Uncategorized The role of humour during World War One The sense of humour played a major part in maintaining the morale of both troops…Admin@WW1March 4, 2014
Uncategorized Trench Lingo The language used in the WWI trenches combined humour and understatement. Many of the words…Admin@WW1March 3, 2014
Uncategorized Regimental numbers Men enlisting in WWI were issued with a regimental number by the AIF. Exceptions were…Admin@WW1February 28, 2014
Service Men and Women William Grey William Grey was a Private, later Trooper with the 4th Australian Machine Gun Squadron in…Admin@WW1February 21, 2014
Honour RollService Men and Women Bertie Stibbard Memorial to Bertie Stibbard, Orange Cemetery.Image courtesy Elizabeth Griffin. Bert Stibbard was a labourer from…Admin@WW1February 21, 2014
Service Men and Women James Robert ‘Tad’ Digges James Robert ‘Tad’ Digges was a farmer on the family’s property at Coonamble when the…Admin@WW1February 20, 2014
Places Dickebusch Dickebusch (now Dikkebus) was a village in the Ypres Salient behind the front lines. It…Admin@WW1February 20, 2014
Honour RollService Men and Women William Roy Lowdon William Roy Lowdon memorial plaque, St John's Church, Orange. Image courtesy Julie Sykes. William Roy…Admin@WW1February 20, 2014
Honour RollService Men and Women John Bede ‘Jack’ Moylan ‘Jack’ Moylan had been a policeman in Orange for several years before the First World…Admin@WW1February 20, 2014
Service Men and Women Hilton Norman Williamson Hilton Williamson was born in Orange in 1893. He was working as a carpenter and…Admin@WW1February 20, 2014