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Armistice Celebrations, 1918 The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, now known as ‘Remembrance Day’, marks the moment when hostilities ceased in World War I, through the signing of an armistice between the allied forces and Germany on...
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The Amiens Railway Gun On display at Central Railway Station Railway gun at Eveleigh, seen here assembled and ready for exhibition in Sydney, 1919-1920. DIGITAL ID 17420_a014_a014001449 Gun at railway yards, seen here assembled, in its original condition, as it was...
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NSW Division of the Australian Red Cross Society Red Cross records in the archives Although the New South Wales Division of the Australian Red Cross Society undertook numerous and varied activities throughout the State during World War I, there are comparatively few...
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Sydney 1915 What was happening in and around Sydney The year 1915 saw Australians enter into battle at Gallipoli for the first time in World War I. While families waited for news of loved ones, the task of supporting the war effort carried on at home. Throughout New...
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Australian Red Cross Society A necessary and essential duty Red Cross cow, a feature of Wagga Wagga Show, 1917. From NRS 4481 MS5387. Red Cross stall, April 1918. From NRS 4481, image ST6216. School children display of Australia with Red Cross in centre, July 1915....
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'Enemy aliens' The treatment of people of enemy-origin in WWI NSW In New South Wales during World War I, people who were born in countries which had become the enemy of the Commonwealth of Australia experienced unique hardships in the face of an increasingly hostile...
