Silex Road, Mosman….
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As always happens in Local Studies when we start researching one thing we, somehow, become…
Category: Stories
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Colonel Robert Sydney Sands M.B.E., V.D.
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Portrait of Colonel Robert Sands (centre) and two permanent German officers captured in New Guinea,…
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Captain Frederick Reidy Jolley
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There is not a lot of information available on Captain Jolley He was born in…
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A light on the Hill: The Great Strike, 1917.
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Screen shot from Great War (1917) film reconstructed by National Film & Sound Archive experts.…
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Where angels fear to tread: Smithy’s baptism of …
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Charles Kingsford Smith’s flying career was forged in the fires of adversity. In his autobiography…
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Patrick Francis Hogan
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Today (21 September 2017) is the 100th anniversary of Patrick Francis Hogan being killed in…
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George Franki
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We were saddened to hear of the passing of George Franki. George was an enthusiastic…
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HMAS Sydney vs. Zeppelin L43.
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After leaving SMS Emden ‘wrecked and done for’ in 1914, HMAS Sydney served with the…