April 2015 “Our Soldiers, Their Service.”

Friends of Mandurah Community Museum Newsletter.
April 2015
The slouch hat: Trademark of the Australian Army
Rosemary for
Remembrance.
Olive for Peace.
During 2015 this
newsletter will tell
the story of
Mandurah’s World
War One service
personnel.
“Our Soldiers,
Their Service.”
Perhaps no other object has been so widely associated with Australian identities as
the "slouch" or "digger" hat.
Introduced into Australian military service
in the second half of the 19th century, the
hat was suited to the local climate and the
rigours of military use. In later years it was
hoisted on mastheads by victorious troops
in place of a flag.
The slouch hat’s mark in history is rooted in
Australia’s introduction to modern warfare
at Gallipoli and the reputation established
by the AIF on the Western Front. From that
time the simple felt hat, with its side turned up, was an emblem of the courage of the Australian digger, and it became a national symbol. Although commonly believed to be uniquely Australian, similar styles of hat were adopted by many other countries, including the United
States, New Zealand, India and even Germany.
The khaki hat first became part of an Australian military uniform in 1885, and the slouch hat
made its first appearance overseas on the heads of troops fighting in the Boer War, and it
added much to the mystique of the Australian bushmen. Around the time the first Commonwealth troops arrived in South Africa, the hat began to be more commonly worn with the left
side turned up.
The Defence Act of 1903 combined the colonial defence forces into a single Australian army.
The slouch hat became part of the uniform, worn turned up on the left side, and an array of
embellishments was introduced.
The most striking addition by some units was the adornment of
the hat with the plumes of various birds, including black cock,
eagle, swan and ostrich. The best known of these, however,
particularly after the exploits of the Light Horse in the desert
campaigns of the First World War, was the emu feather. It is
believed that this plumage was first adopted by the Queensland Mounted Infantry at the time of the shearers’ strike in
1891.
During 2015 this newsletter will change its appearance to reflect the special series on
World War One. Please see inside for the Index of each newsletters articles in this issue.
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Fishing Clinics.
Education Matters!
On Tuesday, March 3 a poppy making workshop was
held at the Mandurah Community Museum. This was to
support the Mandurah ANZAC Centenary Poppies Project. The poppies will be used to ‘plant’ a field on the
Mandurah Foreshore and at the War Memorial. The project coordinator Jodie said, ‘We are getting closer to
reaching our target of 30,000 poppies to create a beautiful display.’ Even though only eight people attended the
workshop. Over 50 poppies were made that morning.
Many of the people who attended, took the pattern and
materials home to continue making poppies at their leisure.
The Annual Anzac Exhibition will run from April 2 - 29.
This will showcase war
memorabilia from private collections, including a Bren Gun Carrier
and other rarely seen
items. Children can
complete an Anzac
Quiz and make an ANZAC badge during the
school holidays.
Costumed members of the
Westralian Great War Living
Association will bring to life
scenes from the First World War
on Saturday 18 April from 11am
-3pm.
What am I?
A recent loan to the museum is something many of the
volunteers have never seen. This month we pose the
question - do you know what I am and what I was used
for? I am made of metal am rusty and was possibly
made around 100 years ago, I may have lain on or in the
ground for many years.
National Youth Week (NYW) is the largest celebration of
young people in Australia. Thousands of young people
aged 12-25 from across Australia are involved in NYW
each year. In 2015, NYW will be held from 10-19 April.
One of the activities which the Mandurah Community Museum is assisting with is learning how to fish from a boat
with the Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club.
There are many events happening in Mandurah. Visit
www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/youthweek.htm for more
information.
Regular features.
MDO report
Education Matters.
Chairpersons report –
Vanessa Wiggin.
Katrina Gauci
Jan Baker
Editor
Jan Baker.
Index for January - February 2015.
The Slouch Hat.
Peter Aitken (Internet
information)
Special features
“Our Soldiers - Their Service”.
