The Gallipoli Flag at St John’s Cathedral – a national treasure
Displayed in St John’s Cathedral in Brisbane is an ancient “Union Jack”, one of Australia’s most significant and symbolic war treasures.
Beersheba Memorial and Light Horse Tribute
Horses and Menangle Park have always gone hand-in-hand.
WORLD WAR I
Driver Martin Henry Farrington, 110th Australian Howitzer Battery, AIF
Martin Farrington was born on the 28th of October 1895 to Mick and Mary Farrington in Mackay, Queensland. He attended the convent school in Mackay.
213151 Corporal Robert “Bob” Walter Bowtell, 3rd Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers
Robert Bowtell was born on the 25th of April 1932 at Turramurra, New South Wales, to Albert and Eva Bowtell. He grew up in the Blue Mountains and attended Katoomba High School.
Lance Corporal Edward Benson, 2/12th Battalion, AIF
Edward Benson was born on 6 September 1914 in Launceston, Tasmania, the eldest son of Adolf Tideman Bentson and Margaret Bentson.
Sister Minnie Ivy Hodgson, 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service
Sister Minnie Ivy Hodgson was one of 65 Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women and children evacuated on the Vyner Brooke from Singapore, three days before
Sister Gladys Myrtle McDonald, 13th Australian General Hospital, Royal Australian Army Nursing Service
Today we remember and pay tribute to Sister Gladys Myrtle McDonald, who died during the Second World War.
92533 Corporal Ruth Ada Hills, WAAAF
Born in the Western Sydney suburb of Petersham on the 22nd of May 1923, Hills was the daughter of Edward Reuben and Elise Earl Hills.
Private Frank Stanley Smiles, 19th Battalion, AIF
Frank Smiles was born in Albury, New South Wales, in 1883. He was one of ten children born to Thomas and Bridget Smiles.
Private Louis Braganza, 9th Battalion, AIF
Louis Braganza was born in 1885 in Inverell, New South Wales, to Louis and Christina Braganza.
Private Roy Walton Underwood, 32nd Battalion, AIF
Roy Underwood was born in Mt Gambier, South Australia, on 2 January 1893. He was one of 13 children born to John and Emily Underwood, 12 of whom survived infancy.
NX122705 Private Ross Davis, 2/3rd Battalion, Second AIF
Born on 31 December 1920 in Cumnock, New South Wales, Ross Davis was the son of Lawson William George Davis and Ruth Davis.
Private Oscar Leonard Godlee, 9th Australian Field Ambulance, AIF
Oscar Godlee was born in Beltana in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia on the 21st of June 1895. He was the fourth son of Arthur and Eliza Godlee.
4569 Private Alfred Gordon Murray.
Alfred Gordon Murray.
Born : 1892
Occupation : Hair Dresser
Appointed to the Goulburn Volunteer Brigade 15th September 1916
2636 Sergeant Ernest Augustine Markham.
2636 Sergeant Ernest Augustine Markham.
Born : 1891, Grenfell, NSW
Enlisted :14th June 1915
8th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Private Charles Victor Radnell, 38th Battalion
Known to friends and family as “Charlie”, Charles Victor Radnell was born around 1887 in Tarnagulla, Victoria, to William and Annie Radnell.
Lance Corporal Albert Henry Bewley, 45th Battalion, AIF
Albert “Jack” Bewley was born in 1879 in Blackney Creek, New South Wales, to the large family of William and Caroline Bewley.
2728 Corporal Raymond Samuel Stutchbury
Born: 1896, Raymond Terrace, NSW. Occupation: Baker
Appointed to the Parkes Volunteer Brigade, 1st October 1915. Struck off 31st May 1916.
1812 Lance Corporal John Patrick O'Neill.
Born: January 1895, West Mailtland, NSW
Occupation: Station Hand
2732 Private William Edward McLaren
Born: April 1894, Moama, NSW. Occupation: Saddler
Appointed to the Moama Volunteer Brigade 15th December 1915. Resigned 1st September 1916.
2677 Lance Corporal Felix Kennerley
Born: 1889, Sheffield, UK. Occupation: Machinist
Appointed to the Merewether Volunteer Brigade 1st January 1913. Resigned 31st July 1915
1451 Private Alexander Joseph Hearn
1451 Private Alexander Joseph Hearn
Born: 1893, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Residing at Perry St, Campsie
2890 Private Harold Henry Curtois
Born: September 1886 at Hay. Occupation: Tailor. Wife: Ruth
244 Quartermaster Serjeant Roland Mansfield Carr
Born: 1885, Tumut, NSW. Occupation: Saddler
Appointed to the Tumut Volunteer Brigade 1st April 1912. Resigned 31st August 1914.