Private William Francis Walton was a 29 year old journalist living in Emmaville, New South Wales. Commonly known as either “Will” or “Billy”, he was the son of Mr William James Walton, one time owner…
Private William Gairey, copy from Parramatta Soldiers, Cumberland Argus, 1920
Private William Gairey lived at Sydney Road Granville, NSW, and worked as a boilermaker’s assistant…
In 1918, Mrs. Horsman, of ‘Kiwi,’ Manchester Road, Auburn, received word that her husband, Private William Horsman, was killed in action on 30 May. He was 42 years of age, a native of England, and…
Netley Hospital, c. 1915, http://www.lymington.org/historypic2/822.html
Corporal Gilbert Anschau, whose father was Postmaster at Parramatta gives the following account of the amazing work done…
The Australian Red Cross was established in 1914 by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson when she formed a branch of the British Red Cross. The Parramatta branch was formed in early 1915 when a meeting was…
An article in the English newspaper ‘The Telegraph’ brings attention to the search for World War One soldiers’ relatives. The soldiers came from Australia, South Africa, England and Canada.…
Perhaps the most pressing issue for the Australian Navy by the end of October 1914 was the transport of the troops to engage in the conflict under-way across Europe and the middle East.…
….. Continued from Part One … However the Indian Army did possess assets which according to their commander Willcocks never stood it in better stead than in France. These were the Indian Army…
Indian Cavalry on the Western Front, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print, date unknown.
The Indian Army Corps…
SMS Emden, from photomechanical print in A. Jose, The Royal Australian Navy, 1935 [see part two, part three, part four, part five for the entire history of its exploits and sinking by HMAS Sydney] ……