Saturday, January 30, 2021

Gunner Nott, organist

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Fred Nott, of Ascot Vale, was a well-known musician in Essendon and Melbourne before the war, and had left for England in January 1914 to ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Sapper Douglas Morpeth of Mar Lodge

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A general search around the internet for photos of Douglas Morpeth turned up this interesting photo on the Great War Forum. The photo sho...
Monday, November 30, 2020

Thunderboxes, troops, for the use of

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If you ever wondered what sanitary arrangements were made for troops in the trenches at Gallipoli, wonder no more. Rod Martin has investi...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Mystery Man: Doctor J Hughston

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  The Essendon Gazette of 10 June 1915,  in its For King and Country column,  carried the photo of a young man in civilian dress with a sub...
Monday, September 14, 2020

2nd Aircraft Mechanic Harry Nelson and the widow's fight

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Four Australian air mechanics enjoying lunch at Halefield, June 1918    (AWM P10218.009) Harry Nelson, fruiterer and cyclist of McConnell St...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

The Empire Called 10th Anniversary of Blogging

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7th Infantry Battalion with Lieutenant Colonel Pompey Elliott in the centre of the front row, 1914, just prior to embarkation. The date of t...
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Friday, June 5, 2020

Jim Raff, machine gunner of Kensington

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Machine gunners in training at Seymour, 1916.  AWM P08299.002. Albert James (Jim) Raff, a cabinetmaker or 79 Market St, Kensington, enli...