Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC), now the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, was established in 1891 at Richmond, northwest of Sydney, New South Wales. One of the staff, Dr William

Frederick Spencer Floyer was born on Boxing Day, 26 December 1888 in the small rural town of Gulgong, New South Wales. One of three children, his father, Blaise B. Floyer, was an English doctor assign

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Following a request for help from the British Red Cross, 30 Australian Red Cross VADs were sent to England to serve as probationers in military hospitals. Ten ladies were selected from NSW, nine from

OFFICERS: Captured Gallipoli: McDONALD, Ronald Tracy Alexander – Capt 16th Batt – Captured 25/4/1915 Gallipoli ELSTON, William Ernest – Lieut 16th Batt – Captured 25/4/1915 Gallipoli JORDAN, Stanley

The age of these men when they died ranged from 18 to 42, however through research, I have discovered that one of them lied about his age so he could enlist. The youngest of these men was in fact 16 y

SOLDIERS LISTED ON THE INGLEWOOD AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL [INGLEWOOD, GLENALBYN, KINGOWER, KURTING, POWLETT PLAINS, RHEOLA and SALISBURY WEST] INGLEWOOD: ALLEN, Thomas William Q.M.S., 24448, 3rd

These are descendants of Thomas and Rebecca Miller who served in WWI. Thomas and Rebecca emigrated from Hungerford, England, on the ship "Fairlie", arriving in Adelaide, South Australia on 7-Jul-1840.

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She was ‘said to mark a new era in the Australian coastal trade’, a magnificent steamer with ‘superb accommodation for 270 passengers, and having a cargo-carrying capacity equal to 7,000 tons weight

Private J. W. Nicholl’s wife lives at Newtown; his two brothers belong to Tamworth. Sydney Mail Wednesday 3 January, 1917. John William Nicholl, 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion (killed in action 1

The South Australian McGuire Family of James and Mary McGuire included 8 sons and 2 daughters. Of these sons 4 were sent overseas as part of our ANZAC contingent and one served in Army offices in Adel

ADAMS, Edith Mary Rawson, Staff Nurse Married Rev Sidney Fremlyn STREATFIELD (Royal Army Chaplain’s Dept) on Tuesday the 24th of September 1918 at St Mary’s Church, Belgaum, India ALFRED, Ellen, Sta

Official Histories – Medical, First Convoy P.36: The Director-General further obtained the permission of the Minister for Defence for nursing sisters of the A.A.N.S. to accompany the force: “on arri

Matron-in-Chief, QAIMNS McCARTHY, Dame Emma Maud *ABELL, Lydia (ARRC) (also AVH) [ACKROYD, Beatrice (British – came to Aus post war)] *ALLENDER, Leonora (also Red Cross and AANS) *ARTHUR, Mollie Ell