...

The Anzac who spoke truth to power and called for an end to the war Paul Daley This Anzac Day our politicians will again be front and centre of commemorations for Australia’s 62,000-plus first world war dead and those who died in all this country’s other conflicts. That’s the thing about wars. Young (mostly) men get to die in them or endure the physical and mental scars while the (mostly) older men who send them get to commemorate while making old bones. You’ll likely he...