The Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial currently has the names engraved of 1492 people who have lost their lives due to a workplace accident on a mine. Each and every name has a story to tell. This story is just one of many. On Anzac Day 1932 an accident occurred at the Old Oroya GM (near […]
George Henderson Hay – an Anzac Hero
George Henderson Hay an Anzac Hero by Nicholas Allan George Henderson Hay was born on 27 June 1872 in Bathurst, New South Wales to his parents Martin Flynn of Ireland and Helen Henderson of Scotland. George’s diverse experiences, spanning from one side of Australia to the other, shaped him into a much-loved family man, publican, […]
Mollie’s Box – a family story
by Pam Caddy In 1999 a television program ‘Adopt A Soldier’ promoting the Perth Battye Library, featured a copy of a photograph of Pam Caddy’s father and four of his brothers all serving in WW1. This was the first time that Pam had seen the photo and she found out that it was from a […]
Frank Albert Day – mascot to the 11th Battalion
Story by:- David McMillan Truth can be stranger than fiction can’t it? Frank Day’s life is stranger than most and shouldn’t be forgotten. Blackboy Hill was the Western Australian training camp established in 1914 to house local Australian Imperial Force (AIF) recruits before they left for the battlefronts in the Middle East and Western Europe. […]
Royce Woodhead – a soldier in the making
North Kalgoorlie School Cadets, winners of the best shooting school cadets. Taken in 1909. Back row ? SMITH, Jack BACKHOUSE, Captain Lionel JEFFRIES, E STRANGER, Eric LEAN Front Row: Royce WOODHEAD, Tom CLEMENTS, B CAPLE, Sid KINGS. Young Royce Woodhead would have been about 14 yrs old in the above photograph, although he look younger, […]
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