William Sutton
Emily Chambers.
Cecil Tuckey.
Emily Chambers.
William Muir.
Rita Trigwell
Albert Carter.
Vanessa Wiggin
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The Slouch Hat. (cont.)
With the raising of the 1st AIF in 1914 further standardisation occurred. Plain khaki hat bands were adopted, along
with the Commonwealth Pattern ("rising sun") Badge, first
introduced in 1904.
This badge was worn
by all soldiers except
those serving with
siege artillery units; as
members of the permanent artillery, they
were allowed to retain
their own design.
Some Queensland
Light Horse units embarked for overseas service wearing emu plumes, as did
the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. When the latter arrived in
Egypt there was such a kerfuffle over the right to wear the
plume that the Minister of Defence was forced to intervene. He ruled that all light horse regiments could wear
the emu plume provided that no cost was charged to the
Commonwealth.
Following the call for volunteers in 1939, the "rising sun"
badge and plain khaki coloured band were again chosen
as the uniform of the 2nd AIF. After the Second World
War there were minor changes to the hat and its continued suitability was questioned, but the slouch style was
too deeply entrenched to be replaced. Today, similar felt
hats are worn by the all Australian services, but only the
Australian Army, to which it remains a symbol of distinction and pride, continues to wear the khaki felt hat with its
side turned up.
Exerpt from article by:Author: Peter Aitken
Former curator in the Military Heraldry and Technology Section, Australian War Memorial.
Full article held at Mandurah Community Museum .
Stop Press.
Get Hooked on fishing
clinics
Fully booked for April.
We plan to run another set
during the October school
holidays.
More information closer to
the date.
Museum Development Officers report.
The Museum has been successful in applying for a grant
of $38,572 from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs ANZAC Centenary Local Grants Programme. The grant is to
be used to install an interactive audio device at the Mandurah War Memorial to tell the ANZAC story in the Mandurah context. The grant money will go part way to funding this important project in the significant 100th
anniversary of ANZAC year
After an incident of large scale anti-social behaviour was
encountered during February, the Museum will be joining
with the visitor centre to provide staff and volunteers with
a workshop on procedures for dealing with difficult clients.
This is anticipated to occur in April or May.
The Museum has been able to obtain a recording from a
wax cylinder featuring Aboriginal Elder Yaburgurt singing
in the Noongar language. In addition to this it appears to
also feature Yaburgurt talking in language. We can deduce that the recording was made some time during in
the late 1890s. We have been able to have this material
digitised, thus preserving a unique piece of cultural material for posterity. The recording is of state wide, and possibly national significance. With this material coming to light
only weeks before the 100th anniversary of Yaburgurt’s
passing, it will play a significant role in celebrating the life
of this respected Mandurah elder.
On the 14th of February the Museum Development Officer gave a presentation to the Mandurah Family History
Society on the role played by the Mandurah community in
supporting the war effort during the First World War. The
leading role of the Dalrymples and Mandurah Primary
School was a major focus of the talk. The upcoming City
of Mandurah celebrations making the ANZAC centenary
were also discussed and generally promoted to the society’s membership. This was a particularly well attended
presentation.
The quarterly meeting of the Peel Chapter of Museums
Australia was held at the Mandurah Community Museum
on Saturday February 1st. This meeting of museums and
historical societies from across the Peel Region is always
a great networking and problem solving opportunity for all
groups involved. Topics discussed included successful
strategies for museum shops, state wide training opportunities in Museum Studies, and upcoming grant opportunities. A workshop on pest control in Museums was held in
the afternoon.
March, in the lead up to the 100th anniversary of ANZAC
marked a tremendous month for the Museum with an all
time record set for visitors. 645 people visited the Museum during the month which is an all time record for
March. School groups were a major part of this record
with several undertaking guided exercises in the museum
followed up by a heritage walk around Mandurah’s CBD
and activities at Hall’s Cottage undertaken by the Mandurah Historical Society. Thanks as always must go to Katrina Gauci, our Museum Education Officer for putting so
much effort into making these school visits a success.
