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MEC – William Thomas Gough

William Thomas Gough Bowral Local Military Exemption Court William Thomas Gough Bricklayer Born 4 May 1894 Application withdrawn   Application letter from William Gough, p.1. Digital id NRS20175_a40_GOUGH_001 Application letter from William Gough, p.3. Digital id...

Bowral Local Exemption Court

Bowral Local Military Exemption Court Surviving examples of court records On 2 October 1916 a Commonwealth proclamation called up all single able-bodied men between the ages of 21 and 35 for military service in Australia. In the wake of the proclamation, military...

Certificates of Exemption from Military Service

Certificates of Exemption from Military Service Bowral Local Military Exemption Court Theses rare examples of Certificates of exemption (NRS 20176) are from the Bowral Local Military Exemption Court.  No other registers of certificates could be located in the State...

NSW Soldiers who won the Victoria Cross with AIF

Victoria Cross winners with the AIF NSW Soldiers who won the Victoria Cross The New South Wales Government Printing Office glass plate negatives series contains a number of images of Victoria Cross winners who served with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Some of...

HMAS Sydney sinks SMS Emden

HMAS Sydney sinks SMS Emden From an album compliled by C W Burnett This series of images is from NRS 4481 Government Printing Office, glass plate negatives.  The Government Printing Office (GPO) took a series of photos of what appears to be selected pages from an...

HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden

Battle of Cocos HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden Emden on beach, Cocos Islands. NRS4481_ST13298_A HMS Sydney off Cocos Islands. Glass plate negative. NRS4481_ST13298_D     When war broke out it was important for both Great Britain and Australia to keep the trade...