Stories

Corporal Albert J Kinght
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Albert John (Jack) Knight

Albert John Knight was born in 1883 in Adelong, NSW. He was the tenth child of George and Mary Ann (née Williams).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

2nd Lieutenant William Crowe
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William Gordon Hamilton Crowe

William was born in 1892 in Jingellic, Victoria. He was one of four sons and one daughter born to George and Jane Cathcart (née Hanna).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Sergeant Frederick A Ferris
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Frederick Aston Ferris

Frederick Aston Ferris was the second son of Jacob Ferris of Port Albert and Helen Brown Ferris (née Nielson) of 52 Hanover Street, Windsor.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Private Stanley H Bailey
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Stanley Hector Bailey

Stanley Bailey was born in 1890, one of eleven children of William and Catherine (née Fraser) of Corryong.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Flying Officer John Herbert
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John Frederick Herbert

When John Frederick Herbert was born on the 29th of December, 1920, in Corryong, Victoria, his father, Frederick, was 42 and his mother, Florence Amelia (née Phillips), was 34.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Private Bernard Spilsbury
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Bernard Spilsbury

The death of Frederick in 1917, when Bernard was only four years old, must have been very difficult for the family.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Private William J Matheson
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William John Matheson

William John Matheson was born in Tumbarumba, NSW on the 12th of August 1917, the sixth child of Thomas and Elizabeth (née Portors) Matheson. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Pilot Officer James Marshall
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James Marshall Carter

James Marshall Carter was born on the 17th of March 1912, in Seymour, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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City's children inspire memorial to war dead

Mackay’s war dead and former defence forces personnel will be honoured in new plantings along the nation’s Remembrance Driveway between Sydney and Canberra.

Author: Peter Jardine

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Meredith War Memorial Obelisk

According to my mother whose maternal grandmother was the publican of the Royal Hotel, the Obelisk stood on the south-western corner of the Midland Highway and Staughton Street

Author: Meredith Atilemile

Meredith Memorial Hall, with obelisk on left
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History of the Meredith Memorial Hall

According to an information panel provided by the Meredith Historical Society, the Hall was first erected in 1906 as a Mechanics Institute and Free Library.

Author: Meredith Atilemile

Lyle Chase's name on the Walgett War Memorial and the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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On the last day-

The dawning of 11November, 1918, heralded for many the Armistice that was soon to come into effect.

Author: Henry Moulds