The only native Papuan to serve the Empire in WW1

[RedCoat]

Hi all,

 

During the First World War and at various times during the 1950's, the story of the Empires only native Papuan soldier kept popping up in Australian newspapers. I came upon his story by chance and thought I would share this now forgotten individual.

 

Samuel William John Wilson was the son of John Newcombe Algoe Wilson from Armagh, a lineal descendent of the Duke of Schomberg, one of the Generals of William of Orange. His mother was Arabutha, daughter of Kagudori, Chief of Riu, Sudest Island, Papua New Guinea. Samuel was adopted at some stage by Mr John Robert Craig, Queensland resident, Pearl Diver and regular business visitor to Papua New Guinea - Craig also championed Papuan civil rights.

 

During the First World War, Samuel really got around - from a mutiny on his way to German New Guinea in 1914, to hard service in Gallipoli and Flanders. In 1918 he was convicted of desertion in the field and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and was supposedly wounded slightly at Gallipoli on six occasions, blown up at Pozieres and gassed twice. Two of these wounds required hospital treatment and were noted in his records.

 

 

What follows is a bullet point summary of Samuels First World War service:

 

·     Pre war member of the “Dirty 500“ - D Company, 2nd Battalion Kennedy Regiment.

·     08/08/1914 – Embarked for Garrison Duty at Thursday Island.

·     14/08/1914 – Enlisted for service outside Australia.

·     16/08/1914 – Embarked on the Troopship Kanwna at Thursday Island, to take part in the capture of German New Guinea.

·     06/09/1914 – Taken on the strength of the AN&NEF.

·     18/09/1914 – Returned to Townsville due to the Mutiny on board Kanowna. Did not take part in the capture of German New Guinea.

·     18/09/1914 – Discharged from AN&NEF.

·     19/12/1914 – Enlisted for the 9th Battalion AIF at Cairns.

·     11/02/1914 – Departed Sydney on the Troopship Seang Bee as part of the 2nd Reinforcements.

·     02/05/1915 – Joined 9th Battalion on Gallipoli Peninsula.

·     28/08/1915 – Admitted to hospital with Gastro Enteritis.

·     17/11/1915 – Rejoined 9th Battalion on Gallipoli Peninsula.

·     25/02/1916 – Transferred from 9th Battalion to 49th Battalion AIF.

·     16/08/1916 – Wounded in Action – Shell Shock and Debility at Pozieres.

·     15/03/1917 – Rejoined 49th Battalion AIF.

·     05/04/1917 – Admitted to Hospital – Trench Feet.

·     02/11/1917 – Rejoined 49th Battalion AIF.

·     08/03/1918 – Admitted to hospital – Diarrhea

·     19/03/1918 – Rejoined 49th Battalion AIF.

·     25/04/1918 – Wounded in Action – Gassed.

·     08/06/1918 – Rejoined 49th Battalion AIF and Deserted.

·     23/06/1018 – Arrested and found guilty by FGCM – Sentenced to 5 Years Penal Servitude.

·     27/08/1918 – Joined No.7 Military Prison.

·     11/03/1919 – Likely to have taken part in the Mutiny at No.7 Military Prison though no further information is found.

·     08/04/1919 – Released from Prison.

·     10/04/1919 – Rejoined 49th Battalion AIF.

·     23/06/1919 – Returned to Australia.

 

After the First World War Samuel fell on hard times, and committed numerous crimes from drinking publicly, assault, vagrancy, theft, house breaking and providing "sly grog" to aboriginal Australians, he was always referred to as Coloured or Aboriginal in the papers. He re-enlisted at the beginning of the Second World War for Garrison Duty and was discharged at some stage, details will follow once I have applied for his record.

 

An interesting post script to Samuels story is that he married a white Australian woman in the 1950's, apparently the first native Papuan to do so - this was highly reported on as one can imagine.

 

 

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the read and I would welcome any discussion on his service and story.

 

Cheers

Edited 24 March , 2020 by RedCoat

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

Wonderful history.

Thanks for sharing.

[Guest]

Mate,

 

I surpose you read the story of this;

 

"18/09/1914 – Returned to Townsville due to the Mutiny on board Kanowna."

