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The Harrower Collection

Locality: Newcastle, New South Wales

Address: Cessnock 2325 Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 33rd BATTALION - 1st BATTALION AIF Private: 18 Roderick Hamilton BUDSWORTH. Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi Born: 24th July 1878. Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia....Continue reading

24.01.2022 DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 101st Battery Australian Artillery, now Head Quarters 1st Australian Field Brigade. Battery Sergeant Major: 11917 Leslie Hercules ASKER. Now Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer 1) for conspicuous devotion to duty during the period 16/17th September to 11th November 1918. Sergeant Major ASKER displayed constant devotion to duty and skill in his capacity as Sergeant Major. His general knowledge

22.01.2022 We Once were Lost, but Now are Found. The Gardiner brothers, George Wallace, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-2313) and younger brother Frederick Norbert, 9th Australia...n Machine Gun Company (Reg No-229, 36th Battalion), from Arthur Street, Manilla, New South Wales and 218 Hannell Street, Wickham, N.S.W., who were resting together in an unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery, are now officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip. Wooden crosses erected - 28.7.2019 and 23.11.2019. Honour and dignity restored. http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au//war-/index.php Many thanks to Phil Winney and members of Merewether - Hamilton - Adamstown sub-Branch for the purchase of death certificates. Lest We Forget.

21.01.2022 ARMY SERVICE CORPS - 35th BATTALION A.I.F. Lance Sergeant: 106379 Clements Ripley RODD. Born: 30th April 1888. Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. ... Married: 4th December 1915. Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. Wife: Edith Rose Rodd. nee: Pritchatt. (1891-1983) Died: 25th July 1961. Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. Father: Clements Tremayne Rodd. (1843-1927) Mother: Sarah Janet Rodd. nee: Robertson. (1850-1940)

20.01.2022 34th BATTALION AIF Private: 1822 John Elder Robson GARDNER. Born: 12th December 1885. Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland... Married: 4th August 1920. St Peters Church of England, Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:11872/1920. Wife: Gertrude Gardner. nee: Backhouse. (1895-1981) New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert: 16971/1981. Died: 14th August 1966. St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:26776/1966. Father: John Clanachan Gardner. (1851-1921) Mother: Margaret H. Gardner. nee: Philip. (1858-1916) At 11:00 pm 6th May 1918 on the same day, "C" Company with 2 Platoons of "A" Company on the right and "D" Company with 2 Platoons of "A" Company on the left were to be the first wave in an attack on the enemy position which had been the objective on the previous night. The second wave was "C" Company of the 33rd Battalion. The 2 Platoons of "A" Company which were to assist "C" Company got lost in the dark and did not arrive. "D" Company reached their objective, but Captain: Edmund BEAVER. finding his right flank exposed and not being able to gain touch with "C" Company, dropped his right flank back to the existing Picquet Line. "C" Company having reached their objective, but finding their flanks exposed, Captain: Harold Henry McMINN. decided to drop back, but in doing so, owing to the intense darkness, lost direction and the Company found themselves behind the enemy line. At dawn, realizing it was useless to attempt to force their way back, they surrendered. Lieutenant: Russell Stanley BROWN was mortally wounded during the the advance, whilst Lieutenant: 64 Alfred James FELL. and Lieutenant: Laurence Sylvester McMAHON were also taken prisoner. (34th Battalion War Diary) Private: 1822 John Elder Robson GARDNER, Private: 1987 Arthur ROBINSON, Private: 2362 Owen Oliver MORRIS, were members of this Company and were taken as Prisoner's of War.

19.01.2022 #YearInReview || Throughout this year we honoured the history, culture and achievements of our past, present and future Indigenous serving members. In addition... to our 2020 celebrations of National Reconciliation Week and #NAIDOCWeek, we welcomed the appointment of #AusArmy’s second Indigenous Elder, Aunty Lorraine Hatton OAM. Aunty Lorraine’s appointment acknowledges the proud history and keeping of traditional knowledge and customs for #OurPeople. To read a wrap-up of our stories from NAIDOC Week, head to https://www.defence.gov.au//NewsPap/Army/editions/1478.pdf.

17.01.2022 World War 1 Exhibition at the Australian War Memorial

17.01.2022 36th BATTALION - 33rd BATTALION AIF Private: 1914 Thomas FEATHERSTONHAUGH. Born: 7th March 1881. London, England.... Married: 7th September 1912. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:8871/1912. Wife: Mary May Featherstonhaugh. nee: Richardson. (1876-1953) died at Burwood, N.S.W. Death Cert: 25594/1953. Died: 10th May 1970. Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:19842/1970. Father: Edwin Featherstonhaugh. (1847-1926) Mother: Louisa Featherstonhaugh. nee: Parsley. (1851-1926)