Nicholas Reynolds
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William John Sutton
1st Remount Unit, AIF 1012
William John Sutton was a son of Henry Sutton and Jane McLarty, born
around 1866-67. He was five foot, ten inches tall, with fair complexion,
blue eyes and dark hair. As a young man, he had selected land at Jardup,
on the Harvey River east of Harvey town. Life on the property was tough,
and he did not prosper due to isolation and a lack of modern transport. In
1890 he married Florence Cecilia Logue, the daughter of Joseph Logue
who had been a member of the Panter, Harding and Goldwyer expedition
to the north-west of the state searching out suitable pastoral grounds.
They had three daughters, Flossie, Alma and Janie.
In 1895, William was elected to the Brunswick Roads Board. During his
time on the Board, he was useful, knowledgeable and eager. William was
also involved in the Harvey Agricultural Alliance, as the first vicepresident, and the Farmers’ Club. He also served as a JP for about forty
years. He remained on his land until 1913, when he retired and moved to
Harvey, on Uduc Road.
In the First World War, he enlisted in the fourteenth squadron of the 1 st Remount Unit in the AIF, with the rank of Private.
His papers give his age at 48 years and 8 months on 14th October 1915, when he enlisted. His service number was
1012, and he embarked from Melbourne in November 1915 on HMAT Orsova. Whilst on service he suffered from measles, pyrexia (fever), bronchitis and catarrh, and was treated at the 4 th Auxiliary Hospital Cairo, Maadi Hospital, 1st Auxiliary in Heliopolis and Suez. He was discharged, and returned to Australia on the HT Kanowna, leaving May 1916.
For the rest of the war, he was a recruiting sergeant, based
at Pinjarra. He was later part of the Pinjarra sub-branch of
the RSL, and then the Harvey sub-branch when it was established.
After the war, William was the manager of Blythewood station for some years, working for Duncan Hugh McLarty. He
died in June 1936 after a relapse of an illness and was
buried in the Old Harvey Cemetery (Church of England
section). His widow moved to Victoria Park with their
youngest daughter Janie. Florence Cecilia died in 1956,
and is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery.
William and Florence’s eldest daughter, Flossie, was born
Florence Kate Sutton in 1892. She married Edward Dowell
Eames, and they lived in Harvey with their children, Griff,
Ted and Letitia. Letitia married a Mr Ryall, after their engagement in 1948. Edward died in 1944 and Flossie in
1969.
Charlotte Alma, born 1894, married George Ernest Schmitt
in 1920. He was from Kalamunda and had served in the
28th Battalion in the war. They had children Joy, Edward
and Ella, and William George, John Ernest and Alma Muriel who died young.
Janie had been born in 1910. She remained unmarried,
and worked for the WAAAF as a wireless operator during
the Second World War. At the time, she was the only woman to hold a pilot licence in the state. She died at Royal
Perth Hospital in 1949.
Research: Emily Chambers.
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Cecil James Tuckey
Reinforcements, 11th Battalion
51st Battalion
Signature of CJ Tuckey
Cecil James Tuckey was born in February 1882 to Charles Tuckey and Emma Bell. The Tuckey’s were a local pioneering family with great influence and Charles, alongside his brother John, went into fish canning and established the Peel
Inlet Preserving Works. Cecil was described as having blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion. He was five foot
seven and a half inches, and weighed 140 pounds. He lived in Kulikup (between Bridgetown and Kojonup), and worked
as a farmer.
