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Back-to-Port Melbourne Preparations 1932

by David Thompson Letter, The Record, 14 November 1931 A letter to the editor from someone identifying themselves as RRR appeared in The Record on 14 November 1931 bemoaning the lost opportunities of not staging a Back-to-Port Melbourne event to coincide with the visit of the ocean liner, “Strathnavar”, to Station Pier and the visiting warships berthed at Princes Pier.[1] The letter opened, “Port Melbourne…

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Connell, James Daniel (561)

Place of Birth: Bacchus Marsh, VIC Age: 19 years 9 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 24 February 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 561            view online service record Address: Bacchus Marsh, VIC Next of Kin: Mrs E M Whitton (mother) Flower Hotel, Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Friday, 28 May 1915 Ship: HMAT Persic A34 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 13th Light Horse Regiment Fate: RTA: Thursday, 2 January 1919 Discharged:…

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Connell, William Henry (3989)

Place of Birth: Bacchus Marsh, VIC Age: 21 years 1 month Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 7 August 1917 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 3989            view online service record Address: Bacchus Marsh, VIC Next of Kin: Miss Elizabeth Connell (sister) Flower Hotel, 190 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 22 December 1917 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 4th Light Horse Regiment - 31st Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Tuesday,…

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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.