 

The mutiny was not by the soldiers from the CMF (2nd Kennedy Regt or to the British like there TF) relisted for service outside Australia.

 

The fireman or below the water line crew of the ship jacked up, as many trade unionist did in Australia during the war for one reason or another.

 

I remember there refused to load the (beer) ship for the troops in Veitnam in the 60's, the reason many old soldiers still have noting to do with these trade unions, and the labor party now days.

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[WhiteStarLine]

10 hours ago, stevebecker said:

as many trade unionist did in Australia during the war for one reason or another

Hi Steve,

 

This is pretty unfair and these men were later tried and acquitted in Brisbane in 1914.  It has nothing to do with trade unions.  I first looked at this when wondering why my grandfather had an identical line in his service record.

 

It turns out that the Kanowna and crew were requisitioned on the outbreak of war and sent first to Thursday Island, then Port Moresby, then despatched to Rabaul.  The force was ill-equipped (no mosquito nets in Port Moresby would have been interesting) and short of boots and other essentials.  The ship left Moresby with insufficient water and the stokers (firemen) were shovelling coal in tropical heat.

 

They refused to continue just outside Port Moresby and were escorted onto the deck by soldiers with fixed bayonets.  The Kanowna headed back to Townsville, stoked by volunteers.  Hugh Quinn, of Quinn's Post at Gallipoli, was one of the soldiers, a member of the Yungaburra Rifle Club like my grandfather.

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Fair or not, a number of unionist jacked up due to one thing or another.

 

I am not saying they didn't have a case, only it came at a time when they were needed to do there jobs.

 

Of cause most of the trouble came due to the problems we had with the prody and RC's, with an Irish connection.

 

But the Kanowna, so called jack up, was over there work condtions as you say.

 

Its an interesting time in Australia as this new coloney made its way in the Big world.

 

I have many men from the 2nd Kennedy Regt in the LH men in my records, and the recruitment of the CMF was interesting for overseas service.

 

The law made service outside Australia illegal, much as the British TF was in the UK. so special laws had to be made so they could be relisted under the AN&MEFto serve in PNG. This in WWII was made easy as PNG was an Australian protectorate after WWI, allowing CMF units to be sent there.

 

Cheers

 

S.B

Edited 25 March , 2020 by stevebecker

[Yungaresearch]

I am part of a small group of volunteers from Yungaburra who have been researching the men of the Yungaburra Rifle Club who were on the Kanowna.  We began the project in about 2013 and expected it to be done and dusted by Xmas 2014 - much as many expected the men to be home from WW I by Xmas 1914.

 

I have a question for White Star Line if that is ok?   Would he care to tell us who his Grandfather was ? One of our aims has always been to connect families to the men who went away.   We have managed to trace most of the men and what happened to them but there are still a couple we cannot find no matter where or how hard we look.

 

Any help given will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

[WhiteStarLine]

Hi,

 

Great to hear of your interest.  My grandfather is Eric Swanson Frost and we are very lucky to have copious reference to his time in Yungaburra.  Love to have a copy of your research on the other Yungaburra members.

 

After the Kennedy Regiment returned to Australia following a stokers' mutiny on the Kanowna he eventually re-enlisted in 1916 and served with 3 Divisional Signals in France:

 

 

Westpac provided the following details:

 

Yungaburra, QLD 1914-1915

On 16th December 1913 a sub-branch to Atherton was opened at Yungaburra. Folk lore suggests this was a request of the Yungaburra Progress Association chaired by Mr Charles William Roseblade. By 1914 Mr ES Frost was appointed Sub Manager. Sub branches were generally established when a town needed services of a branch but did not meet customer numbers for the Bank to warrant the establishment of a full branch. Generally speaking, these sub-branches were one-officer establishments and these officers were given the title Sub Manager.

 

Originally occupying temporary premises rented at 10/- per week. Business was transferred to new premises that had been purposely erected by Mr AH Belson on his own land and then leased back to the Bank in 1914. The building was described by Mr Frost as ‘single storey, wood and iron, comprising bank premises and resident officer’s quarters.’ Mr Frost served as Sub Manager of Yungaburra until 1915; however this period was interrupted by Military Service late 1914.

