The Flag Dress
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
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
John Stevens, known as Jack to all, was the eldest son of George and Eliza Stevens of Dyers Crossing…
Stevens Brothers’ Letters Home WW1
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Geoffrey Blake Hammond
Geoffrey Blake Hammond was born 1898, Wingham and served in WW1. He was granted land under the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act of 1916…