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War Museum Opening

16/02/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The official reopening of the Goldfields War Museum will take place on Saturday 9 March 2019. We will be asking people to assemble outside the old war museum building on Burt Street at 2.00pm and at 2.30pm we will commence a short march along the footpath to the Boulder Town Hall. The Mayor will then […]

Filed Under: Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Kalgoorlie boulder, War Museum, Western Australia, WW1, WW2

Royce Woodhead – a soldier in the making

09/02/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

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 14 yrs old in this photograph although he look younger. The shooting […]

Filed Under: People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

Westonia rolls of honour :-

23/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

These are Roll of honour board’s in the memorial room, located inside the Old Miners Hall (Miners and Mechanics Institute)  at Westonia which was built in 1914 & fully restored between 2007 – 2009. The war memorial room was added and completed in 2008 to hold the WWI Roll of Honour (right) and the newly […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Roll of Honor, Western Australia, Westonia, WW1, WW2

The Knifing of Northwood:

27/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times 17 August 1919 A RETURNED SOLDIER’S TRAGIC FATE    :     WILD SCENES IN KALGOORLIE AND BOULDER Bret Harte’s “Roaring Camp” isn’t in it with Kalgoorlie these days. A succession of shooting episodes has been followed up with a stabbing affray, which is likely to have far reaching effects as far as the […]

Filed Under: People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Northwood, Western Australia, WW1

George Forsythe – a boy soldier

26/05/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

7373 PTE George Vincent Forsythe was born at Mt Morgans, Western Australia on the 8th January 1903.   His Father was George Albert Forsythe and his Mother was Alice Maud nee Vincent.  His parents lived in Port Fairy, Victoria.  He was 5ft 5 inches (162 cm) tall and weighed 121 lbs (55 kgs).  He had a […]

Filed Under: Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW1

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