 

Trove is the source of the remaining:

 

OUR NEIGHBOURS. CHARTERS TOWERS, January 5. The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 January 1914 p 15 Article 
Mr. Eric Frost, of the N.S.W. Bank, who is at present relieving at Hughenden, has been appointed manager of the Yungaburra bank.

GOSSIP. Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Tuesday 27 January 1914 p 6 Article
Mr Eric Frost, of the Bank of New South Wales, who has been transferred from Winton to Yungaburra as manager, left for North on Monday.

Town & Country Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Saturday 7 February 1914 p 6 Article Mr. Frost, the newly appointed manager of the Yungaburra branch of the Bank of N.S.W., was welcomed by the residents there a few nights ago.
 
GOSSIP. Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Wednesday 8 April 1914 p 6 Article 
Mr C. Frost left on Monday for Cairns on a visit to his brother, Mr Eric Frost, at Yungaburra.

Yungaburra Notes (For the "Post" and "Herald") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Saturday 18 April 1914 p 8 Article (For the "Post" and "Herald" 

Monday last saw another forward step in the progress of our town. The Bank of N.S.W., which opened business here in temporary premises just before the end of last year, has now taken occupation of its new building directly opposite the railway station. It is so very convenient that train travellers have ample time to conduct any business they may require, while the train is doing the usual shunting. The new building is very commodious, consisting of front office, manager's office, safe room, and sleeping quarters. No doubt our obliging Mr Frost will appreciate his more comfortable accommodation.

Malanda Notes (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 17 June 1914 p 2 Article A substantial sign of the progress of Malanda is to be noted in the opening of a branch of the Bank of N.S.W. It is scarcely six months ago that a branch of this Bank was also opened at Yungaburra. It will thus be seen that the opening of three branches of this strong financial institution within a radius of 23 miles on the Tableland must be evidence that in the right quarter there is a good opinion of the stability and resources of this rich district.

In the Atherton District. "Along the Line" in the "N.Q. Register.") Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Wednesday 24 June 1914 p 11 Article 
YUNGABURRA The [steam] train arrives in the evening and a hundred yards away is the wide verandah two-storied building of the Williams family, the Yungaburra Hotel, a big enterprise in a new country like this. From a comfort point of view this place is on a par with Petty's, or The Mansions, in Sydney, but a remarkable fact is apparent in the menus of all the hotels we have been at in these parts. There are few vegetables. Potatoes of course, and now and again pumpkin but that is all. No spinach, cabbage, lettuce, cucumber salads or the like, save tomatoes. It must be because they do not think of it. In most places the fruits on the table are Victorian apples or oranges, and this with the best bananas in the world at Cairns. (We bought them at 3d per dozen at Redlynch on the train.) I've not seen a radish or eschallot since I left our home, and in Cairns, where fish abounds, you rarely see it, save on holidays. I write on the hotel verandah at Yungaburra. Just opposite, at the corner is a wooden building newly erected. It is the Bank of New South Wales, and the staff is Mr Frost, whom we knew in Hughenden. It is a change from the downs land. May be there are a dozen business places in the town, and a good share of them belong to the Williams Estate. There are two dozen private homes, for the most part well built and comfortable, many with flowering garden plots, and there is a police station. There is a big sawmill too at an overbridge across the railway, at the foot of a hill. You see the red road going up the hillside. All the roads are red, and the paddocks green and stumpy, many with charred logs among the stumps, and the grass between and the cows feed happily; nearly every landowner has cows. They milk them, and separate the cream and send the cream to the factory, twice a week or more, and get the money back when they want it. We have been to Lake Eacham today, some five miles of up and down roads all red soil, now happily dry. The way is through some cleared lands, but mostly through dense scrub.

Official Notifications. BRISBANE, July 3. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Saturday 4 July 1914 p 5 The following additions are made to the Justice of the Peace list :-
; E. S. Frost, manager, Bank of N.S.W., Yungaburra; J. M. Gibson, 

COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. ADDITIONS TO THE ROLL. The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 4 July 1914 p 6 Detailed lists, results, guides  

At the meeting of the Governor in Council yesterday the following additions were made to the list of Justices of the Peace -

Frost, E. S., Yungaburra.
Frost, W. A., Kairi.

