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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

War diaries of Will Lycett of Flemington

 

Today the Moonee Valley Leader began serialising the war diaries of a Flemington boiler-maker, Will Lycett, who embarked with the 4th Field Ambulance Brigade on 22 December 1914.  Will kept his diaries for the four years of the war, returning to Australia in December 1918.  Through the generosity of the Lycett family, journalist Tamara Heath introduces Will, his two brothers and his father, of Railway Place, Flemington all of whom enlisted. 

From Moonee Valley Leader, 27 May 2015. Pages 8 - 9
I cant seem to directly link to the article, but you can search for it here by the date, 27 May 2015.








UPDATE from Tim L.

"Page 8-9 in the Moonee Valley Leader 27/5/15.
You'll find it under 'Western Suburbs' in the 'Select Title' tab here: http://leader.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx"

FURTHER UPDATE FROM LENORE

The Lycett family were next-door-neighbours of the Stelling family in Railway Place until immediately before the war when the Stellings moved to Essendon.  

2 comments:

  1. Thanks Lenore.
    Page 8-9 in the Moonee Valley Leader 27/5/15.
    You'll find it under 'Western Suburbs' in the 'Select Title' tab here: http://leader.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

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  2. Thanks, Tim. I'll add that to the body of the post so it can be more readily seen.

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