Women and the War
Red Cross Float in a parade to raise funds for the war effort, ca 1914-1918. Courtesy Daphne Rudduck. Canterbury District Women’s Contribution to the war effort from the Homefront It is very...
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War Service Homes
To assist servicemen returning from World War 1, a repatriation department was set up in Australia in 1918. War Service Homes were introduced as an important part of the repatriation measures. The...
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The War and Canterbury
Population growth A few years before the outbreak of World War I, there began an explosion of population and house building in the Canterbury Municipality which continued until the Great...
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Statistics
The Canterbury District’s Contribution to the WW1 Effort – an Introduction The Canterbury District’s contribution to the WW1 effort was considerable when compared statistically across Australia...
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Captured German Gun
The Clock Tower Memorial before remodelling, the German field gun captured by the 3rd Battalion in 1918 at Hargicourt, and the 1915 memorial fountain still in place. Anzac Day, 1947. Courtesy...
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Battlefields
This section traces the involvement of the Australian Imperial Force units from New South Wales in the major battles at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. It tells only a small part of the story...
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Acknowledgement
Dr Lesley Muir signing copies of “Canterbury’s Boys” at the book launch. Campsie Library, 22 April 2002. A special acknowledgement to Lesley Muir and her Canterbury & District Historical...
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