Seems like he just got fed up of talking John !! :)
They say that probably he was the most exceptional fighting man in the Australian Imperial Forces ! Albert Jacka was the first Australian to win a...
While living in Sydney Darcy met Maurice O'Sullivan, whose family ran the Lord Dudley Hotel in Paddington. The two became close friends and it was...
Les Darcy was born into a poor Irish Catholic family in East Maitland, near Newcastle, in 1895. He left school at the age of 12 and worked hard to...
This is even more grand .... :) Sir Mark Chandos Auberon Henniker, 8th Baronet (1906-1991) CBE,DSO,MC,DL Born in 1906; educated at Marlborough...
Louis would have got British medals then wouldn't he ? In Memory of Lieutenant LOUIS (Jnr.) BENNETT 40 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died age 24 on...
Louis Bennett, Jr Birth - Sep. 22, 1894 Weston Lewis County West Virginia, USA Death - Aug. 24, 1918 World War I United States Flying Ace....
Rain ! ... good for the grass I suppose !! :ohwell:
Friedrich Rudenberg was born in 1892 in Hanover - he was the fourth child of a middle class factory owner in Hanover (Georg Rudenberg-father/Elsbeth...
Just to go back to Werner Voss for a minute ... I found this ... have you seen it ? :) Werner Voss - Hero or Super Hero...
Thought this maybe of interest ..... !! :) Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many...
with the most terrific name !! :mosking: does anybody know anything about him ? I know he was in the Royal Engineers and was thought to be "a most...
He was an established actor in Hungary - and though actors were exempt from military service, Bela left the theater and volunteered for service when...
Grigori Rasputin - Bizarre, dissolute religious con-man whose close ties to the Imperial family allowed him to become a major political player,...
Hi Cally ! Would you happen to know anything about the SS Bray Head please ? - she was sunk by a German submarine in March 1917 ( The Bray...
In Memory of Gunner ROBERT TORRANCE 222389, "A" Bty. 162nd Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died age 30 on 24 April 1918 Son of the late John...
The outbreak of war in August 1914 wasn’t expected to affect football too greatly. The general feeling that ‘it would be all over by Christmas’ was...
I found this ......
Just goes to show we both have good taste !! :clapping:
Thank you for the pictures Adrian ! I have a very dear Newfie friend who's Granddad was there ..... and was one of those that answered the roll...
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