Herbert (‘Rocky’) Rockliff, Deputy Town Clerk of Orange, enlists alongside his best mate Bernard (‘Bun’)…
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Herbert Rockliff, Deputy Town Clerk. Image courtesy Orange City Library. Herbert Rockliff was born in…
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Eastern Front 1915.Image courtesy US Department of Military Art and Engineering. Poison gas is used…
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The Leader reports a steady increase in war recruitment in Orange; 72 men have volunteered…
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The German submarine U21 opens fire on British airship sheds on Walney Island, off the…
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Thomas Dalton.Image courtesy Rosemary Serisier. Thomas Joseph Dalton was born at Wheatley in North Sydney…
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The Leader publishes letters from Private Tom Dalton in Egypt, in which he describes the…
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The Ottoman Camel Corps at Beersheba in 1915.Image in public domain. 25,000 Turkish troops with…
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The Heliopolis Palace Hotel, where No. 1 Australian General Hospital was located during 1915 and…
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