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19.01.2022 182. John Charles Day 12/03/1919 Y.O.B. 1894. On this day, one hundred years ago, Private John (Jack) Charles Day (alias William Anderson), Service No. 2761, died of disease. He was 25 years old at the time. John Day enlisted on 17th May 1916, at Armidale, NSW, and was given the depot number of N33007 and allocated to the Armidale Depot Battalion, on 10th July, Jack was transferred to the 1st Squadron, Australian Light Horse, at Menangle Park, but deserted soon after, with n...Continue reading
19.01.2022 Way to go Geordie Clark. The NLA of Australia no less.
18.01.2022 181. William Leo Dalton 14/02/1919 Y.O.B. 1893. On this day, one hundred years ago, Bombardier William Leo Dalton, Service No. 18445, died of disease. He was 26 years old at the time. William enlisted on 28th January 1916, at Casula, NSW. He was given the rank of private and placed into ‘E’ Company Depot Battalion. William remained there until, 1st February, when he was transferred to the Field Artillery Regiment, with the rank of gunner. On 1st April, William placed into th...Continue reading
12.01.2022 184. Clement Stanley Thorne 12/04/1919 Y.O.B. 1890. On this day, one hundred years ago, Sergeant Clement Stanley (Bob) Thorne, Service No. 324, died of disease. He was 30 years old at the time. Bob enlisted on 14th September 1914, at Rosebery Camp, Sydney, NSW, and was allocated as a trooper to the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Then on 5th November, Bob was placed into ‘B’ Squadron. Bob embarked from Sydney, on 20th December, on board HMAT A29 Suevic, arriving at Alexandria, ...Continue reading
07.01.2022 My computer has been offline for the last few week and I have missed one of our veteran. So with apologies to him, please take the time to read William's story.
01.01.2022 183. David Walter Goodman 27/03/1919 Y.O.B. 1883. On this day, one hundred years ago, Sergeant Major David Walter Goodman, Service No. 4501, died of disease. He was 36 years old at the time. On 17th August 1914, David enlisted and was placed into the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, serving as part of the Army Medical Corps. He was given the rank of private, and with the Service No. 32, embarked for Rabaul, German New Guinea, two days later, on board HMAT A...Continue reading
