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Lt Blair also features in an Australian War Memorial photograph of the officers of 11th Bn, AIF: www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01778/

There was an article in the Western Mail of 21 April 1938 referring to the publication of a history of the 11th Battalion AIF, asking potential subscribers to contact a R. W. Blair of 79 William Street, Perth; via Trove, the National Library of Australia's digitised newspaper collection: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37846948

Assuming that it is the same person, it appears that R. W. Blair was later Secretary of the 11th Battalion AIF Association, e.g. inviting members to attend the funeral of their former colleague Private Victor Charles (Joker) Speed at Karrakatta in 1933: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32594769

See also: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32946656

Robert Walton Blair, born Fremantle, WA; enlisted Kalgoorie, WA, 7 March 1915, aged 19; next of kin Mary Ellen Blair (mother). Digitised papers available from the National Archives of Australia:
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.a...

There is a lot of detail in the records, but we know from them that he embarked for Alexandria at Fremantle on the 25 May 1915. He then spent some time in Egypt and the Dardanelles, but was hospitalised in October 1915 due to illness (enteritis), bad enough to be sent to hospital in England. He returned to Egypt before heading on to France in early 1916, being appointed Lance Corporal on 23 June 1916. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant on 19 May 1917, then Lieutenant on 19 August 1917. In July 1918, he was seconded to the Australian Flying Corps for training as a Flying Officer Pilot, being based in England with 6th Training Squadron. He returned in Australia in 1919.

Links to further information (including the same photograph) at: anzacsonline.net.au/2012/11/blair-robert-walton/

Harry Russell BRADDON Please refer to www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_... and mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/details-permalink.aspx?barcod...

His Australian Army records can be seen here. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3108176 On his enlistment form he stated he had been been born Ashfield, Cumberland ( The Archive itself states Ashfield is in New South Wales), and was then 22 years and 10 months old, (form dated 17.1.1916). His occupation was Barrister. he gave his next of kin as his father, Henry Yule Braddon of "Rohini", Turramurra, New South Wales. His educational qualification was a Law Degree from Sydney University.He was born 20th March 1893. At his medical he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 132lbs, had brown hair, a dark complexion and Hazel eyes. Initally a Gunner, he was promoted Corporal on the 1.4.1916 and then Acting Sergeant on the 5.7.1916. His commission application is dated the 1.8.1916, at which point he was serving with the 116th Howitzer Battery. His fathers address is now given as c\o the Australian Trade Commission, 61 Broadway, New York, USA. He sailed from Sydney on the 30.9.1916, and arrived at Plymouth in the UK on the 19.11.1916. Initially he attended what looks like a "Range Finder" Course, before leaving for France on the 23.4.1917, arriving at Etaples the same day. He then bounced between various holding camps and units, finally being taken on the strength of the 13th battery on the 19.5.1917. He seems to have spent most of September and October in hospital being treated for P.U.O.(aka Pyrexia of unknown Origins which is doctors speak for you've got a fever but we don't know whats causing it !) During this time his promotion to Lieutenant was confirmed. After a convalescence, he was posted on the 25.10.1917 to 14th Battery, stationed in Belgium. 1918 was broken up by attending the Gas School, a period as Orderley Officer and spells of leave, either in the UK or Paris. His health deteriorated towards the end of the year (internal piles claimed another victim), and following the ceasing of hostilities he went before a medical board. There is a form covering assistance with finding him post-war employment - he was found a place on a course with The Council for Legal Education, Lincolns Inn, London in May 1919, but unfortunately the course was cancelled after three weeks. The report from his tutors was that he had made very good use of his time and opportunities, gaining very useful experience. On the 20.5.1919 it looks like he sailed for America at his own expense - he had been given a 90 days leave of absense conditional on him reporting in Sydney by the end of that period. He actually appeared before a discharge medical board in Sydney at the end of August 1919, and made a statement that he had suffered no disability as a result of his war service. His discharge was confirmed. He also had a brother Paul Dudley Braddon, a Medical Student who served with the Australian Army Service Corps. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.a... He too was commissioned and served in France.He returned to Australia in March 1919. The New South Wales State Archive has a picture of a Doctor Paul Dudley Brannon, although its not currently available to view on line. search.records.nsw.gov.au/items/387570;jsessionid=5C1286A... The is an article in a newspaper from 1963 following Paul's death, here. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630829&... It states he was the son of Sir Henry Braddon, a well known Sydney businessman. The Braddon family is a well known Australian family, one of whose members helped frame the first Federal Constitution and had a Canberra suburb named in his honor. The National Archives of Australia have the same picture of Harry posted on Flickr :-) www.flickr.com/photos/national-archives-of-australia/6456... From a family genealogy site. Henry Yule Braddon (son of Amy Georgina Palmer) was born 27 April 1863 in India, and died 8 September 1955 in Woollahra Sydney N.S.W.. He married (1) Bertha Mary Mathews Russell on 2 September 1891 in Strathfield Sydney. He married (2) Voilet Mary Inglis {nee Wheelihan} on 31 August 1944 in Paddington Sydney N.S.W More About Henry Yule Braddon and Bertha Mary Mathews Russell: Marriage: 2 September 1891, Strathfield Sydney. More About Henry Yule Braddon and Voilet Mary Inglis {nee Wheelihan}: Marriage: 31 August 1944, Paddington Sydney N.S.W.. Children of Henry Yule Braddon and Bertha Mary Mathews Russell are: Henry Russell Braddon, b. 1893, Sydney, d. 20 December 1932. Paul Dudley Braddon, b. 30 March 1894, d. 8 July 1963. familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/e/a/James-W-Neave/W...

Presumably related to Russell Braddon the novelist.

In the 1963 article reporting on Doctor Paul Braddon, it mentions that "Author Russell Braddon, a nephew of Dr Braddon will share about £70,000 from the estate with his sister"

Moominpappa06 Rohini St is a main street in Turramurra, a Northern Sydney suburb.

The guy's ready to rock. Well, more or less.

Great work. Keep them coming

Rest in peace lad.

Private Angus's army records are available from the National Archives of Australia: recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.a... His CWGC entry: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1457514/ANGUS,%20GEOR... Born: Amherst, Victoria (near Talbot) Parents: Thomas and Jane Angus, of Majorca, Victoria Trade: Blacksmith Next of kin: Jane Angus (mother), Majorca, Victoria Religious denomination: Presbyterian Joined up: Majorca, Victoria, 17 July 1915, aged 21, Service No: 4127 Embarked: Melbourne, 29 December 1915, on HMAT A64 "Demosthenes" Regiment: 1st Australian Divisional Pioneer Battalion, AIF (late 13th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, AIF) Died: 21 August 1916, France (killed in action), aged 22 Memorial: Name recorded on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.