Where angels fear to tread: Smithy’s baptism of …
Charles Kingsford Smith’s flying career was forged in the fires of adversity. In his autobiography My…
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Hill 60 and the lost 18th: Aug. 22, 1915
The 18th Battalion’s recruits from the Sydney area (including Mosman) were described by official war historian…
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‘A story of the trench’ by Cpl. Reg Da …
Exactly 100 years ago today Corporal Reginald Dargan had A story of the trench, published in…
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Margaret Preston and the healing arts
Shell-shocked soldiers to whom Preston taught basket-weaving at the Seale-Hayne Neurological Military Hospital, Devonshire (UK). Preston…
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Patrick Francis Hogan
Today (21 September 2017) is the 100th anniversary of Patrick Francis Hogan being killed in action.…
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Capt. Taylor & ‘The doomed Rumpler’ …
On the 20th AUG 1917, Lt. P.G. Taylor Shot down an enemy 2-seater aircraft. The experience…
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Chargers who didn’t come home
Four men, Gerald Digby, Gordon Abbott, Rex Coley and Colin Bull, charged towards Beersheba. Only two…
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‘NO’ again Billy
With recruitment falling in 1917, Hughes called for a 2nd plebiscite on conscription. This campaign was…
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Taronga Zoo’s ‘New Exhibits.’
Heading of poem (p11) and frontpage for The Australian Worker 30th of August, 1917 illustration by…