Burning Bridges: ANZAC in hindsight, 100 years on
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Charles E.W. Bean’s descriptions of events are invaluable as a primary source. He had a…
Category: Stories
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The death of a gallant and erudite soldier
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Studio portrait of Major General Sir William Bridges KCB CMG. Photographer: Alice Mills, Melbourne. (AWM…
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HMAS Sydney’s mast dedication, 80 years ago …
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the dedication of the HMAS Sydney Memorial Mast…
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Sydney v Emden, a century later
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The mast of the HMAS Sydney at Bradley’s Head, Mosman, overlooks Sydney Harbour. It is…
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REMARKABLE RESCUE: FOUR DAYS IN A SHELL HOLE
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An article from New Zealand newspaper The Feilding Star, 17 September 1917. A remarkable story,…
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A browser for Allsop’s diaries
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The five diaries of stretcher bearer and despatch rider W.J.A. “Allan” Allsop at the Mitchell…
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The Charles Ulm story
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Charles Ulm with his mother and father, 1914 A Mosman boy of 15 who bluffed…
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Allan Allsop’s war
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Wilfred Joseph Allan Allsop (known as Allan) was a clerk from Mosman. He was born…
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A sort of living war memorial
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At the Build-a-thon on Saturday, Tim Sherratt told this story beautifully captured in Gavin Souter’s…