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Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON

Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON

by Tricia Dickinson | May 13, 2025 | Biographies, Boer War, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Military, Pioneer families

Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON George PATTERSON was born in Leginn in County Fermanagh Ireland on the 27/12/1836 to William Patterson and Dorothy (Dora) nee Winslow. He was the eldest of 8 children. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PATTERSON. Few of those who saw...
Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON

Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON

by Tricia Dickinson | May 13, 2025 | Biographies, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Pioneer families, Women

Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON nee McKean was born on the 29/04/1840 in Belfast Ireland to parents David McKean & Sarah Ann nee Smith. She is the second daughter and middle child of five. About 1858 Sarah immigrated to Australia when she...
The BATY Brothers of Gympie – Gympie Family History

The BATY Brothers of Gympie – Gympie Family History

by Tricia Dickinson | Nov 6, 2024 | Biographies, World War 2

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,...
The Story of Una Catherine Mulholland (nee Vowles)

The Story of Una Catherine Mulholland (nee Vowles)

by Tricia Dickinson | Apr 28, 2024 | Biographies, 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...
Nurses in World War 1 – Annie and Amy Warner

Nurses in World War 1 – Annie and Amy Warner

by Tricia Dickinson | Apr 21, 2024 | Biographies, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Women, World War 1

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

by Tricia Dickinson | Apr 14, 2024 | Biographies, Gympie, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Gympie District Families, Hotels, World War 1

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’:...
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