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Anecdotal History of Annandale

1916-1930 - End of the Great War and Swinging 20s

End of the Great War | Trains, Sound, Film and Industry | Beale Pianos | Electricity

• The grave of Corporal (Cpl) John Alfred Pritchard, Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta . He died of septicaemia in 1915, after being wounded at Gallipoli. His brother, Lance Corporal Reuben Frank Pritchard, 17th Battalion, died of wounds on 16 November 1917. cas.awm.gov.au
• Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Poole, 1st Battalion, of Annandale, NSW. A brassfinisher prior to enlisting he died in France on 27 February 1916, aged 28. - cas.awm.gov.au
• Private Alfred Stanley Baker enlisted at Annandale 1916, and served with 60 Battalion, AIF (photograph)
• Private F G Bailey, 19 Battalion, AIF born in Annandale 1895. (photograph)
• Private (Pte) James Laurence McGill, 55th Battalion (photograph)
• Joesph Chandlot Clarence Whitbread, 13th Battalion from Annandale NSW in production of "Splash" at POW Camp Schneidemuhl (photograph)
• Sgt Joseph Chandlot Clarence Whitbread, 13th Battalion from Annandale NSW. (photograph)
• Private (Pte) John Thomas O'Neill, 3rd Reinforcements, 17th Battalion, of Annandale, NSW. (photograph)
• Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Poole, 1st Battalion, of Annandale, NSW
• Pte William Weir, 2nd (later 1st) Battalion son of Joseph and Muriel Minnie Weir, of Annandale (photograph)
• 23rd Machine Gun Company Officers and NCOs at Locre, Belgium including Cpl Frederick Maurice Milton Kimber from Annandale, NSW; (photograph)
• Lance Corporal Herbert Gordon Akhurst, 20 Battalion, AIF. Killed in action, Bapaume, France, 25 March 1917. Son of Thomas Carlyle Akhurst and Emelie Katie Akhurst of 51 Annandale St., Annandale NSW. (photograph)
• Lawrence James Paul, Camperdown S. Public School. Enlistment: 1.9.1914 at Annandale, Killed in action at Lone Pine 7/8/1915.Trade or Calling: Boilermaker ..more including photograph
• A brassfinisher before enlisting, Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Poole, 1st Battalion died in France in 1916, aged 28. (photograph)
• Handwritten account by 2860 Private Alfred Stanley Baker (1918) - cas.awm.gov.au
• Private (Pte) Daniel Ritchie McFarlane, 13th Battalion. A labourer from Annandale embarked with F Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 22 December 1914. He died at Gallipoli on 3 May 1915, aged 20 - cas.awm.gov.au
• LATE LIUT WINKWORTH
  Mrs Winkworth of 29 Johnston Street Annandale has received a cablegram from the Keeper of the Privy Parse in respect to the death of her eldest son, Lieutenant CHC Winkworth, who was killed in action, expressing the deep sympathy of King and Queen. -The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 11 October 1916 page 10
  RETURNING FROM WAR: Liut HC Winkworth is returning to Sydney by the Ypiranga after three and a half years service. He is a son of Alderman C Winkworth of Annandale and gained his commission the the field. His older brother who was a lieutenant in the King's Own Regiment was killed in action in 1916 - The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 1 July 1919 page 9
• Studio portrait of 2469 Private (Pte) James Laurence McGill, 55th Battalion, of Annandale NSW
Lt Herbert Cecil Winkworth ...Honorary Captain Stanley Roy Kent MC from Annandale, NSW (1918) - cas.awm.gov.au
• A carpenter before enlisting in August 1914, Albert Charles Smithson died at the age of 21 in 1916 - cas.awm.gov.au
• Studio portrait of 6762 Sergeant (Sgt) James Archibald Lee, 25th Battalion of Annandale, NSW (originally United Kingdom). He embarked from Sydney with the 20th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Horoata (A20) on 14 June 1917. Sgt Lee was killed in action in France on 3 October 1918, aged 23. - cas.awm.gov.au
• Original grave of Martin Joseph McFlinn on the beach at Anzac Cove an engineer from Annandale, he died of wounds at Gallipoli on 23 May 1915, aged 23. - cas.awm.gov.au
• Pte Richard Francis Hannan, hammer driver of Annandale (Port Melbourne, 23 December 1916) - cas.awm.gov.au
• Pte Alexander Williamson, 4th (later 56th) Battalion, of Annandale, NSW, son of John and Jane Williamson. A carter prior to enlisting, he was killed in action at Fleurbaix on 26 July 1916, aged 24 - cas.awm.gov.au

MUNITION MAKING.
Tomorrow night (Anzac night) Mr. Russell Sinclair, chairman of the State Munition Board, will deliver a lecture entitled "Munition making in England," with lantern slide Illustrations, at St. Aldan's Hall, corner Booth and Johnston streets, Annandale. The public are cordially Invited. - The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 24 April 1917 Page 7

Heroes Fair

"SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AT ANNANDALE.
The net proceeds of a village fair, which was held on Friday, amounting to about £550, are nearly sufficient to complete the sum of £1250, which it is desired to raise for the Annandale Heroes' Memorial.... "- 1920 'SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AT ANNANDALE.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 24 February, p. 4, viewed 7 October, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15872712

The Annandale War Memorial was unveiled by Brigadier General Mackay in 1921...http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/151755963

There is video footage of the opening, showing Marquee set up in Johnston Street at the Parramatta Road end. A podium is set up in front of the Goodman buildings. It is a silent clip but shows a man speaking to a crowd. The camera captures parramatta road, cars, Telegraph/Electricity Poles. The men are wearing hats. Hunter Baillie Spire can be made out in the distance but also the smaller spire of a house at the corner of Albion Lane or Street and Johnston Street. Also the house on the South East corner of the intersection of Albion and Johnston Streets...video clip can be viewed at Sound and Film Archive's Sydney Office. See HEROES' FAIR AT ANNANDALE, NSW c.1919

Victory Hall, Methodist Church Johnston Street, Annandale

Annandale - Erection of a brick school hall, at the rear of Methodist Church Johnston Street, Annandale. Plans with Mr Denning Johnston Street, Annandale or the Secretary at 72 Trafalgar Street. - The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 7 April 1920

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