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At the Front

A collection of 21 issues

Riverboat on the Nile

ABOVE: A fleet of house-boats tied up along a Nile River landing at Cairo in about 1915. In July 1918 Canon Garland sought to buy one of these vessels with money raised through the “Lavender Day Appeal" by The Anzac Club, located inside St Luke’s Church, Charlotte Street,

Soldiers' Help Society

SOLDIERS’ HELP SOCIETY. THE regular meeting of the Soldiers’ Church of England Help Society was held in The ANZAC Club on Tuesday afternoon [ 12 March 1918 ]. Mrs. W.H. Campbell [ Mary Simmonds Campbell, neé Powell ] presided, and Bishop Le Fanu (acting director) [ Henry Frewen Le Fanu ] and Lady Morgan [ Alice

Church on the frontline

ABOVE: A humorous take on what would have been a terrifying event, this cartoon appeared on the front page of the August 1917 issue the Church of England's “The Church Army Review”. The caption read: “A Church Army Recreation Hut demolished by Shell-Fire”. AT THE FRONT.THE WORK

Church at the Front

CHURCH WORK AT THE FRONT ADDRESS BY CANON GARLAND. The monthly churchmen's luncheon, under the auspices of the Anglican Social Questions Committee was held at the Bon Ton Cafe, Hay-street, on Friday last, when Canon Garland, of Brisbane, spoke on "What the Church is doing at the

Off to the Front

CHAPLAIN LIEUTENANT- COLONEL GARLAND. A FAREWELL GATHERING. AT the Coo-ee Cafe yesterday morning [ 12 October 1917 ] occasion was taken to bid farewell to Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Garland [ David John Garland ], who is shortly leaving Australia on a visit to the troops. Mr A. Leney (Town Clerk of South Brisbane) [ Alfred

Recruiting Committee sparks fly

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

ANZAC Club opened

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

Aboriginal recruit sworn in

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 John Garland ], and a march

Church Parades 1916

‘Mere preachment and talk does not satisfy them’ – Garland TO: The Rev. Chaplain Captain C. Warren TomkinsAustralian Imperial Forces, EGYPTBox 47, Brisbane,18th Jany. 1916My 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

Aboard Seang Bee

ABOVE: Soldiers and officers crowd the decks of the Hospital Transport Vessel “Galeka” and the HMAT “Seang Bee” during a Church Parade conducted from the forecastle. The transports would shortly leave the Greek island of Lemnos to land at Gallipoli. The bay at Mudros was so crowded that the ships