Yungaburra Notes (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Monday 3 August 1914 p 7
On Saturday afternoon a very satisfactory meeting of members of the newly-formed Horticultural Society was held. Those present were very enthusiastic over the prospects of the society, and have decided to start the ball rolling by holding a "Rose Show," some time in November, the exact date of which is to be fixed later. The election of officers was also carried out, and resulted as follows : Patron. Mr. R.   Coleman ; president. Mr. C. W.  Roseblade ; ... secretary. Mr. G. L. Evans ;  treasurer, Mr. E. Frost.

The committee meet on Saturday afternoon to draw up a schedule for the forthcoming show.

 

Northern Mobilisation The Roll of Riflemen. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thursday 13 August 1914 p 8 
The following riflemen embarked on the Kanowna last Sunday:-

YUNGABURRA RIFLE CLUB. - Leonard Jos. Ashford. George Bott. Edw. William Bourke. Edmond Arthur Brake Robert Bruce. Charles Burge, Shelley Val Carne. Phil Richard Clarke, John Morris Con- nelly, Frank Dann, Thomas Dann Henry Chas. Denny, Charles Dillon, Gwilyn J. Edmunds, Otto Lessing Evers, James F. Fitzgerald, William R. Fletcher, Eric Swanston Frost, George Ernest Gower. Bertram Hafa, Thomas James. William Johnston Henry E. P. Kingcombe, Norman G Larkin, Stanley Collin Larkin, Townsville Lisha, Edgar Martin, Thos. M. McCormack. Chas. Stew   P. McHugh, John Murphy, James Davis. Nelson, Ashton Parry. Hugh Quinn. Weinert Reinold, James Chas. Roberts. George Rowston. Frederic James Sleep, Ernest Garnet Smon Charles Snodgrass, Jos. Chas. Ern. Standen, Henry Douglas Stewart. Francis Story, Frank Story, Fred Cyril Swane, Frank Tomkins. Thos. Johnston Waugh. Carl Fred. Weinert, Frank Wellicombe, Pat Garrett Winfield, George Woodward.

Of the total of 284, the units are as follows: Atherton Rifle Club. 21 Cairns, 20 ; Chillagoe, 10 ; Eton. 1 : Hambledon, 1 ; Herberton 25 ; Innisfail, 2 ; Irvinebank, 65 ; Kuranda 14; Linda Vallev. 1; Mangawaka 1 : Mareeba. 17 . Mulgrave 18 : Naval Cadets, 1 ; Normanton, Scouts. 1 ; Stanley River. 1 ; Stenary Hills, ll ; Tambup, 1 ; Thursday Island, 1; Watsonville. 14 Yuenville 1 : Yungaburra. 49.
The married men total 26.
Lieutenant Murray informs us that correspondence to the men on the Kanowna can be addressed to Thursday Island

VISITORS TO THE TABLELAND. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Tuesday 19 January 1915 p 4 

A return was then made to Yungaburra, where the visitors were entertained at luncheon by the Macham Shire Council. Mr. Heale presided, and was supported by Messrs Wedderburn, McCloy, Edmunds, Frost, Evers, Roseblade, Clem, and H. S. Williams. An excellent lunch was provided, and the toast list included "The Visitors," proposed by the Chairman, and responded to by Messrs. Whitcombe, Johnson, Pritchard, and Crawford.   Mr. Roseblade proposed, "The Land We Live In," responded to by Messrs. Wedderburn, McCloy, Edmunds, and Williams. Mr. Whitcombe proposed the toast of "The Chairman," after which the party broke up, singing "Auld Laing Syne.
The return journey was made to Cairns on Monday. Special thanks are due to Mr. Prowett, Traffic Superintendent, for placing the tourist car at the disposal of the visitors, as it offers exceptional advantage for viewing the country, and was much appreciated by all.            

