Exploring the evolution of Anzac Day from its roots in acknowledging the sacrifice of The Fallen in the Boer War through to Canon Garland’s final Anzac Day service.
TO: Lieut. J.A. Collum [ John (“Jack”) Athelstan Collum* ], Army Service Corps, c/o. Rev. W.W. Williams, Vicarage, Midsomer Norton, England. Box 47, Brisbane. 24th April 1917. “My dear Mr. Collum, “Your lengthy letter received and is of great interest to me. “I do not quite know what to do with the Read more…
ANZAC DAY, FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT. CHURCH SERVICES IN CITY. SERVICES will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow [ 25 April 1917 ] as follows:— Church of England, St. John’s Cathedral, Ann-street; Roman Catholic, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Elizabeth-street; Presbyterian, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Creek-street; Methodist, Albert-street Methodist Church; “other denominations”, Wharf-street Congregational Church. Read more…
OUR SOLDIER BOYS. ‘Nothing is too good for our Soldiers.’ THE taking of the Referendum has been the great event since I last wrote, and I cannot forbear one word on the result. I feel disappointed and ashamed that as a people we failed to rise to the call for Read more…
RECRUITING COMMITTEE. CONSCRIPTION ADVOCATED. CANON AND GENERAL. GARLAND: STRIKES ANOTHER SNAG. WOMEN’S POSITION IF CONSCRIPTION ADOPTED. AT a well-attended meeting of the Queensland Recruiting Committee at Preston House last evening [ 7 September 1916 ] , Mr. A.J. Thynne, M.L.C., [ Andrew Joseph Thynne ] presiding, a report was submitted Read more…
ST. JAMES’ RECTOR. CHAPLAIN ON TROOPSHIP. HONOURED BY PARISHIONERS. LAST NIGHT’S PRESENTATIONS. FOR a considerable time efforts have been made to ensure that no troopship should leave Australian shores unaccompanied by Chaplains. Hitherto the practice of the authorities has been to provide salaried Chaplain on boats carrying large numbers of Read more…
To: No. 20907, Gunner F.T. Baker [ Frederick Thomas Baker ], 34th Battery, 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 3rd Australian Division. Box 47, Brisbane. 19th July 1916. “My dear Fred, “I am very glad to have a letter from you, and to know you are having a good time at sea. “I wonder Read more…