16.01.2022 34th BATTALION A.I.F. Sergeant: 2518 George Arthur BLISS. D.C.M. Born: 13th November 1894. Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:6028/1894.... Married: 24th April 1920. Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:7695/1920. Wife: Ivy Jane Bliss. nee: Longworth. (1898-1986) Died: 12th August 1968. Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:26232/1968. Father: George Henry Bliss. (1864-1927) Died Wallsend, N.S.W. Death Cert:15711/1927. Mother: Susan Bliss. nee: Messett. (1865-1925) Died Wallsend, N.S.W. Death Cert:11317/1925. DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. Sergeant: 2518 George Arthur BLISS For Conspicuous Gallantry and Devotion to duty during operations against enemy positions South of the SOMME on 8th August 1918. Sergeant BLISS was Platoon Sergeant in the Company allotted the task of attacking ACCROCHE WOOD in co operation with other units. During the advance through the wood under a very dense fog many men became separated from their units. Under instructions from his Platoon Commander, Sergeant BLISS took under his command a Platoon so separated and led them forward under a heavy artillery barrage through the wood and joined up again in line with his Company. Sergeant BLISS personally led a party of these men against an enemy machine gun position in LONG VALLEY where he captured three machine guns. He inspired his men with great confidence by his gallant deeds and afterwards with another party rushed an enemy 4.2 gun position capturing two guns and 12 prisoners. He then led his men on to the objective where he assisted his Platoon Commander to re organise. The bravery fearlessness of this N.C.O. was splendid. He greatly assisted the advance of his Company by forming a solid flanking position on its right. London Gazette 5th December 1918. Page 14458 Position 4. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 14th of March 1919. Page 423 Position 12.

16.01.2022 Some Named Portraits of WWI Soldiers and a special 34th Battalion photo.1. Charlie Davey; 2. Dan Curey or Carly; 3. Charlie Kemp - these 3 taken at Charleston Studios, Newcastle.4. Jack Henson - Mendelssohn Studios , Melbourne; 5. Stanley Searl (from Maitland) 6. see caption.

14.01.2022 To all our past and present #YourADF personnel, and to our family and friends, we wish you a #HappyNewYear! #AusArmy #AusNavy #AusAirForce #HappyNewYear2021

11.01.2022 The youngest known Australian soldier to die in war. Family photo of Private James (Jim) Martin, of Hawthorn, Victoria, with his five sisters, (left to right) A...nnie, Alice, Millie, James, Ester and Mary. He was the third of six children, and the only son. Private Martin was born to Amelia and Charles Martin on the 3rd of January 1901 in Tocumwal, New South Wales. He attended Manningtree Road State School from 1910 to 1915, during which time he also received basic military training as a junior cadet under the compulsory training scheme. Private Martin enlisted on the 12th of April 1915, aged 14 years and 3 months, perhaps the youngest soldier to serve in the Australian forces, and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Berrima on the 28th of June 1915, with the 1st Reinforcements, 21st Battalion to deploy to Egypt, arriving there in late July. In late August, following the failed August Offensive, he was sent to Gallipoli on the steamer HMT Southland, to take part in the fighting against the Turks, which had by that time eveloped into a bloody stalemate. En route, Southland was torpedoed by a German submarine off the island of Lemnos and Private Martin was rescued after spending four hours in the water. After being picked up, he re-joined his battalion at Mudros Island where they were transferred to the transport ship Abassieh on the 7th of September to resume their voyage to Gallipoli. As the campaign dragged on, winter approached and the weather on the Gallipoli Peninsula began to take its toll on the soldiers in the trenches. Following a period of cold temperatures and heavy rain Private Martin contracted enteric fever in the trenches. After suffering mild symptoms for about a fortnight during which time he refused treatment, he was subsequently evacuated to the hospital ship Glenart Castle on the 25th of October 1915 after he developed diarrhoea. He died of heart failure that night, at the age of 14 and nine months, and was buried at sea the next day. At the time of his death, only his parents and his best friend, Cec Hogan, who was himself only 16 years old, knew his real age. Rest In Peace Private Martin. Lest We Forget. Information came from Wikipedia. Photograph came from the Australian War Memorial. Image file number AWM P05051.001

08.01.2022 35th BATTALION A.I.F. Private: 548 William "Bill" RYAN. Born: 17th March 1892. Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Married 1: 1915. West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:9413/1915.... Wife 1: Ivy I Ryan. nee: Hill. Married 2: 1928. Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert: 17197/1928. Wife 2: Margaret Ryan. nee: Freel. (04/1895-18/06/1960) died at Swansea, N.S.W. Died: 14th August 1959. Belmont, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert: 19318/1959 Buried: Belmont Cemetery. (Catholic Section) Father: John Andrew Ryan. (1864-1927) Mother: Catherine Ann Ryan. nee: Carroll.

