January 2011
My Grandfather
He used to tell my sister and I that the holes in his arm was caused by a bull goring him. He would then describe in graphic detail how he used a rag to push through the hole and run it backwards and forwards to clean out the wound. I don’t think we ever fully believed t had no idea how he really got it. He lived in Macksville for most of his life and delivered the bread by horse and cart. I...
Harold Dillon Breaden
Harold Breaden was generally referred to as ‘Jack’ Breaden. Born in Tasmania, moved to Victoria then to Western Australia where he married Martha Beatrice Smith on 22 August 1914. A daughter Joan Breaden was born 1 June 1915.
After Harold was demobbed the family continued to reside in W.A. where their first son was born on 1 December 1919. Upon returning to Victoria, Harold...
Aubrey Munger - Service Record
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Charles Munger - Service Record
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Harold James Shepherd
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The Melbourne Herald.
The Melbourne Herald, 15th.June 1915, Page 1.
PRIVATE L.G.McDONALD (killed in action)
was formerly employed at the railway carriage and waggon shops,
North Melbourne and the flag at the shops was flown at half-mast today.
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2455 Herreran P J 2233
When I started to research my grandmother’s family and I asked her what her father’s name was she said he was Joseph Herron. She had never been able to obtain a birth certificate believing it had been destroyed when Quirindi Court House burnt down. I found her birth certificate but listed under the name of Herreran. Patrick seems to have been the only member of his family who...
William Henry Brougham
My Father (William Brougham Bartley) was named after William after he was KIA 22/08/1916. William was my dad’s uncle.
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