Consolidating the Tradition
THE REV. CANON GARLAND, V.D. Hon. Secretary. Anzac Day Commemoration. “Their name liveth for evermore.” (Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14). IN each of the battlefield cemeteries in which lie at rest the bodies of those Soldiers of the Empire who laid down their lives for us there is erected
Foundations of ANZAC Day
ANZAC DAY BILL. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE 18 October 1921. (The Hon. L. McDonald [ Lewis McDonald ], Acting Chairman, in the chair.) Clause 1 – “Short title” – put and passed. On clause 2 – “Anzac Day to be a national holiday”. Hon. A.G.C. HAWTHORN [ Arthur George Clarence Hawthorn ] : “There was some suggestion when
Consolidating the Tradition
ANZAC DAY BILL, 1921. Second Reading QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The SECRETARY FOR MINES [ Alfred James Jones ] : “This is a Bill to constitute Anzac Day a national holiday. The Bill is really so self-explanatory that it does not need me to make a second reading speech on it. “Clause 2 reads
St Barnabas' Church Years
On Sunday [ 10 July 1921 ] at St. Barnabas’ Church, Waterworks-road, the Rev. Canon Garland [ David John Garland ] was invested with the Gold Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, conferred upon him by his Beatitude, Damianos [ Constantine Damianos ] Patriarch of Jerusalem. The ceremony was performed on behalf of the
The ANZAC Day Journey
IMPRESSIVE VIOLET DAY OBSERVANCE. ALTHOUGH Sunday [ 13 July 1920 ] broke with a glory of brilliant sunshine, the city in the afternoon was overcast with dull, grey clouds which fitted in appropriately with annual Violet Day celebration in memory of those gallant men who laid down their lives in the war.
'Nothing is Too Good for Our Soldiers.'
CHURCH OF ENGLAND HELP SOCIETY. LADY Morgan [ Alice Augusta Morgan, neé Clinton ] and Mrs. W.H. Campbell [ Mary Simmonds Campbell, neé Powell ] (representing the [ Soldiers’ ] Church of England Help Society) were hostesses at morning tea at The ANZAC Club yesterday to welcome the members of Synod and their wives.In
Consolidating the Tradition
ABOVE: This photo was taken of members of the Brisbane official reception party for General Birdwood (including the Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman James Francis Maxwell, at the centre of shot, in mayoral robes). From the State Library of Queensland Collection. Negative number: 142549.Parliamentary Banquet. Talk About Neutrality. Fine Tribute
'Nothing is too good for our Soldiers.'
ABOVE: This was, for a great number of Queensland's First AIF returned soldiers, the first time they could smile again after the ravages of trench life in the Great War. Managed by a returned soldier with the additional supervision of a former Army Nursing Service Matron, “The Rest
St Barnabas' Church Years
ABOVE: The Christmas Eucharist Service at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was celebrated by Canon David Garland at the invitation of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Constantine Damianos, in December 1917. When General Allenby entered Jerusalem at the head of the victorious British Expeditionary Force he
'Nothing is Too Good for Our Soldiers.'
OUR SOLDIER BOYS. ‘Nothing is too goodfor our Soldiers.’ I am writing with feelings of anger and sadness.I was coming this morning [ Wednesday, 15 October 1919 ] from Rosemount Hospital in a tram, when turning a corner in the city, I saw stepping off the pavement a man in civilian
Foundations of ANZAC Day
CANON GARLAND WELCOMED. MR. HUGHES AND A WHITE AUSTRALIA. HIGH TRIBUTES TO HIS WORK. THE welcome home extended to Canon Garland [ David John Garland ] in the Albert Hall last night [ 16 September 1919 ] by members of the Soldiers’ Church of England Help Society was largely attended. The hall was tastefully
'Nothing is Too Good for Our Soldiers.'
CHAPLAIN GARLAND. INCIDENTS OF EGYPTIAN REBELLION. WHEN a “Daily Mail” representative found Chaplain-Colonel Garland, V.D. [ David John Garland, Volunteer Detachment ], who returned to Brisbane on Tuesday [ 9 September 1919 ], after an absence of about two years in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, he was very busily engaged and carried on