Oct 30, 2019
The local war memorial got a refurbishment just in time for Rememberance Day. The initiative was by the local sub-branch of the RSL.
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The local war memorial got a refurbishment just in time for Rememberance Day. The initiative was by the local sub-branch of the RSL.
Anzac Day 2020
1/7/1917 – Worgret Camp- Wareham, Dorset, England
*Great Great Uncle Norman Douglas Way, in a letter to his father, George Cameron Way*
Twelve months ago today we first landed in France, I have had a good many experiences during this time, funny when one comes to look back on them, but not funny when one has to go through them. To give you one little experience: One day in October, we (my…
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My Great, Grand Uncle Keith McMillan Davidson and his name on the Kew War Memorial. Uncle Keith enlisted on the 17-1-16 as a reinforcement in the 24th Btn but when he arrived in England transferred to the 37th Btn where his older brother my Great Grandfather Arthur Iriving Davidson was the 'Padre'. The 37th went to France on the 23-11-16. On 31-12-16 Uncle Keith then a L/Cpl. was wounded during a failed trench raid, he received a "GSW to the right thigh and buttock". Uncle Keith was sent to England to recover and didn't rejoin the 37th till September of 1917 luckily for him he missed the Battle of Messines were the II Anzac Corps suffered 13,900 casualties. The 37th casualties were 498 both Officers and Men. On his return Uncle Keith was promoted to Sargeant. Uncle Keith may have missed the 37th's first battle but he got back just in time for the Battle of Broodseine Ridged. The losses were 59 killed 170 wounded. After Messines came Passchendaele, which cost the 37th 71 killed and 179 wounded. Not surprisingly after this the 37th was short of leaders and so on the 22-12-17 Uncle Keith was sent to England for Officer training. Now 2nd Lieutenant Davidson rejoined the 37th on 31-8-18 and took part in the final fighting of the battalion which included the breaking of the Hindenburg Line, which lasted until the 3rd of October. On that day Lieut. Davidson of “D” company watched on as the full strength company of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry relieved his company’s position. He and his 14 odd men match out and received a rum issue for a full company. “My men were ready that day” said Davidson, “to tackle the whole German Army”. The 37th had arrived in France in 1916 with near 1000 men by October 1918 it’s fighting strength was around 100 fit men.
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Week 29: Music/52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 29: Music/52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
I always wondered, going in to genealogy where my musical abilities originated from. Both of my parents are musical, my sister is too. All four of us sing, the parents play instruments also. This extends into my grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, first cousins. So it had to have come from somewhere. Turns out, there is evidence of musical ability on virtually every line of my family that I have…
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“Broadmeadows, Vic. 1914-10. Informal group portrait of recruits for the 1st AIF Expeditionary Force with their mascot, a British bull dog. (Original stereocard housed in AWM Archive Store)”
(George Rose/Australian War Memorial)
Unidentified soldier of the First Australian Imperial Force, 1915
Slightly goofy-looking volunteer for the First Australian Imperial Force poses for a goofy-looking photograph with his slightly less goofy looking companion at a studio in Melbourne. July 1915.
(Australian War Memorial via The Passion of Former Days)