Australia Day

232nd anniversary of the first fleet of convicts arriving in Botany Bay (Capt. Arthur Phillip didn’t like the look of the anchorage so they eventually settled for Sydney Cove (now Sydney Harbour))…..I wasn’t born here but it is a wonderful home.

26/01/1915 Private Alan Asquith 6th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. ‘1491’ E. 14.

26/01/1915 Serjeant Walter West 6th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium. ‘1405’ IV. G. 25.

26/01/1916 Private Harry Gregory 3rd Bn. Dukinfield Cemetery, United Kingdom. ‘27397’ Duk. Ch. A. I. 549. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/01/1917 Private John Anderson 9th Bn. Couin British Cemetery, France. ‘24450’ VI. C. 15. Son of Mr. J. Anderson, of 71, Vincent St., Crewe.

26/01/1917 Serjeant Charles Burness Battersby (Age 24) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. ‘10972’ Panel 14 and 62. Son of William Percy Battersby, of 40, Carrington Rd., Small Heath, Birmingham.

26/01/1917 Private Thomas Rafferty 20th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. ‘57759’ O. IV. D. 2.

26/01/1917 Lieutenant Charles John Watson (Age 24) “A” Coy. 10th Bn. attd. 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. XII. L. 8. Son of Charles James and Mary Emma Watson, of “The Sycamores,” Broughton Park, Manchester. Gazetted Jan., 1915; wounded at Vimy Ridge April, 1916.

26/01/1918 Lance Corporal William Ward 9th Bn. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France. ‘16080’ IX. E. 6.

26/01/1919 Private William David Fox 23rd Bn St. Andre Communal Cemetery, France. ‘79242’ I. B. 8.

26/01/1919 Serjeant James Miller 1st Garr. Bn. (Postal Depot) St. Helens Cemetery, United Kingdom. ‘29199’ 43. NC. 518. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/01/1919 Private Arthur Timmins (Age 37) 4th Bn. Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. ‘201152’ I. A. 4. Husband of Ellen Timmins, of 31, Bray St., Birkenhead. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/01/1920 Private Thomas William Moores (Age 43) 3rd Bn. Davenham (St. Wilfrid) Churchyard, United Kingdom. ‘11952’ New. 671. Husband of Miriam Hodkinson, of 14, Regent St., Moulton, Northwich. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)