If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, make sure to check out the Illawarra Remembers website at: http://illawarraremembers.com.au/ where we will be continuing the project.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, you’ll be excited to know that the Illawarra Remembers website will be live as of 28 April 2014 (tomorrow) at illawarraremembers.com.au WordPress followers will be able to continue contributing comments and stories through the website.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, you’ll be excited to know that the Illawarra Remembers website will be live as of 28 April 2014 at illawarraremembers.com.au WordPress followers will be able to continue contributing comments and stories through the website.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, you’ll be excited to know that the Illawarra Remembers website will be live as of 28 April 2014 at illawarraremembers.com. WordPress followers will be able to continue contributing comments and stories through the website.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, you’ll be excited to know that the Illawarra Remembers website will be live as of 28 April 2014 at illawarraremembers.com. WordPress followers will be able to continue contributing comments and stories through the website.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
If you’ve enjoyed following this blog, you’ll be excited to know that the Illawarra Remembers website will be live as of 28 April 2014 at illawarraremembers.com. WordPress followers will be able to continue contributing comments and stories through the website.
Thank you to everyone who has followed the blog over the past year. We’re very excited for the next stage of the Illawarra Remembers project!
To commemorate the centenary of World War 1, Wollongong City Libraries will develop an innovative online resource – Illawarra Remembers 1914-1918 – which will include information and photographs that tell the stories of the Illawarra’s brave men and women who went to war. We need your help.
There are a number of Honour Rolls and Memorials across the Illawarra which commemorate the men and women involved in the war. Below is a photograph of Marshall Mount School Honour Roll (NB. The rolls and memorials may have changed location since the time the photograph was taken).
Marshall Mount Public School Ex-pupils: 1914-1918 Roll of Honour.
J. Piper
T. Harnan
B. Daley *
W. Pearson
W.Thomas
A. Thomas
C. Moore *
P.Uden *
E. Parish *
M. Reen
E. Dare
H. Timbs
E.W Denniss
L. Banfield *
F. Dawes
T. Moore
H. Allen
F. Perry
E. Taylor
W.H Rutledge
* Killed
If anyone has any information about the names on this Honour Roll (or any other), please let us know either through the contact page, in person at Wollongong Reference Library or by calling the Reference Library on (02) 4227 7414.
[Compiled by Illawarra Family History Group Inc, Illawarra Remembers: War Memorials of the Illawarra, Printed by University of Wollongong Printery, Wollongong NSW, August 1995.
To commemorate the centenary of World War 1, Wollongong City Libraries will develop an innovative online resource – Illawarra Remembers 1914-1918 – which will include information and photographs that tell the stories of the Illawarra’s brave men and women who went to war. We need your help.
There are a number of Honour Rolls and Memorials across the Illawarra which commemorate the men and women involved in the war. Below is a photograph of the Roll of Honour at Unanderra Public School (NB. The rolls and memorials may have changed location since the time the photograph was taken).
Unanderra Public School : The Great War 1914-1919
Aitkin F.
Burke F.
Banfield H.E (M.C)
Burgess W.
Burgess L.
Brewer C.
Cawe E.S
Chapman W.
Catterall A.V
Cooper C.B
Cochrane H.
Corfian J.
Chinnock A.E
Colbert W.
Duxbury J.S
Fishlock G (M.S.M)
Fishlock L
Ferriss C.
Franklin W.
Franklin B.
Franklin P.
Fackender E.
Grogan R.
Gorrell J.K
Gorrell S.
Gorrell W.
Hepburn H.
Hargrave E.A
Jeffrey E.
Lindsay S.W
Lindsay W.
Lindsay W.F (M.C)
Lindsay T.F
Lindsay E.A
Lindsay G.
Lawless R.
Stevens J.R
Stevens W.A
Muir F.W
Mooney F.
Neaves H.H
Neaves A.E
Osborne E.
Richardson J.W
Rodgers P.
Rodgers W.
Richards R
Stapleton W.
Spinks J.K
Thompson H.
Thompson W.
Timothy E.
Timothy S.
Warrington A.R
Warrington F.
Wright W.
Warrington Nurse Dora
This Honour Roll can be found and Unanderra Primary School, Princes Highway, Unanderra. [1]
If anyone has any information about the names on this Honour Roll (or any other), please let us know either through the contact page, in person at Wollongong Reference Library or by calling the Reference Library on (02) 4227 7414.
[1] Compiled by Illawarra Family History Group Inc, Illawarra Remembers: War Memorials of the Illawarra, Printed by University of Wollongong Printery, Wollongong NSW, August 1995.
Join us at Warilla Library on Tuesday 10 September for the next Illawarra Remembers Scan & Share Day.
Augustus (Gus) Milton East was born in 1893, the son of Alfred and Katie East of Shellharbour. During WWI he joined the 18th Battalion AIF to serve overseas. He was killed in action in France on the 19th May 1918 aged 25yrs.
Tongarra Museum holds a collection of significant items relating to Gus; the legacy he left behind includes war diaries, letters, mementos from overseas and a souvenir ‘wartime’ scarf bought for his sister Marjorie. These precious objects describe Augustus’ experience at war and the way in which his family dealt with his death.
What is particularly of note is the concern from Augustus for his family in Australia while he was fighting at war. His thoughts were always with his family and home, even as he was enduring the horrors of war.
One of the letters Gus wrote was to the James girls of Dunmore (see previous post).
These items were treasured by his family after his death and are now treasured by the museum and local community. They were donated to the museum by Gus’ niece.
Augustus Milton East 1893 – 1918
Glasses worn by Augustus Milton East during World War One
Augustus Milton East’s war diary
Illawarra Remembers 