In April 1917, Cecil Tuckey enlisted in the AIF, aged 35 years. He had previously been rejected for service (in April the
previous year) due to his haemorrhoids. Cecil was put in the 11 th Battalion, 27th Reinforcements, and left Australia from
Melbourne in October 1917 on the HMAT Aeneas. They arrived at Devonport, England, then travelled through Sutton
Veny (Kent) and Dover, before crossing the English Channel to Calais in April 1918. Cecil was then transferred to the
51st Battalion, and served on the western front. In January 1919 he was promoted from a Private to a Lance Corporal,
and in July that year he left for Australia on the City of Exeter.
Cecil had married Dorothy De Mahaison from Swan View in 1917, probably shortly before enlisting. They had three children born after the war: Florence, Grace and Gladys. Florence ‘Betty’ Dorothy was born at Swan District in 1920, and
married Albert F Chambers. Grace Margaret was born in 1921 and married Leo Edward Spitz. Lastly, Gladys Jean
Tuckey was born in Blackwood in 1924, showing that the family lived in that region at the time. She married Percy Robert Suttell.
As for Cecil, he and Dorothy lived around the Blackwood region after the war, and in 1923 he was made JP for Blackwood Magisterial District. In 1938 he was recorded as being one of the chief mourners at his mother Emma’s funeral.
The Tuckey’s had moved to Coolup by 1949, and the following year Cecil began building a house in Leslie Street, Mandurah. Prior to this he was a frequent visitor to Mandurah – as recorded in various newspaper articles.
Cecil died in 1961, aged 78, and his widow moved to Claremont, where she died at the age of 89 years, in 1977.
The 51st Battalion was raised in Egypt in the first week of March
1916, as part of the “doubling” of the AIF. Approximately half of
its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 11th Battalion, and the
other half, fresh reinforcements from Australia. Reflecting the composition of the 11th, the 51st was predominantly composed of men
from Western Australia. The battalion became part of the 13th Brigade of the newly formed 4th Australian Division.
When Cecil Tuckey arrived to join the 51st, he was on time to
fight, and in the early hours of ANZAC Day 1918 the 51st participated in the now legendary attack to dislodge the enemy from Villers-Bretonneux.
Above City of Exeter from South Australian Archives.
“We had a good top home, called at Colombo for a
day and inspected some tea plantations in Ceylon
and other interesting sites, arrived in Sydney 19th
March and realised there is no place like home…”
(As diarised by Martin Luther Dyer on his return trip January 1919, and held in the Wollongong
Library collection)
When the Allies launched their own offensive in early August, the
51st Battalion was among the units involved and played an active
role until the middle of that month, before moving to duties in the
rear area. The battalion was ordered forward again in early September, in preparation for its last major operation of the war. On 18
September it provided part of the 4th Division’s reserve for the
attack on the Hindenburg “outpost line”. Not long after the Armistice on 11 November 1918, drafts of men began returning to Australia for discharge. With the departure of the last of these on 5
May 1919, the 51st Battalion disbanded. (Text from AWM)
Research on C Tuckey.
Emily Chambers
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William Hope Muir
1899 – 1934
1914 -15 Star
John and Ann Muir’s third son William Hope was born at Yalgoo, Western Australia in 1899. When John and Ann Muir
moved from the goldfields to Mandurah with their three sons Rollo, Hugh and William John met up with his brother William. Together they began working in the local fishing industry. So it was that when young William Hope Muir finished his
schooling at the Dalrymple school in Mandurah he too worked as a local fisherman until he decided to enlist in the AIF
and follow his brothers Rollo and Hugh to the battlefields of Europe.
Although William’s documents show his age at enlistment as eighteen years and four months, if his year of birth is correct William was in fact only sixteen when he joined the AIF. William enlisted on May 21st, 1915 and went to Black Boy
Hill as Private Muir ( Service no. 2508 ). He was to join the 16th Battalion 7th Reinforcement and embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT ‘Chilka’ on June 18th, 1915 bound for Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front.