YUNGABURRA NOTES. (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Monday 22 March 1915 p 6 Article
play was resumed, and the local team put forth special efforts to retrieve their position, and the close of the day saw Tolga one game ahead of Yungaburra. Mr. E. Frost skippered the local team,   while Mr. W. C. Hinson acted in a like capacity for Tolga. Morning tea and afternoon tea were sup-   plied on the court by the lady members

OUR NEIGHBOURS. SOUTHPORT, May 9. The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 15 May 1915 p 15 Article
Mrs. Frost left on Monday for Townsville; she will go North, to visit her son, Mr. Eric Frost, Bank of New South Wales, Yungaburra.

CHARTERS TOWERS SOCIAL ITEMS. Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Tuesday 15 June 1915 p 6 Article
Mrs Frost and Mr Eric Frost arrived from Yungaburra on Thursday. 

TOWN AND COUNTRY. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 28 July 1915 p 6 Article 
Mr. E. Frost was a passenger from Townsville yesterday morning by the Mourilyan

YUNGABURRA NOTES. (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 18 August 1915 p 6 Article

A very large and enthusiastic meeting of residents took place in the Lake Eacham Hotel on Saturday, August 14th, to report progress in connection with the arrangements for Patriotic Day. All seemed determined to make our effort a success. In addition to an excellent program of events, a number of challenges have been thrown out and accepted, to be decided on August 28th. Eric Frost challenged Bert Williams to a tree climb, "a la aboriginal," the loser to give 10s 6d to the fund.
The following were among the visitors at the Lake Eacham Hotel during the past week : Mr. E. Frost, Charters Towers ;

Another match-has now been arranged for Patriotic Day. Mr. P. McCloy and son to play E. Frost and S. McCloy at tennis, best two games out of three, the losers to put half a guinea in the hat for the fund.    

YUNGABURRA NOTES. (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Saturday 4 September 1915 p 2 Article
YUNGABURRA NOTES.  

(For the "Post" and "Herald.")

Patriotic Day was an unqualified success, 0ur subscription to the fund will amount when the lists are complete, to between - £100 and ~120,  
which amount is most satisfactory, in view of the fact that Peeramon only four miles away, and Atherton,   eight miles away, also held celebrations.        

The proceedings passed by without a hitch, and the people, while real- ising the seriousness of the occasion, enjoyed themselves and opened their pockets. A feature of the celebra- tions was a caricature effigy of the Kaiser, with a bucket for a helmet and a big stake driven through, wearing an enormous iron cross and the famous moustache made of horsehair. This effigy came in for a terrible trouncing from all, and was burnt at thc conclusion of the celebrations, with groans and re- vilings for the man it represented.  

Tree climbing by the aboriginals was an item much enjoyed ; it is wonderful to see them run up the   perpendicular trunks of trees vary- ing in height from 60 to 100 feet. The other attractions were so num- erous that it, would take too much of your valuable space to describe them all. Suffice it to say that the workers for the cause were without exception, splendid, and I must say the same about the crowd who were ayrntmtîiéùc. to.-, -a ?¿?Jüato.-~"»yJt¡¿rJ»aá «ot "a?dilniulC"matter *o -work-tim the only trouble being scarcity of L.S.D. owing to the drought and the war. The following is a list of contributions : A. H. Bësson. XS/'S.    

I G. M. Wedderboun £2/7/ ; E. Frost

£1/16/6 ; 

TOWN AND COUNTRY. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thursday 9 September 1915 p 6 Article
Mr. Frost, Yungaburra, left by the Mourilyan last night en route for Sydney.

YUNGABURRA NOTES. (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thursday 9 September 1915 p 7 Article
A meeting of residents was held in Williams' Hotel on Saturday evening, September 4th, to discuss mat- ters in connection with our Patrio- tic Fund. After a lengthy discus- sion, it was decided by a majority of two, to send the Yungaburra con- tribution to the Treasurer of the Brisbane Patriotic Fund, with in- structions that it is to be divided equally between the Wounded Sol- diers, Red Cross and Belgian Funds It was also decided that the ar- ticles remaining on hand to the   credit of the Patriotic Fund, be   given over to the Eacham Red Cross Society for disposal, any money so collected to go to the Red Cross Funds. This action winds np the Yungaburra Patriotic effort, which resulted in a net gain of a  

little over £104 for the Fund. The Red Cross will benefit by all that so made in the disposal of the remain-     ing articles.      

