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Anyone know exactly where in Sydney this was?

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Good work! I think you are right with the Goldsbrough Darling Harbour ID. See also this 1884 illustration - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64035872 , which shows railway in front - a bit of a hint. The old warehouse was at the corner of Fig and Pyrmont Streets, Ultimo. I think it was rebuilt after a fire and extended to Allen Street, as it now is.

According to the 1895 interactive map, the building on the left is the Meat Market !. The photographer was at the junction of Allen and Pyrmont Streets, looking SE - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=...

GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/Ic8i0

Phew! A relief after four years of sleepless nights!

" ... Sydney's first wool store was the Richard Goldsbrough warehouse built on the corner of Pyrmont and Fig streets in 1883. From World War II until the 1960s, wool stores on the peninsula employed thousands of men. With lanolin oil soaked into thousands of feet of wood, fires were a constant hazard. In 1935 the Goldsbrough and Mort store went up in a blaze lasting two weeks, filling the suburb with the smell of burning wool and grease. ..."
From PhM - www.powerhousemuseum.com/exhibitions/paradise_industrial_...

Article about the 1935 fire which destroyed the warehouse. A photo shows the warehouse as above with three extra floors built on top - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/83657628

The Central Meat Market at Ultimo - see how the refrigerated railway truck went under the canopy -
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Interior -
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Lieutenant Arthur Hewitt Allen, MC

1st Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached 72nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps (MCG)

More information at: www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/view.php?u...


Information from the London Gazette:

Commissioned Second Lieutenant: 23 July 1915 (London Gazette, 4 August, p. 7657):
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29250/supplements/7657/

Military Cross (apparently for an action at Messines Ridge, but no date is given); award announced in the London Gazette, 26 September 1917, p. 9972: www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30308/supplements/9972/

Also in the Edinburgh Gazette, 27 September 1917, p. 2052: www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/13146/pages/2052/

Citation (London Gazette, 9 January 1918, pp. 582-583):

T./Lt. Arthur Hewitt Allen, N. Staff R., attd. M.G. Corps.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion in leading his company in an attack. He directed an attack on an enemy machine gun , which was holding up our advance, captured the gun and killed or captured the crew. Afterwards believing himself to be the only officer surviving in the attacking companies, he directed their fire on enemy machine guns and snipers, moving from shell hole to shell hole with utter disregard of his own personal danger to satisfy himself that the line was being properly maintained. Later, he was knocked down and severely bruised by a shell, but refused to leave his company and directed the carrying of rations to the front line.

www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30466/supplements/582/

Also published in the Edinburgh Gazette, 10 January 1918, pp. 242-243:
www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/13192/pages/242/

Leaves the MGC (London Gazette, 5 December 1917, p. 12759):
Lt. A. H. Allen, M.C..(N. Staff. R.) ceases to belong to the Corps on rejoining his regular unit. 26 Nov. 1917.
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30414/supplements/12759/

Relinquishes commission, retains the rank of Lt., 11 October 1921 (London Gazette, 11 October 1921, p. 8040): www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32484/supplements/8040/

It is more likely to be: ALLEN, JAMES ERNEST Rank: Private Service No: 241962 Date of Death: 03/05/1917 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: 2nd/5th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (Bay 6.) Additional Information: Son of John Charles and Beatrice Allen, of 66, Bower Rd., Sheffield. Link: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738484/ALLEN,%20JAMES... One of his Forces War Records entries states that he was born at Walkley, Yorkshire and resident in Sheffield. See also: sheffieldsoldierww1.co.uk/search4.php?id=470300

Michael Day Thank you for updating the info. I should have double checked through them.

Katrina Lewis Just glad to be of use. Tony Lund has a short history of the 2/5 Duke of Wellingtons on the Great War Forum. The entry for the 3rd May 1917 is as follows, and seems to be based on the battalion war diary: ECOUST 3/5/17 3-45 AM. Zero hour. At zero hour minus 8 minutes Battalion moved forward to attack HINDENBERG LINE WEST of BULLECOURT, a heavy barrage commenced at zero. A Company reached their objective & held it until 4-0 PM when they were counter attacked & bombed out, they retired on to the embankment. B, C & D Companies came under heavy shell, rifle & machine gun fire & were held up in front of enemy front line trench, small parties holding out in shell holes until after dark when they retired to embankment. Battalion suffered heavy casualties. The following officers were killed. Captain & Adjutant T. Bentley, Lieutenant O. Walker. Missing believed killed, 2/Lieutenant Jacobs. Missing, Captain G. Glover, Lieutenant G. Ridley M.C. 2/Lieutenant E. T. Sykes, 2/Lieutenant Heaton, 2/Lieutenants Darwent & Hutton. Wounded, Captain W. Shaw. 2/Lieutenants Fisher A. & Simmonds. Shell Shock Lieutenant K. C. Teather & Captain Walker J. 8-0 PM. Six posts were put out in W26b & d under Captain Goodall. Lieutenant Haigh went out with stretcher bearers to bring in wounded. Source: 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74324