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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Whittaker, Allan (468)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years Enlistment Details: Thursday, 27 August 1914 - Sydney, NSW Service Number: 468            view online service record Address: Westbourne Street Drummoyne, NSW Next of Kin: A Whittaker 43 River Street Yarraville, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Sunday, 18 October 1914 Ship: HMAT Afric A19 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Thursday, 29 July 1915 Discharged: Wednesday, 12 January 1916 Allan Whittaker suffered a gun shot…

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Anzac Day in Port Melbourne 2014

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 25, 2014
'We will honour them by being silent' 1 Perce White was the MC for the 2014 commemoration of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Perce White MCs proceedings at Anzac Day 2014 It was one of those perfect Port Melbourne mornings that make people love living in Port more than ever. About 500 people gathered for the Anzac Day commemoration.  The Piers provided…

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Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2013

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 7, 2013
Frank Vincent Port in the twenties - a difficult, suffering place Former Supreme Court Judge Frank Vincent  spoke about Whittaker in the Port Melbourne and wider social and political context of the late 1920s. Here is a transcript of his speech: "Port Melbourne in the twenties was a place of considerable poverty.  It was a place where men were engaged in what…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.