The program features the badge and colours of the local Citizens Military Force Battalion, the 58th Battalion. The artwork may have been prepared by Mayor Goldsworthy himself, who was a graphic artist. Goldsworthy designed, made and presented the first Honour Boards honouring the "Boys of Essendon" which were hung in the Essendon Town Hall.
Very nice indeed. Isn't it a miracle that pieces like this have survived, when we rarely put things like this aside today. How many of those men, who set off, came home I wonder.
ReplyDeleteWe rarely print things like this, these days. Far more likely to run off some not very artistic photocopy. I'm still working on how many of them came home - but I'm going the long way which suits my own purposes.
ReplyDeleteI've just realised I missed Lt-Col H E(Pompey) Elliott's name on the program. There's an ommission! Elliott was the commanding officer of the 58th Ban (Essendon Rifles) when war broke out. He was invited to raise a battalion for the expeditionary force, and of course many of his troops from the 58th Bn volunteered. He took the 7th Battalion AIF to Gallipoli.
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