 

Two well-known and heartily liked residents are leaving us this week. Mr. Eric Frost, manager of the local branch of the Bank of N.S.W. is transferred to a Branch in N.S.W., and our popular station master, Mr. Jack Kehoe, is transferred to Her- berton, to fill a similar position. 

TOWN AND COUNTRY. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Saturday 11 September 1915 p 6 Article
Mr. E. Frost, of the Yungaburra branch of the Bank of N.S.W., has been transferred to Victoria.

YUNGABURRA NOTES. (For the "Post" and "Herald.") Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wednesday 15 September 1915 p 3 Article

A farewell smoko was tendered to Mr. Jack Kehoe, Stationmaster, who has been transferred to Herberton, and Mr. Eric Frost, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, who has been trans- ferred to Mathoura, N.S.W. The gentlemen named had been stationed in Yungaburra for five and two two years respectively, and were very popular in the district. The toast list was as follows : "The King," with National Anthem sung standing, proposed by the chairman Mr. C. Roseblade. "Our Guests", proposed by Messrs. G. A. Duffy, B Grainger, and A. S. Williams. "Our Boys at the Front" and short review of the war, by Mr. M. J. Mac-
key. "The Dairying and Timber In- dustry," by Mr. J. Winfield, respon-

ded to by Mr. G. M. Wedderburn   and Mr. J. E. Parkinson. Mr. G.     A. Waller spoke well on the dairy industry. Mr. Frost and Mr. Kehoe proposed their respective successors, and were responded to by Mr. Cor- field (bank), and Mr. J. Elcoate (railway). "The Prosperity of Yun- gaburra" was proposed by Mr. T.   Grainger. The toast of "The Lad- ies" was in the capable hands of Mr. N. Leroy, responded to by Mr. Dillon McHugh. "The Boys of the Kanowna Brigade" was proposed by Mr. Frost, and responded to by Messrs. J. Murphy, H. Quinn, P. Winfield, J. Davis, and F. Willi-  

comte. Mr. Dillon McHugh pro-

posed the toast of "The Chairman" to which Mr. C. Roseblade suitably responded. The proceedings were enlivened by songs from Messrs. Da- vis, Willicomte, Rosenblade, Winfield,

Leroy, McHugh, and Mackey. Excel-

lent accompaniments were provided   by Mr. J. Elcoate, who presided at the piano, and contributed in no small degree to the success of the   "smoko." Most of the speeches were read, and undoubtedly showed the influence 0f the Yungaburra Debating Society, of which our departing guests were shining lights. Mr. C. Roseblade and Mr. G. A. Waller were in fine form ; the latter in a particularly fine speech clearly showed the sound position of the dairying industry and the Atherton butter factory.

 

Mr. M. J. Mackey's speech on the war was the subject of much favourable comment. He quoted several of the world's leading war experts on the situation at the west-  

ern and eastern fronts. Referring to the Dardanelles campaign, he contended that it was literally a struggle between the Crescent and the Cross : he maintained that Britain's prestige in the Mahometan Eastern countries was at stake, and that at any cost the Allies must smash their way through to Con- stantinople. He said that wherever the sun shone on the minarets of a Moslem mosque, there would the followers of Islam be discussing the struggle, and that for Britain to lose or withdraw from the campaign would be fatal to her prestige in the East : therefore at all costs the Turk must be smashed as quickly as possible.

The guests of the evening were each presented with a box of cigars, as a token of the respect in which   they were held. Mr. A. S. Williams the genial proprietor of the Lake Eacham Hotel, provided an excellent spread, which was done full justice to. The proceedings terminated by the assembly lustly singing "Auld Lang Syne," and "God Save the King."

OUR NEIGHBOURS. TOWNSVILLE, September 6. The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 18 September 1915 p 16 Article 
Mr. Eric Frost, manager of the bank of New South Wales, Yunga- burra has received notice of his transfer, and is appointed to the management 0f a branch in Victoria 

Edited 10 January , 2021 by WhiteStarLine
Sloppy writing describing mutiny

[Yungaresearch]

Thank you so much  how fantastic you have a photo of him and you have found so much of his time at Yungaburra.  May I add your research to ours ? I will ensure it is suitably acknowledged

 

At the present time we are still collating the research and I am in the midst of refining a paper on the men for the Royal Historical Society of Queensland.  Once that is done I'm happy to release the research that was done by myself and other volunteers.  If its not published I will find a way for it to be publicly available.

