In 2018, after receiving a grant from the Federal Government’s Centenary of Armistice program, the club commissioned local military historian Anthony McAleer OAM, to create a project that would highlight the service of this district’s men and women during World War One. ...
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A young soldier, 21-year-old Auguste Thin, was given the honour of choosing the coffin – his father had died on the battlefield and he had voluntarily signed up in 1918. Mr Thin was given a bouquet of red and white carnations to put on the coffin of his choice. He ch...
Learn about Wilson's 14-point peace plan, the Armistice of Compiegne that ended all hostilities, the results of the Paris Peace Conference, and the Treaty of Versailles, in which Germany accepted responsibility for the damage it had caused by starting the war. ...
of American runner Jesse Owens, who was black. This embarrassed Hitler and the Nazis, who believed in the racial supremacy of 'Aryans' over all other races. As these Olympic games ended, no one knew the greater impact the Nazis and WWII would have on the next four scheduled Olympic games...
Of the nearly one million Palestinians displaced, Khalidi notes, “none were allowed to return, and most of their homes and villages were destroyed to prevent them from doing so. Still more were expelled from the new state of “Israel” even after the armistice agreements of 1949 were signed...
Harold is commemorated by CWGC and is buried in Nouvelles Communal Cemetery upon his headstone are inscribed the words "THE LORD BLESS HIM AND KEEP HIM AND GIVE HIM PEACE" Killed on the last day of WW1: Poignant stories of soldiers hours from safety; It was the last day of WWI but for...
He was sent to France in December, 1917 and remained there in active service until armistice. He was promoted to captain, commanding the Tenth Balloon Co. He made a fine record for efficiency, and after he returned to the states in 1919 he entered the regular army as a captain. Capt. ...