‘Kalgoorlie Boys’ The following photograph are from the “The Soldiers of Barrack Street” collection and are the work of famed West Australian photographer Denis Dease who operated the Dease studio at 117 Barrack Street from 1898 to 1929. Dease was a prolific photographer of great importance.These photographs are all men with connections to Kalgoorlie. The full […]
Brother Pay The Ultimate Price – The Hallahan Brothers
Walter Rewi Hallahan was one of four Kalgoorlie brothers who served with the Australian army in World War I. Two of them, Alf and Wendell, were killed in France in 1916. Walter was killed in September, 1918, one month before the armistist was declared, while serving with the 11th Battalion.The only brother to return home was […]
Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways
This is the emblem on the honor board held at the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board depot (The Car Barn) on Boulder Road, formerly called the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways. These are the employees named on the board who fought in WW1. W Morley (KIA), E Landquist (KIA), S Pearson, J McCleery, J […]
Patriotic Knitters – Cue
This is an amazing photograph entitled’ Patriotic Knitters’. It was taken in Cue, Western Australia and shows a group of women and children knitting comforts for the WW1 troops. Looks like socks and scarves.
Sapper Alfred John WITHERS – Goldfields Hero
SAPPER ALFRED JOHN WITHERS 6851 – 2nd Tunnelling Company Born 27th December 1888 at Nhill, Victoria, to John Alfred Withers and Esther Olive Florence (nee Floyd), Alf Withers enlisted on 6th June 1916 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. A miner by trade, he gave his place of residence as 242 Trafalgar Street, Trafalgar, WA, […]