The early years prior to The Great War: associations with Australian troop contingents.
THE CANON SPEAKS. THERE was a large gathering in front of the [ Brisbane General ] Post Office yesterday [ 24 May 1917 ], when many strong appeals were made for recruits. A feature of the proceedings was the swearing in of an Aboriginal recruit by Chaplain Garland [ David Read more…
ABOVE: The New Zealand approach to setting aside the 25th day of April as a “sacred” and “close” industrial public holiday was described by the secretary of that country’s equivalent of the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, as “treated as a holy day”. This article appeared on page 12 of Brisbane’s “The Telegraph” newspaper of 26 November 1927. Read more…
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…
CORRESPONDENCE: CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS FOR SOLDIERS IN CAMP. (To the Editor). Sir,— WOULD you be good enough to allow me room in your paper to say that I have just received a letter from Canon Garland (Lieut. Colonel) [ David John Garland ] stating that the [ Soldiers’ ] Church of Read more…
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN. SOLEMN CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST. SERVICE IN ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL. SINCE St John’s Cathedral has been erected there has perhaps been no other occasion on which so solemn a service has taken place within its walls, or one which will be so much appreciated at the present time, as that held yesterday morning Read more…
ABOVE: Some of the estimated 3,000 troops – including men from the Queensland-raised 26th Infantry Battalion, 11th Australian Light Horse regiment and other elements of the 7th Infantry Brigade – paraded through the streets of inner Brisbane on Saturday morning, 29 May 1915. The following Monday evening more than 700 Brisbane citizens pledged to abstain from drinking Read more…