06.01.2022 People who know me know my attachment to these 2 battalions. The 33rd and 44th 1AIF. I discovered part of his history in the fabulous book of my friend Andrew Pittaway. 103 years ago today, he lost his life. Lest We Forget.

05.01.2022 Une photo rare montrant la diversité ethnique des troupes alliées pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Outre les 90 000 troupes indigènes déjà enrolées au début... de la guerre, la France recrute entre 1914 et 1918 près de 500 000 troupes coloniales dont 166 000 ouest-africains, 46 000 malgaches, 50 000 indochinois, 140 000 algériens, 47 000 tunisiens et 24 300 marocains. La plupart de ces troupes coloniales françaises ont servi en Europe. Cependant, la majorité des Africains servirent de travailleurs ou de transporteurs en Afrique. Au total, comme l'a noté Hew Strachan, plus de 2 millions d'Africains furent impliqués dans le conflit en tant que soldats ou travailleurs; 10% d'entre eux sont morts, et parmi les travailleurs qui servirent en Afrique, le taux de mortalité à pu atteindre 20%. D'autre part, près de 140 000 travailleurs chinois furent embauchés par les gouvernements britannique et français, formant une partie substantielle de la main-d'œuvre immigrée travaillant en France pendant la guerre. Cette diversité ethnique sur le sol européen fut en grande partie le résultat des décisions françaises et britanniques d'employer des troupes coloniales non blanches contre l'Allemagne sur le front occidental. Cependant au début du conflit, engager des troupes coloniales n'étaient pas chose facile préjugés sur le Hommes de couleur, endoctrinées par la hiérarchie raciale. La couleur déterminait alors en grande partie la vie du combattant et du non-combattant en Europe. Alors que la France déployait ces troupes en Europe, la décision fut plus difficile à prendre pour la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis, que envoyèrent malgré tout près de 400 000 soldats afro-américains furent dont 200 000 en Europe. Source de la photo: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/ Infos: www.bl.uk/ www.theatlantic.com

05.01.2022 United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Fovant. March 1919. Graves of Australian soldiers in the Fovant Churchyard. Identified, left to right, front row: 3662 Priva...te (Pte) Louis Watt, 28th Battalion, killed in action 1 November 1917; 3284 Pte William Coleman, 36th Battalion, died 20 November 1917, aged 34 years; 7179 Pte Frank Leslie Gardner, 17th Battalion, died of sickness 7 March 1918; 1992 Pte John Wright, 41st Battalion, died of sickness 28 March 1918. Credit : AWM. See more

04.01.2022 34th BATTALION A.I.F. Regimental Sergeant Major. Warrant Officer I: 43 John James CROSS. Born: 9th February 1895. Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:10449/1895.... Married: 1920. Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:4423/1920. Wife: Rose Hilda Cross. nee: Cross. (1893-1949) Died: 17th February 1973. Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:46543/1973. Father: Samuel Raymond Cross. (1859-1927) Died at Walcha, N.S.W. Death Cert: 3983/1927. Mother: Rebecca "Mary" Cross. nee: Heagney. (1853-1897)

03.01.2022 Photograph of N0.1495 William REEVES of the 33rd Battalion AIF, to go with his Digger-Profile. William REEVES (from Uralla) was WIA at Messines and subsequently had his arm amputated. The photograph was printed in the War Chest Review in August 1918.

03.01.2022 We're pleased to hear that 22 memorials in New South Wales will be restored thanks to grants from the NSW Government's Community War Memorials Fund. The grants ...range from $1,500 to $10,000 and will support memorials including the Alexander Eagleton Boer War Memorial Gates in Clarence Town, the Holbrook War Memorial Obelisk, the Berrima Remembrance Grove, and the Trungley Hall Second World War Memorial Gates near Temora. Pictured is detail from the Greta Memorial Cenotaph. Thank you to all the RSL sub-Branches that applied for grants to restore local memorials. You can read more about the memorials being restored here: https://www.veterans.nsw.gov.au//22-local-war-memorials-t/

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03.01.2022 17th BATTALION - 34th BATTALION AIF Lieutenant: William Harold RICHARDSON. M.C. Born: 29th December 1889. Woolahra via Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:31780/1890.... Married 1: 1914. Waverley, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:8561/1914. Wife 1: Lily E Richardson. nee: Weir. Married 2: 5th April 1928. Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. Marriage Cert: Wife 2: Annie Howieson Richardson. nee: Brown. Died: 9th November 1949. Queensland, Australia. Death Cert: Father: George Richardson. (1864-1937) Mother: Elizabeth Richardson. nee: Hemsley. (1871-1948)

02.01.2022 3 decorated officers of the A.I.F. met at the 50th RSL celebration dinner. L to R are Captain P.C Lawry, M.C, Captain G J Hawke, M.C both of Inverell and from the second A.I.F., and Colonel W. Salmon, D.C.M., M,M of Gum Flat who was in the First A.I.F. Credit : Inverell Times.