Private Muir was not long at Gallipoli before the terrible conditions saw him succumb to a serious bout of enteritis and he
was transferred to the 2nd Southern General Hospital in Bristol for treatment. He was in and out of several hospitals over
the next eighteen months with a variety of ailments including influenza, mumps and scabies. In December 1916, a night
out with a prostitute in Bristol caused him to have to spend seven weeks in the Codford Isolation Hospital after he contracted gonorrhoea.
While William was in and out of hospital he was also in and out of trouble. His misdemeanours included gambling, having his light on after hours, losing his kit, not complying with orders and being absent from parade. On one occasion he
was apprehended by the military police after not attending a tattoo. For this, William had to forfeit ten days pay and complete 168 hours of detention.
The 16th Battalion to which Private Muir was attached had been reorganised into the 4 th Division and was already involved in fighting on the Western Front. By April 1917, William was well enough to re-join the 4th Division. He sailed out
of Folkestone, England headed to France on April 11th, 1917. Coincidentally and unknown to Williiam at the time, this
was also the day when his brother Rollo was involved in the disastrous First Battle of Bullecourt in France. Rollo died
two days later from wounds he received in this battle.
Private William Muir was involved in fighting at the Somme until early August 1917, when he was wounded in action.
Initially he was taken to the Field Hospital at Abbeville but was later transferred to England on board the ‘Panama’ with
severe head and leg injuries.
The following letter was sent by William from Reading War Hospital in England to his parents in Mandurah. It was published in the South West Advertiser ( Perth, WA : 1910 – 1954 ), Friday 16 November 1917, page 2 and reads:
Our Soldier Abroad
“ As I told you in my last letter we were coming out of the firing line after seven days Hell, and were moving
back for a rest, when Fritz got one of his nine-inch naval shells into an old building we were in and got twelve of
us. This was on the 10th of August. I am now in Reading War Hospital with five different wounds, but will pull
through all right, having been operated on and the piece of shell taken out. I think it will leave me with a limp,
which the doctor says means Australia. Our battalion has had a very rough time of it, and one is lucky to be only wounded. After the Boullecourt stunt they put our brigade in the line for a fortnight, then brought us out on
fatigue parties just behind the line, working on the roads under fairly heavy shell fire all the time. We were there
for 42 days then a spell of 10 days, with 10-mile route marches, full kits every second day, then back in line. The
last place we were in was awful on the way to it under a German barrage. The only cover shell holes. I jumped
into one with four feet of water in it, so I was soaked before we got to the line.
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When it eased off a bit we made ahead, but no one knew where we were going, and it was sheer luck we struck
the line, which consisted of heavy posts every 60 yards, and sand bags in front for breast work. Six of us at
each post, mud and water up to our knees. We were there about an hour, when four of us got laid out. We had a
terrible time here for five days, getting shelled all the time, as the Huns wanted it back, as the observation from
it was great. But we hold it yet. They say that Fritz is getting short of shells, but all the time I was in France he
gave us full and plenty measure. Gallipoli was a picnic compared to France. The Australians are the finest
trench-makers in the world and you bet they get plenty of it. I have just been wheeled outside for a breath of
fresh air, first time for five weeks, and have had my first good blow-out. Chicken and peas and custard and am
full up to the plimsoll mark. This is a Bon Ton hospital.”
A limp indeed! His right leg was amputated below the knee and the decision made to send him back to Australia. He
arrived in Fremantle on board the Hospital Carrier ‘Berrima “, and was discharged from the AIF in January 1918.
William’s arrival back home meant the Muir’s could count the cost of the war on their family. Their three sons were some
of the earliest men to enlist in the AIF and now Rollo had died, William had a leg amputated and Hugh had returned
home declared medically unfit for military service. Unknown to them at this point , the war would in the future be responsible for an even greater toll.
William met Flora Rosamont Sievewright. Perhaps his love for Flora was the reason why William found himself in the
Perth Police Court in October 1918. He was remanded for eight days on a charge of stealing a diamond ring from Mr
Max Perlman. The ring was valued at £7.10s. Eventually William was allowed a personal bail of £2 with a surety of a
similar amount.
