Uncategorized The role of humour during World War One The sense of humour played a major part in maintaining the morale of both troops…WebmasterMarch 4, 2014
Uncategorized Trench Lingo The language used in the WWI trenches combined humour and understatement. Many of the words…WebmasterMarch 3, 2014
Uncategorized Regimental numbers Men enlisting in WWI were issued with a regimental number by the AIF. Exceptions were…WebmasterFebruary 28, 2014
Service Men and Women William Grey William Grey was a Private, later Trooper with the 4th Australian Machine Gun Squadron in…WebmasterFebruary 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…WebmasterFebruary 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…WebmasterFebruary 20, 2014
Places Dickebusch Dickebusch (now Dikkebus) was a village in the Ypres Salient behind the front lines. It…WebmasterFebruary 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…WebmasterFebruary 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…WebmasterFebruary 20, 2014
Service Men and Women Hilton Norman Williamson Hilton Williamson was born in Orange in 1893. He was working as a carpenter and…WebmasterFebruary 20, 2014