World War 1 Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

The riddle of the Ku-ring-gai Sphinx

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 2, 2020
Post Category:History / Militaria / Miscellaneous
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One of the strangest memorials to the fallen of The Great War in Australia is the peculiar sculpture of the Sphinx, in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. The sculpture, a one-eighth…

Passchendaele: a name written in blood

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Militaria / Miscellaneous
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If getting killed by the thousands is glorious, it was glorious in the Ypres battle. My battalion came out 200 strong out of a thousand. It breaks my heart when…

At the grave of Jack Allsopp in France, 2015.

Uncle Jack Allsopp’s walk-on part at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Militaria
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Passchendaele was a word I grew up with because that was where my grandmother's favourite brother died. My grandmother's been gone from this world herself now for almost 50 years,…

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