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26 May 1918: Pte William James Archbold
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William James Archbold was born in Mackay, Queensland in January 1898. William, a farmer, enlisted, age 18 into the Australian Imperial Force on 21 February 1916 and embarked from Sydney (for the UK) on 22 December the same year. Training in the UK at Codford and Bulford, he spent a month in Parkhouse Military Hospital, Bulford. He underwent Fie...
Remembrance November 2019 : Sydney Australia
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Report from Debbie Coupland in Australia. There are two Remembrance spaces in the city: the Cenotaph in Martin Place and the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, as well as the Anzac Bridge which is much overlooked by its more famous neighbour Sydney Harbour Bridge. Anzac Memorial with Pool of Reflection. The Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney The wreat...
NSW Branch Meeting 18th April 2020
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Invitation and notice of Branch meeting. Notice of postponement: The Australian (NSW) branch has delayed this meeting until Saturday the 7th of November 2020 or later. Location: 58a Penshurst St, Penshurst NSW 2222. Time: 1:00pm to 4:30pm. Dress: Smart casual. Members and friends, especially of our kindred organisations, are invited to attend....
John Christie Wright - Artist and Sculptor
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Behind every name on a war memorial there is a story, but that of John Christie Wright, commemorated on the Rothiemay War Memorial – a small community in what was formerly Banffshire – is particularly remarkable. Above: Rothiemay war memorial (c) Moray Council 2021 John Christie Wright was born in Aberdeen on 22 August 1889, the son of Moses,...
'Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO Pioneer Battalion Commander on the Western Front' by William Westerman
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO Pioneer Battalion Commander on the Western Front by William Westerman (Originally published on Stand To! No.117 February, 2020). Made freely available as key material for the online course The Imperial Western Front created in conjunction with the University of Kent). In March 1916, the Australian Im...