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Brother Pay The Ultimate Price – The Hallahan Brothers

07/03/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Hallahan brothers Robert (standing, left), Walter, Alf (seated, left) and Wendell. The four, who were in London at the same time, had just been to see a West End production when they decided to have this photograph taken to send to the family in Kalgoorlie.

Walter Rewi Hallahan was one of four Kalgoorlie brothers who served with the Australian army in World War I.  Two of them, Alf and Wendell, were killed in France in 1916.  Walter was killed in September, 1918, one month before the armistist was declared, while serving with the 11th Battalion.The only brother to return home was […]

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