Tag: Military Medal

Sparing the family from the horrors of the Western Front – News from 100 years ago

Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 12 January 1918, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: FROM THE FRONT – Mrs. W. Costin, of Narooma, is receipt of the following from her son, Pte. Arthur Costin, who has been… Read More

Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Boyle, Constable, Costin, Crapp, Dr Quilter, Jessop, Military Medal, Moruya, Narooma, Nerrigundah, Polygon Wood, Pte. Arthur Costin, William Crapp, World War I, Zonnebecke

News from the Western Front – 27 October 1917

Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 27 October 1917, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: WOUNDED – Mr. M. Keating received word last week that his youngest son, Private Jack Keating, had been wounded in the hand and… Read More

Category: General, Moruya District, People Tags: Alfred Cole, Brice, Cheeseman, Cobargo, Frank Wilson, Fred Brooks, Gallipoli, Harry Duncan, Jack Beathe, Jack Keating, Mechanics Institute, Military Medal, Roley Lavis, Roy Bailey, Suez, William Griffiths, World War I