Regardless of the set back of the court appearance, William and Flora married in 1919. Their marriage however was
short and ended tragically on January 30th, 1920 when both Flora and their baby son ((William ) died during childbirth.
William then saw his father John pass away in 1925, followed by his uncle William in 1926 and his mother Ann in 1927.
Putting the sadness of the previous few years behind him, William found happiness again when he married Elsie Marie
Burrows in 1929. Their first son Rollo Moncrieff was born on February 28 th, 1930 followed by a second son Peter in
1931. Unfortunately, William did not live to see his sons grow up. He died on October 25 th,1934. The tragedy of his
death was that he committed suicide. William had been in poor health as a result of war injuries and gastric trouble for
some time and was found hanging from a beam in a shed at his house in Maylands. He was 34 years old.
His widow Elsie died in 1940 aged 38 and so the two boys now aged ten and nine had lost both parents.
It is not known who took care of the boys from this point on – possibly Elsie’s parents. As an adult however, Rollo spent
most of his life living in the Cottesloe area. He was a fitter by trade. On one occasion he found himself photographed in
the social pages of the West Australian when he attended an Education Ball at the Embassy Ballroom. He was also a
senior member of the Cottesloe Surf Club. Rollo died at Mt Claremont on December 7 th, 2001 aged 71 years and is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.
Unfortunately no information can be found for William and Elsie’s second son Peter.
The last word on William Muir is left to Nobby ( Norman ) Cooper. Nobby, a resident of Mandurah recalls an event in an
interview with the Mandurah Community Museum which captures the memory, spirit and larrikin that was Private William
Hope Muir.
“ I was lucky enough to miss both WW1 and WW2 but one thing I do remember was when they made a bonfire
below an effigy of the German Chancellor Kaiser Bill. I will never forget how a Mandurah man who had lost a leg
in the first war aimed his gun at the rope tied to the effigy and shot it so it fell in the fire. That soldier’s name
was Bill Muir.”
Private William Hope Muir
1914 -15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Lest We Forget
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Research by Rita Trigwell.
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Albert Frederick (Sonny) Carter
48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Sonny was born in Quellington in 1896 to Esther (nee Cox) and John Clamen (Jack) Carter. Esther had been orphaned
as a 13 year old, and was sent to live in Mandurah. She assisted her brother 'Captain' Joseph Cox in his fishing and
boating business for several years, and was a skilled sailor. Esther and Jack farmed at Quellington after their marriage,
but later returned to Mandurah sometime after the turn of the century. During the depression, the couple returned to the
farm, before finally retiring to Mandurah.
Sonny attended the Dalrymple school in Mandurah, possibly initially staying with his grandparents to do so. His uncle
Alfred Carter of similar age, was a fellow classmate, and also to enlisted in the AIF during World War One.
Sonny returned to farm in Quellington after he left school. He enlisted at York on 7 th Oct 1916 and was shipped to England on the 23rd of December. Sonny first saw action in France in June 1917 with the 48th battalion. He was hospitalised in October with trench foot, his parents being incorrectly advised that he was missing at one stage. Sonny spent
the next year at the front, and was given leave in England in September 1918. Within a month, he was back in France
and stayed there until May 1919, when he was transferred back to England. He returned to Australia on the Main in July
1919 and was discharged in September the same year.
Sonny married Elsie Matilda Randell 1920. Sonny purchased the family farm in Quellington from his father, and he and
Elsie farmed there until they retired to Mandurah in 1951. Sonny and Elsie had ten children (Beryl, Cedric, Betty,
Claude, Patricia, Margaret, Molly, Shirley, Jacqueline, and Peter who died in infancy). Sonny had heart problems in his
later years, caused by having had rheumatic fever as a child. He died in 1968, Elsie living until 1990.
