The Empire Called and I Answered
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Sister Fleming at Dartford, 1917
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A lovely new portrait of Sister Elizabeth Gertrude Fleming has appeared at the Australian War Memorial - it certainly wasn't there th...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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This memorial plaque for Pte David Fiddes of the 58 Inf Battalion (formerly 60 Inf Bn) was sent to his father, Andrew Fiddes, of 80 Gow...
Friday, October 12, 2018
Private Wren Teale of Moonee Ponds
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The above newspaper photograph which includes Hugh Lindsay (Wren) Teale was spotted in Winner by Cheryl Griffin, who is doing a mighty ...
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Gunner Thomas Hogg, the mature recruit
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With his usual precision, Rod Martin follows the military career of the mature recruit, Thomas Bell Hogg , a railway employee of Ascot V...
Friday, August 24, 2018
Mud and Blood
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At the Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds, 31 Aug at 12pm and 8pm Local hero General 'Pompey' Elliott led the Essendon Rif...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Sergeant George of the Railways Unit
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British light rail engine, as used on the Western Front (AWM H01948) In late 1916, at the request of the British government, Aust...
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Friday, May 18, 2018
Putting Imperial into the AIF
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Griffiths family grave in Krugersdorp, South Africa, courtesy of Jena Griffiths. To underscore the imperial nature of the AIF, here is ...
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