The Austin Hospital for Incurables
Despite an existing shortage of accommodation, three wards of the Austin Hospital for Incurables were combined on 5 September, 1917 into what became known as the Military Ward (later No. 12 Ward)...
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Many that have browsed WikiNorthia will be aware that the railway line through Northcote and Preston and then on to Whittlesea opened in 1889, then linking for just south of the Merri Creek to the west...
View ArticleFirst World War and education
An Education Department 1920 publication commemorating teachers and staff that had served in the First World War had appendices showing how much each school had raised for the Department’s War Relief...
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Brian is 75 years old growing up in Sydney attending school at Fairfield secondary. and now lives in Eltham. Brian is a member of quite a large family having 4 brothers and 4 sisters, His father was...
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Based on a talk by Cyril Cummins and published as “Heidelberg in World War 1 and II in the Heidelberg Historian No 138 June 1990 Living in Heidelberg during the years of World War I and World War II...
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“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer rendered valuable service throughout three days’ operations. The information furnished by his reconnaissance was invaluable, and helped...
View ArticleLast Survivor of the 14th Battalion
Maurice Gerald “Gerry” Hevey, one of the last surviving members of Jacka’s Mob – the 14th Battalion, Ist A.I.F. and pioneer archer passed away in Ivanhoe, Victoria on Tuesday 21 June 1994. He was aged...
View ArticleWorld War 1 Casualty : Robert Herbert Thompson
Robert Herbert Thompson is one of dozens on our Darebin In Memoriam Roll that is not acknowledged on the Australian War Memorial as dying in the service of his country. Most of these were men (and a...
View ArticleMy Dad – George Stanley McCrohan
My Dad – George Stanley McCrohan by John Stanley McCrohan My father was born George Stanley McCrohan on 15 January, 1894 and lived with his parents, 7 brothers and 5 sisters at 77 Arthur Street,...
View ArticleOn the Armistice in the City of Heidelberg
by Brian Membrey Hostilities in the Great War ceased at 11 a.m. London time on Monday, 11 November, 1918, with the Armistice formally signed at 5.00 a.m. that morning. Although this is the hour...
View ArticleThe Austin Hospital for Incurables
Despite an existing shortage of accommodation, three wards of the Austin Hospital for Incurables were combined on 5 September, 1917 into what became known as the Military Ward (later No. 12 Ward)...
View ArticleDuplicating the Reservoir railway (1912)
Many that have browsed WikiNorthia will be aware that the railway line through Northcote and Preston and then on to Whittlesea opened in 1889, then linking for just south of the Merri Creek to the west...
View ArticleFirst World War and education
An Education Department 1920 publication commemorating teachers and staff that had served in the First World War had appendices showing how much each school had raised for the Department’s War Relief...
View ArticleBrian Holt
Brian is 75 years old growing up in Sydney attending school at Fairfield secondary. and now lives in Eltham. Brian is a member of quite a large family having 4 brothers and 4 sisters, His father was...
View ArticleHeidelberg in World War 1
Based on a talk by Cyril Cummins and published as “Heidelberg in World War 1 and II in the Heidelberg Historian No 138 June 1990 Living in Heidelberg during the years of World War I and World War II...
View ArticleA Devotion to Duty
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer rendered valuable service throughout three days’ operations. The information furnished by his reconnaissance was invaluable, and helped...
View ArticleLast Survivor of the 14th Battalion
Maurice Gerald “Gerry” Hevey, one of the last surviving members of Jacka’s Mob – the 14th Battalion, Ist A.I.F. and pioneer archer passed away in Ivanhoe, Victoria on Tuesday 21 June 1994. He was aged...
View ArticleWorld War 1 Casualty : Robert Herbert Thompson
Robert Herbert Thompson is one of dozens on our Darebin In Memoriam Roll that is not acknowledged on the Australian War Memorial as dying in the service of his country. Most of these were men (and a...
View ArticleMy Dad – George Stanley McCrohan
My Dad – George Stanley McCrohan by John Stanley McCrohan My father was born George Stanley McCrohan on 15 January, 1894 and lived with his parents, 7 brothers and 5 sisters at 77 Arthur Street,...
View ArticleOn the Armistice in the City of Heidelberg
by Brian Membrey Hostilities in the Great War ceased at 11 a.m. London time on Monday, 11 November, 1918, with the Armistice formally signed at 5.00 a.m. that morning. Although this is the hour...
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