 

The Kennedy Regiment did not mutiny.  The reports indicate that the men of the Kennedy Regiment and the Rifle Clubs were happy to stoke the ship but they could not.  Due not only to the stokers concerns but also the conditions on board the Kanowna was turned around and sent to Townsville.  When they got to Townsville after some 6 weeks at sea they were pretty grubby and were nicknamed the "Dirty 500".  

 

Once gain thank you so much

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

Very interesting post. Thank you.  

 

           I suspect that there were native Papuans serving "The Empire" in 2 areas-  1) The occupation of German New Guinea-probably in some sort of labour role.  2) The British Merchant Navy. Though probably difficult to spot.  Over here in London, UK, there used to be (up to 1937) a "Seaman's Home for Asiatics- but also listed as being for "South Sea Islanders". 

 

A zap of Commonwealth War Graves Commission  shows 2 casualties of present day PNG who were "native" in the sense they were born there. Sergeant  Leslie Chambers of 12th Bn AIF died in France- a native of  Raluana, New Britain-in the Bismarck Archipelago. His parents lived in Rabaul.  OK, German New Guinea and the islands, although occupied, remained technically German until the peace treaty of 1919.

     There is also Private Harry Catt of 25th Bn AIF, who died in France in 1916- described on his CWGC marker as a "Native of Port Moresby, Papua"

OK, we are in the realms of what "native" means-  I fully accept that-  Yes, on the old way of looking-"indigenous" versus "Anglo-Saxon" , no Papuans  show up. But I feel sure they are there-  Again, locally in London we have the CWGC graves of several "natives" of Niue, who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force- based at Hornchurch on the outskirts of London . They died shortly after arrival from bronchitis,etc, having no resistance to it.

 

PS- I presume the photograph of your man standing in the snow was quite deliberate!!

 

Edited 10 January , 2021 by Guest

[WhiteStarLine]

Sorry, have edited my post as I wrote in haste.  They were victims of a fireman (stoker) mutiny outside Port Moresby.  The stokers were not volunteers, had very little water and were essentially commandeered.

 

Of course you can use this material.

 

Hugh Quinn was the most prominent and Dalziel (senior), father of Dalziel VC, was also in the regiment.

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Interesting, the name Yungaburra brings back many memories from a time in the early seventies of our stay in the Mission there with our Aborginal Sgt (Jimmy Canuto) who took us (His Troop from BSqn 3rd Cav Regt) there for a week of living as the Aborginals did, and hunting and fishing. The mission was dry and we had to go to the Hotel outside the mission area for a drink.

 

Cheers

S.B

[Yungaresearch]

13 hours ago, WhiteStarLine said:

Sorry, have edited my post as I wrote in haste.  They were victims of a fireman (stoker) mutiny outside Port Moresby.  The stokers were not volunteers, had very little water and were essentially commandeered.

 

Of course you can use this material.

 

Hugh Quinn was the most prominent and Dalziel (senior), father of Dalziel VC, was also in the regiment.

 

2 minutes ago, stevebecker said:

Mate,

 

Interesting, the name Yungaburra brings back many memories from a time in the early seventies of our stay in the Mission there with our Aborginal Sgt (Jimmy Canuto) who took us (His Troop from BSqn 3rd Cav Regt) there for a week of living as the Aborginals did, and hunting and fishing. The mission was dry and we had to go to the Hotel outside the mission area for a drink.

 

Cheers

S.B

 

[Yungaresearch]

Morning 

Perhaps you are thinking of somewhere else ? Yarrabah perhaps?  Yungaburra to my knowledge was never a mission and the pub is in the centre of town.  Its still going and is a lovely old pub with great acoustics in the dining room.  

 

Yungaburra was a pretty busy place in WW II and by many accounts the pub did a roaring trade.

