A Local Diamond Creek Boy

Friday, 24 April, 2015 was a beautiful sunny day, the wind a little chilly, but the view from the paddock of Sutherland Homes in Diamond Creek was beautiful and peaceful, the soft rolling hills of Plenty, and the view looking towards the Kinglake Ranges was breath taking.  It was to be a memorable day; the children from Sutherland’s Child Care Centre were planting a tree for a WW1 Soldier who was killed in action: George Williams (No 2776).

George was born on 23 July, 1898 and lived in Newmarket, Victoria.  He died in France, at the Western Front, on the 10 June, 1918, aged 19 years.

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