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Tag Archives: WW1

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Stephen Hopkins: Ex A.I.F.

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 8, 2022

In society there are always people who fall through the cracks – one such was Stephen Hopkins…

The Flag Dress

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsApril 19, 2019

Amelia Ellis was a gifted needlewoman with her own business in Tinonee at the time of World War 1…

Not all wartime tragedies happen on the battlefield

PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 29, 2019

On the Bulga Plateau, in the Wingham hinterland, a small number of blocks were set aside for selection by returned service personnel after their repatriation following World War I…

Bombardier John Daniel Stevens

PeopleBy Janine RobertsFebruary 25, 2019

John Stevens, known as Jack to all, was the eldest son of George and Eliza Stevens of Dyers Crossing…

Stevens Brothers’ Letters Home WW1

PeopleBy Janine RobertsFebruary 25, 2019

The following extracts are from letters brothers Jack and Jim Stevens wrote home to their family at Dyer’s Crossing during WW1…

Alfred Cavalchini: Baker, Confectioner and Photographer

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 9, 2018

Italian born Alfred Cavalchini arrived in Sydney at the age of 16 in 1900. During World War I, Cavalchini took photographic portraits of young men as they headed to war in their uniforms…

Hector Holmes Service No. 3555 – POW

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 9, 2018

In November 1917, in the midst of the Great War, newspapers nationwide carried the heartening news of two Australian escapees from a German prison camp. One of these combatants was Hector Holmes…

Private Maynard Basham, Tinonee

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 9, 2018

Of the 19 Tinonee men who enlisted in WW1, 12 were killed in action. Two of these men were awarded the Military Medal, one of those was Private Maynard Basham…

Lionel Stephen Whitbread

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 8, 2018

Lionel Stephen Whitbread was born in 1885 and lived his early life at Sidebottom (Koorainghat). Son of Taree town clerk and school teacher mother, Lionel was known for his integrity and honesty…

Just a child: Private John Lancelot Andrews

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 8, 2018

John Lancelot Andrews enlisted in December 1916 to fight with the Australian Imperial Forces in World War 1. Within three months he was a private in the Lewis Machine Gun Section of the 54th Battalion and encamped in England…

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