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Pte Cyril Iles, lost at Pozieres, 1916
When General Gough congratulated the men of the 2nd Australian Division, saying they had 'inflicted a severe defeat on the enemy and secured us most valuable ground,' he wasn't thinking of the 6,846...
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War diaries of Will Lycett of Flemington
Today the Moonee Valley Leader began serialising the war diaries of a Flemington boiler-maker, Will Lycett, who embarked with the 4th Field Ambulance Brigade on 22 December 1914. Will kept his...
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Missing at Moquet Farm, 1916 - Private William Young
Mouquet Farm, December 1916. The Germans were entrenched in a catacomb-like system of tunnels under the farm. (AWM E00564)Young William Young was only eighteen and a half years old when he enlisted...
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Les Vosti and the 3rd Pioneer Band
Les Vosti of Epsom Rd, Ascot Vale, is pictured on the far right of this detail of a photo of the Headquarters Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion. It was taken during training at Salisbury Plains in 1916...
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3rd Pioneer Battalion Headquarters Company, 1916
A detail of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Headquarters Company photo taken at Salisbury Plain in 1916. In theory, if your relative's name appears in this embarkation roll, they should be included in this...
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A Great War Reading List
A recent post on the Exploring Military History blog on "World War 1: selection of non-fiction books" which included a list of junior non-fiction, and a previous post on "World War 1 through children's...
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Australian Nurses in World War 1
Sister Elizabeth Gertrude Fleming, The Penleigh Magazine 1919, p.24. Circa 1896. Courtesy of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Archives.Another tip from Vicki's blog Exploring Military History is...
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Pack up your troubles: Music and the Great War
Grainger Museum24 April 2015 - 20 December 2015 The Grainger Museum's contribution to the Centenary of ANZAC is the exhibition Pack up your troubles: Music and the Great War. With a focus on...
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Soul of the Battalion: the role of brass bands in the Great War
An illustrated lecture by Jillian DuranceGrainger Museum, 28th Jun 2015 3:00pmRoyal Parade, near Gate 13The University of MelbourneFree admission. Please book ahead as numbers are limitedContact the...
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Jim Anderson's wallet saves the day
Jim Anderson's wallet, above, was crammed with his notebook, letters and photographs when it slowed the entry of a bomb fragment on its way to send him to oblivion. The fragment passed through his...
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ASC Football Team AIF England 1917-18
This was another of the photos in Sgt James Anderson's wallet when he was wounded by a bomb fragment which went through the wallet first. Jim is not in the photo, but he was in the ASC and may have...
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AIF stripes,chevrons, patches, badges etc
I have just noticed an extremely useful article on the Australian War Memorial website by Dianne Rutherford explaining the stripes, chevrons, patches, buttons, titles and badges.
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More on the Williams Brothers' Album
I have lately been given access to a small collection of photos owned by 4755 owned by Private Patrick Heneberry O'Callaghan of the 12th Field Ambulance, with captions. Several of these were also found...
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Where is this WW1 tank?
There are those who would like to know where and when this tank was photographed. The men having a good look around it are most likely from the 12th Field Ambulance Corps. It is mostly likely in...
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Where is this War Memorial?
Does anyone know the location of this war memorial - most likely in France, or possibly Belgium. There is a member of the 12th Field Ambulance standing behind it. The album in which it was included...
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Eric Herman at the Helouan Convalescent Hospital
Pte Eric Herman and other convalescents, courtesy of Matt Freckelton.Eric Herman, front left, at the Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, Egypt, between 17 September 1915 and 16...
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The Spirits of Gallipoli: A Centenary of Anzacs
All of us would be familiar with the heroic efforts of our brave Anzacs as they fought in the First World War at Gallipoli.Yet, we do not have many records of the background or of the families of these...
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Spirits of Gallipoli talk tonight by Kim Phillips
Cape Helles Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula.Hello folks, just a reminder that Kim Phillips will be at the Sam Merrifield Library tonight at 7.30. Come and hear some stories of young Australians who...
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Eric Survives Lone Pine
We met Private Eric Herman a little while ago, but now his grandson has provided the story of Eric's service with the AIF. Buried before his time in a bomb blast at Lone Pine, Eric's next appointment...
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Commemorating the Battles of Lone Pine and The Nek
Corporal Harry Webb, DCM, a groom of Buckley St, Essendon, died at Lone Pine on 8 August.The following men from Essendon and Flemington died at Gallipoli during the period 6 to 14 August during the...
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