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1916-1930 - The Great War and Swinging 20s
Annandale's Great War: A Short Walk | Douglas Grant | The Fitzpatrick Brothers | 36th Battalion |
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End of the Great War | Trains, Sound, Film and Industry | Beale Pianos | Electricity | 1920s Annandale: A Short Walk
Harry Jiffkins
"Then there is scope for individual effort in every home, and what may be done in this way was demonstrated at Annandale, a suburb of Sydney, Harry Jiffkins of the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, was killed at Gallipoli, and was the first soldier from Annandaie to lose his life in the war. To commemorate this fact the local Municipal Council two years later planted a tree in front of the house in which the hero was born, the ceremony being akin to the unveiling of a monument." - 1918 'Memorial Trees.', Toodyay Herald (WA : 1912 - 1954), 31 August, p. 5, viewed 14 September, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148727032
Engineer Harry Jiffkins, of 43 Young Street, Annandale (AIF Project), enlisted on 10 September 1914. His wife was listed as next of Kin at 73 Leichhardt Street Glebe.NAA: B2455, JIFFKINS HERBERT HARRY VICTOR
43 (left to right) & 41 Young Street.
On the Opposite side of Young Street there is a mature Jacaranda Tree in front of 46-52.
Annandale War Memorials & Honour Boards
The Annandale War Memorial is located in Hinsby Park. The names listed include CH Cecil Winkworth and Walter Langley Baxter
The residents of Annandale propose to proceed at once with the erection of the local war memorial at a cost of £1000. Competitive designs are being invited, and premiums of £15 and £10 are offered as first and second prizes. Particulars can be obtained from the Town Clerk of Annandale.-The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 21 April 1920 page 9
R. Keith Harris was awarded the £15 first prize by the NSW Monuments Board for his design (Plan of Memorial built in early 1921.) of a hybrid obelisk incorporating curved seating and electric lighting. F. Gagliardi constructed the structure of Bowral Trachyte.
The memorial is inscribed with "ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF ANNANDALE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR" and the names: "Frank Patrick ADAMS, Alexander Walker AITCHISON, Herbert Gordon AKHURST, Frederick Francis ALLEN, Kenneth BAIN, Robert Bruce BAIN, Rossiter Alfred BARRETT, Walter Langley BAXTER, Herbert Hamilton BRADLEY, Lindsay Claude Milton BRODIE, Timothy Joseph BYRNE, Frederick William Berni CALLAWAY, Martin John CAVANAGH, Thomas Patrick CLARKE, David COLQUHOUN, George CORR, Alfred Alexanader COUTTS, Reginald Gordon CRITTENDEN, John Leslie (or Langford) CROSSINGHAM, Frederick John Harold CURRINGTON, Thomas FRANCIS, James George Joseph FRASER, Francis Bede FROY, William GALLEN, Frank Alderley Charles GEORGE, Frank Thomas GRANT, Robert GROVES, Robert GULLIKSEN, Arthur Henry HARRIS, Frederick HART, John HARTNETT, Desmie Belford HUGHES, Robert Charles HUGHES, Guy INSKIP, John (Inglis) JENNINGS, Walter James JENNINGS, Herbert Harry Victor JIFFKINS, James Archibald LEE, Thomas LEYDON, William (Calbraith) LIVESEY, James Mitchell LLOYD, Wilfred Joseph LUKEMAN, Sinclair MCARTHUR, Sydney George MCCARTHY, G? F MCCARTHY, Alexander McDONALD, Donald McDONALD, Martin (Also known as Martin Joseph) McFLYNN (Misspelt - is McFLINN), Arnold (full name was Arnold Finley McRae) McRAE, William George McSPARRON, Sydney Alexander MELOY, Robert P (should read “R” for Raymond) MURDEN, Frank P NOLAN, Robert Peter PADROTH, James Herbert PARKER, W H PATTERSON, Harold (Richmond) PHIPPS, John PLUMMER, Rueben Frank PRITCHARD, Homer Horace ROGERS, Leslie James SCOTT, Gladstone SLARKE, A (should read George Foster) SMALL, Alick (Nelson) SMART, Allen (Archibald) SMITH, Harold Edward Benjamin SMITH, Roy Alfred Walter SMITH, Archibald SPOWART, Lionel William (should be W L) STALKER, Selby (Albert Shepherd) STEWART, S S Possibly G.W. Taylor or W. Taylor, both KIA TAYLOR, Ernest Clarence Charles TITTERTON, Joseph James TYLER, William WALSH, Leslie William Roy WARNER, Robert Edward WATSON, Arthur Claude WATTS, Thomas WEBB, Alexander WEINGOTT, Samuel WEINGOTT, Charles Oscar WHITE, Cyril (Godfrey) WHITE, Thomas (Wadley) WHITTON, Reginald Cowel WHOLOHAN (incorrectly as WHOOLOHAN), Walter Francis WILLIAMS, Alexander WILLIAMSON, C H C WINKWORTH" ...more
Honorary Captain Stanley Roy Kent MC
Pritchard, Poole, Baker, Bailey, Whitbread, O'Neill...
- mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/details-permalink.aspx?barcode_no=7371350
- 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
- The Late Lt 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 possibly on the battlefield when the 4th was decimated he was moved to the Victorian based 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
"Red Cross Day, Annandale, 26 April 1918". Courtesy Brad Powe whose future grandmother Doreen Fine-Chong, of Forest Lodge, is on the left under the canopy.
