Three Tales from World War I

This was always meant to be a collection of stories which related to the Kiama Cricket Club, and obviously the journal was meant to highlight cricket stories. Sometimes though you come across a story that makes you stop in your tracks, and consider what you should do about it. When I came across the following tales during my research into the club, I was completely fascinated, and for a while it took my complete attention. So much so that I had to make sure that I had the story right, that I had the whole chronology correct, and (hopefully) that I gave the tales and the men involved the dignity and honour that they all rightly deserve. Also perhaps, at a time when we are looking back at the sacrifice and courage of young men of a long ago generation, it is an opportunity to bring to the fore of our township of Kiama some people that should be remembered for all of the right reasons.

This article ended up stretching to 25 pages, and I felt it too long to do as one blog post. So I have uploaded the whole article as a .pdf file. Please click on the link to read. I hope you think it is worthwhile. I was emotionally enraptured throughout the whole process of researching and writing, and I think these three men deserve to be remembered for their deeds.

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