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The Australian Railway Companies of the Western Front, 1916–1918 ... See MoreSee Less
The Australian Railway Companies of the Western Front, 1916–1918
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Group portrait of officers of 20th Battalion AIF at Arques, Belgium, 2 September 2017. In the second row, fifth from the left, is the subject of our previous post, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Windeyer Ralston, a barrister from Strathfield, New South Wales. ... See MoreSee Less
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When World War I broke out a number locals from Strathfield, New South Wales, answered the call to arms. Among the first was Alexander Windeyer Ralston, a barrister, who enlisted with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) on 14 August 1914. His diary for 1914 is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Ralston was the eldest son of Judge Alexander Gerard Ralston, who at various times served as an alderman on Ashfield, Burwood and Sydney City Councils. ... See MoreSee Less
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May 1895. Military review on Sydney University grounds to celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Sydney Mail & New South Wales Advertiser. Saturday 23rd March 1901. Departure of Australian Imperial Troops for South Africa. PARADE AT VICTORIA BARRACKS.The Sydney Mail & New South Wales Advertiser.
Saturday 23rd March 1901.
Departure of Australian Imperial Troops for South Africa.
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Doctor George Langrigg Leathes Lawson was the Regimental Medical Officer of the NSW Imperial Bushmen in South Africa. In this later photograph he is shown wearing the uniform of the Bushmen. Doctor Lawson spent most of his medical career in New South Wales before the Boer War as the resident medical officer in country towns like Gosford, Bega and Goulburn. With his varied experiences as a country doctor he was selected to be the Regimental Medical Officer for the Imperial Bushmen in 1900. When the Bushmen embarked at Sydney on the transport SS Armenian on 23 April 1900 Dr Lawson, now Lieutenant Lawson, went with them to the South African War. During its fifteen months in South Africa, the regiment served in Rhodesia and in the west of Transvaal. It returned to Sydney on board the transport SS Orient, on 17 July 1901. ... See MoreSee Less
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The New South Wales Army Medical Corps sent a group of fourteen nursing sisters to the Boer War on the SS Moravian on 17 January 1900. They arrived in South Africa on 22 February 1900 and were distributed between hospitals at Cape Town, East London and Sterkstroom. ... See MoreSee Less
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FREE LECTURE - OUR ANZAC DAY SEASON EVENT
How did the AIF on the Western Front end up with a railway regiment of around 1,500 soldiers and how did NSW Government Railways designed locomotives end up wandering around France? Hear about this little-known side of the Anzac story. More details here:
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2171 Private Hector McDonald, 2nd Battalion from Tarcutta, New South Wales. A 25 year old horse-breaker prior to enlisting on 13 May 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 6th Reinforcements from Sydney on 16 June 1915 aboard HMAT Karoola. After joining the battalion at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915, he was killed in action at Lone Pine within three days of his arrival. Private McDonald is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.2171 Private Hector McDonald, 2nd Battalion from Tarcutta, NSW. A 25 year old horse-breaker prior to enlisting on 13 May 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 6th Reinforcements from Sydney on 16 June 1915 aboard HMAT Karoola. After joining the battalion at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915, he was killed in action at Lone Pine within three days of his arrival. Pte McDonald is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. ... See MoreSee Less
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