The Annandale V.A.D. will be on duty at the No. 1 wharf... 1918 'ANZACS AND INVALIDS. ARRIVING TO-DAY.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 31 December, p. 7. , viewed 06 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15817957
Private
Grant writes: "I am well and comfortable
as circumstances will permit.
I am working every day, which
helps to pass the time away. I am
weary for home, and hope to be back
soon. 1918 'AN AUSTRALIAN IN GERMANY.', Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), 20 March, p. 24. , viewed 06 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159026774
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
War Trophy
70 war trophies were allocated to municipalities, shires, and Great Public and High Schools. The Lord Mayor and City council had refused to accept any guns. Annandale was allocated a heavy machine gun, captured by the 36th Battalion at Flanders in 1917. Oddly, this did not go to Leichhardt, whose MP had raised the 36th. Leichhardt was allocated a 77 mm. field gun, captured by the 20th Battalion "during the advance near Framervllle, in France, early on the morning of August 11, 1918. The enemy attempt to remove the gun just as tho fog lifted was checked by the battalion Lewis gunners promptly knocking out four of the six horses in the team." - 1921 'WAR TROPHIES.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 15 February, p. 6, viewed 13 May, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15958388>. More about the 36th Battalion see Annandale's Great War.
Seventh War Loan Committee-Quota £60,000
44 Collins Street Annandale c1920 courtesy Graham Humphrey
The President of the committee was FEW Smith, Mayor and the Honorary Secretary was MB Mergentheim
Correspondence to 44 Collins Street, Tel 441 Petersham
The file contains a letter from Mergentheim requesting funding for postage and stamps, right to explanation when their recommendations are rejected and a list of advice as to who in their area are receiving benefits.
The comptroller of the Department of Repatriation advises that Mergentheim is a frequent visitor to the office and the matter has been resolved.
Source: NAA Series A2485, Control Symbol: C/1245, Item 151514 (December 1918)
Repatriation Committee, Group Number 5
Honorary Secretary 44 Collins Street - Municipalities of Annandale, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Leichhardt - 25 July 1919
Delay in provision of furniture to Mrs A Duffy, widow of Sgt Thomas Duffy, was due to overloading of a poor system, which took 5 months, after approval of the gift, to deliver £25 of furniture from the limited approved suppliers. By June 1919, the Comptroller of the Dept of Repatriation advised that a new system had been gazetted, which gave local committees more power. However, Mr Mergentheim, wrote back that the Comptroller was mistaken. Only country committees had been granted the extended powers. His constituents were still experiencing delays and receiving their goods in "driblets".
Dundas Lodge (44 Collins Street)
Rotten system, whereby only a few preferred suppliers, who would be unable to supply the demand for furniture in under six months and medical system, which requires men to take a day off work to attend appointments.
Source: NAA Series A2487, Control Symbol: 1919/5302, Item 154039 (1919)
Death of MB MERGENTHEIM
"MR. M. B. MERGENTHEIM.:
News has reached Sydney of the death in New Zealand of Mr. Moses Bernhardt Mergentheim, a well-known Sydney resident He came to Australia over 30 years ago and
served in various capacities before settling down to business as a pastoral agent on the North Coast. Eventually he came to Sydney and resided for some time at Dundas Lodge Annandale. He was kennly Interested in repatriation methods, and as honorary secretary of the repatriation executive went to New Zealand at the beginning of the year to study repatriation there. The results of his trip were to have been set out in a report to Senator Millen, Minister for Repatriation, but he was strickon with pneumonia at Rotorua. Death occurred on May 29, in his 49th year. He was a commisioner for affidavits and a Justice of the peace, and was well known in Masonic circles. He is survived by his wife and daughter." - 1920 'MR. M. B. MERGENTHEIM.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 25 June, p. 10, viewed 10 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15895347
Smoko Laffan's [Lappan's] Hall
In November 1928, Reveille reported that the Annandale sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (forerunner of the Returned Services League (RSL). New South Wales Branch, expects to double its membership of 20, with an invitation to a Smoko at Laffan's Hall, Johnston Street on 8 December. President was Alderman NJ Johnston, Treasurer was Mr A Turnbull and the "energetic" secretary was Mr RE Ryan
Other associations, of the time, included Soldiers' Mothers, Wives and Relatives Victory Association and the Returned Army Nursing Sister's (RANS) Club.
Reveille also reported on a visit to returned soldiers at Callan Park, advocating cars for maimed soldiers, identification of an unknown New Zealand soldier who was found wandering the streets of London, War Pensions and increase of Widows, Mothers and Orphan's pensions, Homes and Soldier Settlements.
Wreathe
In 1928, the Annandale Council voted £1.1.0 to the United Returned Soldiers for a wreathe, to be laid at the Annandale War Memorial on Remembrance day. This was in response to an approach by them. (Card Index to Annandale Borough Minutes)
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
Sands Directory
The Sands Directory for 1916 is available at http://swft.afls.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/afls/index.assetbox.assetactionicon.view/165962;jsessionid=C19876FF913133EA599C304FF9BAF8CB.enterprise-15000?rm=SANDS%27+DIRECTO0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C2%7C%7C%7Ctrue
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