Trooper Albert Thomas Day by Bev Day No.600 Trooper Albert Thomas Day, 9th Light Horse Regiment Albert (Bert) Thomas Day was born on April 14th 1869 in Camperdown in the Western District of Victoria. He was the seventh child of Alexander and Beata Day who had migrated to Australia from Wiltshire, England in the 1850s. […]
Gunner Arthur Hubert Day
Gunner Arthur Hubert Day by Bev Day No. 34336, Gunner Arthur Hubert Day, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Forces Arthur Hubert, known as Hubert or Hugh, was the elder son of Arthur Joseph (Art) Day and Annie Jordan Cope. His father was the eighth child of Alexander Day and Beata Stratton, and was born at “Chocolyn”, […]
My Dad – George Stanley McCrohan
by John Stanley McCrohan My father was born George Stanley McCrohan on 15 January, 1894 and lived with his parents, 7 brothers and 5 sisters at 77 Arthur Street, Fairfield. At the age of 19, on 13 July,1915, Dad enlisted in the Army at Fairfield. On 18 November,1915, as Gunner G S McCrohan 6376, 10th Battery, […]
The Orford Brothers
by Doug Orford Frederick John Orford Frederick John Orford was born in Eltham 1889 and attended Dalton Street and Research Schools. Headmaster Cole cared for him after his mother died. He enlisted for active service on 9.7.1915 and left on 8.2.1916 and disembarked at Marseilles on 27.5.1916. He joined the 24th Battalion on 6.7.1916 and […]
William O’Day
First Published on Facebook Nillumbik Shire Council – Nillumbik Chronicles #17, 7 November 2014 In the lead up to Remembrance Day, let’s take time to remember a young man from Panton Hill, a labourer who enlisted in February 1916. Private William John O’ Day stood only 5’4” tall, had blue eyes and had a scar […]
Deaths at Glenroy Military Hospital
Although there is no 100 percent certain method of identifying the number of deaths that occurred in the Glenroy Military Isolation Hospital, the probable figure is six. Family Notices for three of the deceased clearly identified Glenroy Hospital as the place of death; Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages however show “Cbelfield” (Campbellfield) as the district […]
Brunswick Town Hall: Anti-Fascist Demonstration and ‘Hole In One’, 1994
By Iain McIntyre. In 1994 members of the neo-nazi organisation National Action planned on holding a demonstration during a multicultural festival. Informed by the police that they would be arrested for their own safety they delayed their protest until the following week. Only able to mobilise 20 or so supporters from across the country the […]
Phoenix Street, 1933 Free speech fight
By Iain McIntyre. Unemployed activists across Victoria were severely repressed by police and right-wing paramilitaries from the beginning of the Great Depression. The head of police General Thomas Blamey, who was also the leader of the quasi-fascist White Army, used the Political Squad to violently break up street meetings and protests. Forced out of speaking […]
Pentridge Prison: Draft Resisters Protest, 1971
By Iain McIntyre. With anti-conscription sentiment and opposition to the Vietnam War reaching an all-time high, 7,775 men were balloted in and made subject to prosecution for failing to register during 1971. At the same time the Federal Government’s will to deal with draft resistance begins to falter, with only 1,089 being prosecuted in any […]
The extraordinary in the ordinary: the story of Piera Street
From a talk given at the Brunswick Community History Group in 2011 by Cheryl Griffin. A bit about Piera Street Piera Street is located on the east side of Lygon Street, Brunswick East, off 132 Lygon Street. It’s two streets south of Glenlyon Road and on the corner with Lygon Street is one of my […]