The columns penned by Canon David John Garland for the Church of England’s diocesan monthly magazine, “The Church Chronicle” from 1915 to after World War I.
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…
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…
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: 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…
‘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…