It is possible, that during 1917 and 1918, Albert Carter took part
in some of the fiercest battles undertaken by the Australian soldiers during World War One. The 48th Battalion which was
raised in Egypt as part of the enlargement of Australian troops
(the 51st was raised at the same time). At wars end this Battalion was disbanded but re-formed during the Second World War.
During 1917 and 1918 the time that Albert Carter was in France,
the 48th Battalion were involved in both the battle of VillersBretonneu, Dernancourt, and le Hamel.
(Information on line from 48th Battalion
history)
48th Battalion Patch
Elsie and Sonny with their daughter Beryl
Research by Vanessa Wiggin.
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A Brown Slouch Hat
There is a symbol, we love and adore it,
You see it daily wherever you go.
Long years have passed since our fathers once wore it,
What is the symbol that we should all know?
It's a brown slouch hat with the side turned up, and it
means the world to me.
It’s the symbol of our Nation—the land of liberty.
And as soldiers they wear it, how proudly they bear it,
for all the world to see.
Just a brown slouch hat with the side turned up, heading straight for victory.
Don't you thrill as young Bill passes by?
Don't you beam at the gleam in his eye?
Head erect, shoulders square, tunic spic and span,
Ev'ry inch a soldier and ev'ry inch a man.
As they swing down the street, aren't they grand?
Three abreast to the beat of the band,
But what do we remember when the boys have passed
along?
Marching by so brave and strong.
Just a brown ....
From the Chair.
This newsletter is coming to you early so we can promote several of the events being run by the museum to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Landing at
Gallipoli. The newsletter contains much relating to this
special time.
We are also asking that you take the time to visit the museum during the month of April to support us in what has
been a significant endeavour towards documenting Mandurah residents and friends who were involved in the
fighting and keeping the ‘home fires burning’ during that
desperate time.
On Monday 13th of April the museum is hosting a special discussion relating to uniform and equipment used
during WW1 by Paul Bridges.
This discussion commences at 2pm to be followed by an
afternoon tea. We are asking all Friends to consider attending this and bringing along any significant memorabilia on uniforms and equipment.
We would also ask that you attend from 1.30 pm to allow
us to run a short meeting and distribute Draft copies of
suggested rules (constitution) for us to become incorporated during 2015 or at the latest 2016.
To assist the museum and Friends Committee with catering could you please notify of your attendance to below.
J Albert & Son, Sydney, 1942
The museum will open the special :-
Tribute to the Anzacs Exhibition
On the 2nd of April 2015, this will run through April
until 29th of April. Opening times will be as usual.
On the 25th of April we will open at 9am
following the Anzac Parade.
We invite all to come and experience the tribute.
Mandurah Community Museum,
3 Pinjarra Rd,
MANDURAH WA 6210.
Telephone: 9550 3680.
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.mandurahcommunitymuseum.org
Opening hours.
Tuesday to Friday.
10 am to 4pm.
Saturday & Sunday.
11 am to 3pm.
Closed Mondays and Public Holidays.
Email [email protected] or Phone
9550 3680
Venue. Mandurah Community Museum - 3 Pinjarra
Rd. 13th April - 1.30 pm to 4pm.
We would also like to commend you to the special
Wine and Cheese evening at which or own Nicholas
Reynolds speaks about Mandurah’ s Anzac heroes
and the early years of WW1.
Venue. Mandurah Community Museum,
Wednesday 22nd April at 5.30pm. Cost $5
Email [email protected] or hone 9550
3680
Jan Baker. Chairperson
Friends of Mandurah Community Museum,
3 Pinjarra Rd,
MANDURAH WA 6210.
Meetings are quarterly and notices are sent to each
Friend prior to the meeting.
The mission of the Friends is to provide assistance
and support to the Museum in all its endeavours.
The ‘Friends’ also seek to promote the heritage and
history of Mandurah, and to assist other like minded
bodies.
Membership of the Friends is by a yearly membership fee of $10 due each August.
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