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Rolls of Honour

The Goldfields has many 'Rolls of Honour' from the Boer war through to the Vietnam war both in public places and in private building. This is a collection of some of the more hard to find rolls, listing those who fought and those who died.

The Caldwell Brothers – a soldiers story

01/04/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The following biographies have been researched by – Dave Spain 3638 PTE James Caldwell was born in Kanowna on or about January 1896.  He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia, on the 23rd of March 1917.  His Father was James Jonas Caldwell and his Mother was Charlotte Caldwell nee Gardner.  They resided at 68 Padbury St, […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Rolls of Honor, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Kanowna, Western Australia, WW1

Jack Leckie – One of the chosen

31/03/2018 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

I was recently contacted by Mal Leckie who has sent me the following information on his well known relative, Mal said:-  my grandfather, John (Jack) Leckie, was a prominent footballer and coach on the goldfields in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s and the family still hold a trophy he was presented with in 1899 for […]

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Filed Under: Rolls of Honor Tagged With: football, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Off to the Boer War:-

15/02/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Goldfields Men in the Boar War:- “The West Australian 6 Apr 1901′    http://bit.ly/2BpLT19 THE SIXTH CONTINGENT  –  AT KARRAKATTA CAMP. At last the members of the Sixth Contingent have been supplied with uniforms. On Thursday evening these were delivered, and yesterday each man was handed his khaki-coloured clothes. The men were paraded in their uniforms […]

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Filed Under: Rolls of Honor Tagged With: Australian History, Boer, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

Ratepayers Gazetteer -1900

12/01/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following is an extract from an excellent online Gazetteer sent to me by an OFH reader, John Pritchard. In the foreword the publishers confidentially exclaim that this, the first issue, will be an annual production. Each year getting bigger and better. Sadly this never came to be and it appears that this was the […]

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Portraits of Crime – NSW archives

10/01/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The State Archives of NSW have just released over 46,000 records of people in NSW Gaols from 1870-1930. Each record has the following information:-  http://bit.ly/2mjMkSE The Gaol Photographic Description Books contain a photograph of each prisoner and the following information: number, prisoners’ name, aliases, date when portrait was taken, native place, year of birth, details of […]

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Filed Under: Rolls of Honor Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Gaol, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Prison

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