Notable Obscure Notices From Town and Country
A garbled dispatch lists personnel movements and literary tributes. It notes Dr Grakovieh heading to Georgetown as Medical Officer to the East District Hospital, and Under Secretary for Public Instruction considering leave. Also mentions Mr Stewart Lyte’s transfer and a London message announcing the death of Mr Creanirths, with references to George Grossmith and Weedon Smith’s career milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram Froot
London
A Soldier's Funeral in Cairns for Third Died from Poison Gas
The Cairns hospital and St Monnea Church hosted a quiet service for the third Australian soldier to die within six months from poison gas. Fewer than a dozen uniformed soldiers attended as mourners, with Father Sugrue and an archivist present. Wreaths came from Cairns Band, Mr Donald Romer, and the Returned Soldiers League as the procession moved to the cemetery.
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Cairns
Australia
St Momea's Church
Sugrae
Maine Foley
Maclay
Baldwin
Arnold
F. Harris
Calo
Donald Ro
England Day Dreams and a Pro-English Shift
A correspondent recalls shifting loyalties during the Great War from France to pro-Canadian, pro-Australian, and pro-French views before settling pro-English on Septem ber 20 1917. He recounts traveling from Ypres to Bagdad along the British front and meeting troops who identified as English rather than Welsh Scottish or Irish.
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England
London
Daily Mail
Brussels
Rota
France
Ypres
Bagdad
Trish
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