QUEENSLAND RECRUITING COMMITTEE. THE CALL TO ARMS APPEAL. 140,000 SENT OUT; 113,000 REPLIES A MEETING of the general committee of the Queensland Recruiting Committee was held last Thursday evening [ 16 March 1916 ]. There were present: Colonel The Honourable A.J. Thynne, M.L.C. (chairman) [ Andrew Joseph Thynne ] Lieutenant-Colonel Read more…
ABOVE: A soldier of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. This image appeared in “The Queenslander” (pictorial supplement to “The Queenslander”) of 13 July 1918 (page 27). A DAY OF DAYS Though the commemoration of Anzac Day is not a matter to be approached in any hasty or haphazard fashion, Read more…
ANZAC COMMEMORATION DAY. A MEETING of the ANZAC commemoration executive* was held in the Premier’s office on Monday evening last [ 6 March 1916 ]. Mr. W. Lennon [ William Lennon ] was in the chair, there being also present:– Archbishop Donaldson [ St Clair George Alfred Donaldson ] Archbishop Duhig [ James Read more…
ABOVE: This photo illustrated the column penned by Canon Garland (transcribed below) which appeared in the 1 March 1916 issue of the Church of England (Anglican) monthly newspaper, “The Church Chronicle” (page 51). The caption read: “Soldiers, leaving for the Front, saying good-bye to the Resident Chaplain”. Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Garland is depicted in this Read more…
ANZAC DAY. COMMEMORATION, 25 APRIL 1916. IT will be remembered that on 10 January 1916, a public meeting was held in Brisbane, presided over by the Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman Down) [ George Down ], and addressed by his Excellency the Governor (Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams), the State Premier (Hon. T.J. Ryan) Read more…
‘Mere preachment and talk does not satisfy them’ – Garland TO: The Rev. Chaplain Captain C. Warren Tomkins Australian Imperial Forces, EGYPT Box 47, Brisbane, 18th Jany. 1916 My dear Captain Tomkins [ Charles Warren Tomkins* ], it was most good of you to write to me your letter of the 23rd November, which reached me last week. Read more…