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<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThomas Richard Keating<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 30 March 2017<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThomas Richard Keating was the third of seven surviving children, and was their eldest son of Janet and Richard. Tom was born while the family were living in St Marys, but to date there is no documentation confirming his date of birth...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"The](\"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/story-Edward-Frank-Maxwell-1-1-750x422.jpg\")
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Maxwell Family of East Hills<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 29 September 2021<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEdward Henry and Maxwell (nee Neale) were one of the earliest families to settle in the East Hills area of Canterbury-Bankstown. Sands directory shows Edward Henry Maxwell residing in Tower Street, East Hills, from 1900 to 1920...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"Sidney](\"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/story-Sidney-Lees-Portrait-1-750x422.jpg\")
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSidney James Lees<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 23 March 2017<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSidney James Lees, AIF #38361, was a resident of Rogers Street Canterbury. He was born on 29 September 1887 and enlisted in WWI on 28 April 1917, aged 24. On his attestation papers, his trade was described as gardener. Sid embarked from...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"Robert](\"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/story-Robert-Noble-1-1-750x422.jpg\")
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Noble<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 30 March 2017<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Noble was the quintessential ANZAC soldier- a young man with no military experience leaving Australia’s shores. He never returned. Introduction The First Australian Imperial Force was perhaps the\u00a0most significant...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"Frederick](\"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/story-Digger-Silhouette-1-1-750x422.png\")
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrederick James Caton<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 28 March 2017<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe City of Canterbury Library holds World War 1 illuminated certificates in the Local History Collection. This is a photograph of the illuminated certificate for Private Frederick James Caton. From 1915 onwards, but particularly in...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"Edward](\"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/story-Edward-Lawrence-Spalding-1-1-750x422.jpg\")
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdward Spalding<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 31 March 2017<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEdward Lawrence Spalding volunteered during WWI. Because his profession was groom (employed in the stables at Tooheys) he was attached to the 7th Light Horse Regiment Veterinary Corps. His ship arrived at Gallipoli three days after the...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diaries and personal narratives provide first-hand accounts of soldiers’ war experiences and reflections, giving insights which may not be available in other records.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Thomas Richard Keating was the third of seven surviving children, and was their eldest son of Janet and Richard. Tom was born while the family were living in St Marys, but to date there is no documentation confirming his date of birth...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Edward Henry and Maxwell (nee Neale) were one of the earliest families to settle in the East Hills area of Canterbury-Bankstown. Sands directory shows Edward Henry Maxwell residing in Tower Street, East Hills, from 1900 to 1920...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Sidney James Lees, AIF #38361, was a resident of Rogers Street Canterbury. He was born on 29 September 1887 and enlisted in WWI on 28 April 1917, aged 24. On his attestation papers, his trade was described as gardener. Sid embarked from...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Robert Noble was the quintessential ANZAC soldier- a young man with no military experience leaving Australia’s shores. He never returned. Introduction The First Australian Imperial Force was perhaps the\u00a0most significant...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t The City of Canterbury Library holds World War 1 illuminated certificates in the Local History Collection. This is a photograph of the illuminated certificate for Private Frederick James Caton. From 1915 onwards, but particularly in...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Edward Lawrence Spalding volunteered during WWI. Because his profession was groom (employed in the stables at Tooheys) he was attached to the 7th Light Horse Regiment Veterinary Corps. His ship arrived at Gallipoli three days after the...<\/p>READ MORE<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diaries and personal narratives provide first-hand accounts of soldiers’ war experiences and reflections, giving insights which may not be available in other records.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anzac.cbcity.nsw.gov.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThe Maxwell Family of East Hills<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSidney James Lees<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRobert Noble<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFrederick James Caton<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEdward Spalding<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t