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 | Nov 11, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, WWI
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...
by Kathy Punter | Sep 20, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, WWI
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 individually or as...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 30, 2023 | Gympie Region, WWI
George Pestorius, The Teacher There are two parts to the life of George Pestorius, one is as a Soldier in WW1 and the other is as a well respected Teacher for the Education Department of Qld. The following is a summary of George’s life as a teacher and his...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 21, 2023 | Gympie Region, WWI
George Pestorius, The Soldier There are two parts to the life of George Pestorius, one is as a Soldier in WW1 and the other is as a well respected Teacher for the Education Department of Qld. The following is a summary of George’s life as a soldier and you can...
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