tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post8356362960167365983..comments2023-08-29T22:34:50.370+10:00Comments on The Empire Called and I Answered: Patriotic Concert, 8th September 1914Lenore Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-64070070084082071672010-06-12T20:31:08.153+10:002010-06-12T20:31:08.153+10:00I've just realised I missed Lt-Col H E(Pompey)...I'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.Lenore Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-22069272080374739012010-06-12T20:24:59.982+10:002010-06-12T20:24:59.982+10:00We rarely print things like this, these days. Far ...We 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.Lenore Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474786767930983135.post-76646856403224737122010-06-12T19:38:51.068+10:002010-06-12T19:38:51.068+10:00Very nice indeed. Isn't it a miracle that piec...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.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205010291496207355noreply@blogger.com