The BATY Brothers of Gympie – Gympie Family History
The BATY Brothers of Gympie – Gympie Family History The parents Mr Thomas Benham BATY married Miss Nellie MOORES on the 17 June 1907 in Gympie, they lived most of their life in 3 Lime street on the Mt Pleasant. They had 7 children of which 5 survived infancy,...
Nurses in World War 1 – Annie and Amy Warner
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...
The Story of an ANZAC – Sapper John Dahl – 1871 – 1916
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’:...
Gympie’s Great War Stories 1914 – 1918
Gympie’s Great War Stories 1914 – 1918 This blog post contains a collection of stories from publications put together by Society Members to mark the Centenary of the Great War. There are six books in the collection and they are available either...
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