Stop the Pfalz – 1914, The First British Empire shot of WW1
A recent ABC radio interview with Keith Quinton, the author of a recently published book ‘Stop the Pfalz – 1914’, and the chairperson of the Victorian Anzac Centenary Committee, Ted […]
Mitchell, John Wesley (Jack) (1891–1969)
John Wesley (Jack) Mitchell (1891-1969), army officer and public servant, was born on 16 March 1891 at Tarranyurk, near Dimboola,
A Brother and Sister at Arms at Gallipoli
There are many cases of brothers enlisting in the First AIF and in some cases serving together, but it is very unusual to find a brother and sister enlisting and […]
‘Fear God and Honour the King’ Centenary Exhibition
On 26 March 1913, HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s first light armoured, ‘Chatham Class’, cruiser, commissioned at Birkenhead on 18 January 1913, lay alongside Port Melbourne’s Town Pier, on completion of her […]
William Dunstan VC – The Ballarat Victoria Cross
William Dunstan was born in Ballarat East, Victoria. His father, William John Dunstan, a boot maker and his mother, Henrietta (nee’ Mitchell) welcomed their third son on March 8, 1895.
Building the Great Ocean Road: did a member of your family work on it?
The year 2007 saw the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Great Ocean Road, and marked with many celebrations as befitted this iconic road running along the coast of […]
By the Seat of Their Pants: Australian Airmen and Their Machines 1915 -1918
The Great War saw the emergence of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC), which by 1918 was making a tangible contribution to Allied air operations in the Middle East and on […]
Lieutenant Colonel James Ernest Newland VC
James Ernest Newland was born in the Geelong suburb of Highton, Victoria, on 22nd August 1881, the son of labourer and railway worker William Newland and his wife Louisa Jane […]
