Cohuna Mural Tells Brave Stories
Riverine Herald, Wednesday April 6, 2022
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Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
From the Plain of the Murray Mallee to the Sands of Radji Beach
Although her family lived in Willaston, South Australia (SA), Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria records show that Florence Rebecca Casson was born on 6th March 1903 at Warrac
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Henry C Moulds
The “Old Contemptibles Window” in St John’s Cathedral
During the First World War, it was not until 1916 that Australian soldiers fought on the Western Front in Europe.
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Denzil Scrivens
A Fine Daughter of Australia
Alma May Beard was born on 13th January 1913 to Edward and Katherine Beard at Pell Mell, the family farm in Bejoording, north of Toodyay, Western Australia.
Author:
Henry C Moulds
The Girl with Laughing Brown Eyes
"Joyce faced every crisis with cheerfulness and fortitude".
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Henry C Moulds
Opened & Unveiled by Sir Charles Rosenthal - A Handsome Pavilion
St Mary’s Part in the War - The Mayor (Alderman T W Brooker), in addressing the gathering said that it was by the Grace of God and the valour of those good fellows who left our
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St Marys & District Historical Society Inc
Ronald Francis Cameron NX11474
Service number: NX11474
Rank: Private
Unit: 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
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Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign
Gordon Keith Thackeray NX8137
Service number: NX8137
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 2/3rd Field Regiment
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Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign
38 Lieutenant Wilfrid Oswald Jose, 50th Battalion, AIF KIA: 3 April 1917
Wilfrid Jose was born on 25 March 1895 in Ningpo, China, the second of three sons born to the Reverend George Jose and his wife Clara.
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Australian War Memorial
Rogers Memorial Reserve Cumberland Road Pascoe Vale, Melbourne Victoria
The Rogers Memorial Reserve was purchased by Council c.1928 along with others for public recreation purposes, funded by a £50,000 loan to the local council. The reserve wa
Author:
Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
A new era for our Veterans
The memorial is located in the Glenwood Community Centre (GCC) grounds.
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Glenwood Community Centre
The Sandakan Memorials
Sandakan has been described as the most appalling single event in Australia’s War history.
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Australian War Memorial
Thelma Moxham RRC
A small number of Australian nurses have received the Royal Red Cross (RRC) Medal.
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Patrick Bourke
Mathoura Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens
A town salutes its fighters.
Mathoura residents, filled with patriotic fervour, built this park after World War 1 to honour fallen soldiers from the Murray Shire.
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Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Elmore Memorial Hall & Athenaeum Hall
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Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Lieutenant Ralph Elsmere Claridge
Claridge was amongst the first wave of troops ashore at Gallipoli in the pre-dawn hours of the 25th of April.
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Australian War Memorial
Anglesea War Memorial Opening
Anglesea War Memorial Opening Article
Angelsea and District War Memorial
After discussions between the Anglesea RSL and Historical Society, there was a desire to erect a war memorial that listed the names of the Anglesea and District servicemen and s
Lieutenant Lorna Margaret Whyte, Australian Army Nursing Service
Lorna Whyte was born in Hay 19th April 1915, the youngest of eight children.
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Australian War Memorial
Something Beautiful For God
The first St. Michael's War Memorial Church was established in 1952 when a house was bought for the purpose pending the building of a purpose-built Church in June, 1953.
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St. Michael's War Memorial Church Ashgrove
The Fradd Brothers
Walter Phillip Fradd was born on the 17th February 1890 in Burra, South Australia whilst Melville Wesley Fradd was born on the 6th May 1894 in Minburra, South Australia; they we
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross Memorial Cross Loop Road Macedon Regional Park
The Memorial Cross is located north of the township of Macedon in Central Victoria, 65kms North-West of Melbourne. It is immediately south of the Loop Road, at the souther
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Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Sister Ellen Louisa Keats, 10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service
Ellen Keats was born on the 1st of July 1915 to Clarence Carrington Keats and Ann Grace Keats of the Adelaide suburb of Dulwich.
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Australian War Memorial
‘Exceptional’ army leader honoured for decades of service
A long-life devotee to the Australian Defence Force was this week afforded formal commemoration through the unveiling of an individual memorial plaque at the Kearsley Remembranc
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Jordan Fallon