Nina Valentine recounts her father’s Gallipoli experience Nina’s father Charles Reakes joined the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) in August 1914. He was sent to Anzac Cove, which he recalled was ‘beautiful though it rained a bit in the afternoon’. He arrived with an ammunition column delivering vital supplies up the perilous Shrapnel Gully. Upon his […]
Remembrance Day
Tong-Way Brothers
Yvonne Horsfield on her family’s Chinese Anzac connections Hedley and Sam [Tong-Way] were committed to showing their loyalty to Australia. Their enlistment was a demonstration of their commitment to their country of birth (Yvonne Horsfield, 2017) Yvonne’s grandfather Hedley Tong-Way and his brother Samuel were one of many Chinese Australians who enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during World […]
Roy Victor Holloway
Les Holloway reflects on his father’s World War One experiences I never asked my dad about his war experiences. Returned servicemen didn’t talk about those days. I’ve got my theories why – one of the things, it was just too terrible (Les Holloway, 2017) Les Holloway’s father Roy was just 17 years of age when […]