by Kathy Punter | Apr 28, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie Family, Gympie Women
The Story of Una Catherine Mulholland (nee Vowles) UNA CATHERINE VOWLES Una was born on the 30th October 1904 in Gympie, Queensland. Her parents were Reginald Vowles, a miner, and Mary Ellen {nee Shanahan}. Una was the eldest of six children and in 1918 a terrible...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 21, 2024 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, Gympie Women, WWI
Nurses in World War 1 – Annie and Amy Warner During the First World War, more than 2000 Australian nurses served in the Australian Army Nursing Service. These nurses had to be aged between 25 and 40 and unmarried. They worked in hospitals, on ships and trains...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 14, 2024 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family, Gympie Hotels, Gympie Region, WWI
The Story of an ANZAC – Sapper John Dahl – 1871 – 1916 Sapper John Dahl Service number: 9445 Unit: 11th Field Company Australian Engineers First World War, 1914-1918 LIGHT LOSS‘OUR LOSS was light,’ the paper said, ‘Compared with damage to the Hun’:...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 7, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie Mining, Gympie Region
Gympie Mining Accidents – 1800s – Part 2 Whilst mine safety would have been at the forefront of most Gympie Mine Manager’s minds, there were many accidents in and around the mine shafts and quite a few proved to be fatal. Each death was thoroughly investigated...
by Kathy Punter | Mar 24, 2024 | Social History
A Visit to Donegal -1930 Continuing with our ‘Irish’ theme, this interesting story was published in the Society Newsletter of December 1989 when our Society was called the Gympie Ancestral Research Society. The person who submitted the article was...
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