 

 

[Guest]

Mate,

 

These are the men I have on record on that ship. (I now include towns they record)

 

ANDERSON    George Otto    401    Pte    05 LHR    A Sqn (G) to AProvC MMP 3 Div HQ 8-16 T/att 10 Bde HQ 3-17 to Cpl 4-17 to ER/Sgt 1-18 F&B Ex AN&MEF (1682) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna"    2 IR    Clerk    23    Ravenswood Qld    29-10-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 8-10-18    Ravenswood Qld

 

BOTT    George Lancelot    253    A/Cpl    05 LHR    A Sqn evac to (1 AGH) hosp (septic knee) 6-15 rtn 8-15 to Prov Sgt 8-15 revert Cpl evac to (2 AGH) hosp (dysentry & enteric) 10-15 (G) RTA MU enteric reemb 20R to 2 LHTR 8-16 qual Lewis MG 11-16 Tos 12-16 to T/Sgt A Sqn (from smith) 1-17 qual hotchkiss MG 3-17 to Sgt 3-17 WIA 28-11-17 R/shoulder minor shot reported 1 officer and 1 man wounded during Turkish attack at Bald Hill near Mulebbis to 2 LHTR 1-18 rtn 4-18 to hosp (malaria) 10-18 RTA 1914 leave Ex CCo AN&MEF (1716) RTA due to firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (Hungabarra 2 IR CMF later WWII Cpl 1 Garr Bn)    2 IR    Farmer    24    Townsville Qld    17-10-14 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 4-12-15  RTA 15-11-18    Healesville Vic

 

BRIGHTON    Oliver Percy    4263    Pte    2 LHFA    8R Tos 12-15 (G) att Medical Orderly 7 LHR 9-16 rtn 12-15 to T/Cpl 4 LHFA 2-17 to 14 AGH 6-17 Ex AN&MEF firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" relist ASqn/05 LHR (94) DNE disch 10-12-14 refused vaccinated (AMC D Troop BSqn/27 LH CMF 4 years) brothers Herbert 2 FCE and Henry 3 FA    27 LH    Coachbuilder    24 23    Townsville Qld    18-6-15 21-9-14  8-8-14     RTA 12-11-17    Nth Rockhampton Qld

 

BRUCE    Leslie William    2305    Pte    6 LHR    16R NTOS disch 31-1-17 MU reported died from war service at Paddington NSW Ex Ships Fireman AN&MEF to Rabaul     N/R    Ships Fireman    21    Paddington NSW    22-11-15 11-8-14    RTA 2-9-16 died 8-3-17    Paddington NSW

 

CHAVE    William    172    Dvr    05 LHR    MG Sect att escort to GOC 10-15 rtn 11-15 (G) to 13 MG Co WIA 3-9-16 R/thigh in 13 Bde attack at Mouquet Farm near Pozieres WIA 10-6-17 back, R/arm & leg shrapnel at Messines F&B disch 25-4-18 Ex AN&MEF (1671) on "Kanowna" RTA due to firemans strike disch 18-9-14 (CMF)     2 IR    Selector    27    Hughendon Qld    21-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 30-1-18    Taunton Somerset UK

 

CHOAT    Frederick Herbert Pay    430    Cpl    2 LHFA    to Sgt Nurse B Sect (G) disch 7-6-16 MU Ex Sgt AN&MEF firemans strile on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (2 IR and AMC CMF 9 years) AKA Frederick Herbert Ray Choat brothers James 27Bn KIA and  Frank 9Bn    AMC    Wardsman    37    Townsville Qld    21-9-14 8-8-14     RTA 11-4-16    Mt Barker SA

 

CLAYSON    Ardren Vernon    252    Pte    11 LHR    B Sqn att DSqn/05 LHR 8-15 (G) to Cpl 13Co/3Bn ICC 8-16 to 1Co/1Bn 6-17 FGCM 28-2-18 "theft" sentenced 5 years PS reduced to 2 years HL to LH Dtls 7-18 RTA as prisoner Ex AN&MEF 2Bn (2006) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowana"     N/R    Labourer    19    Pine Creek NT    4-1-15 16-8-14    disch 18-9-14 RTA 3-7-19    Pine Creek NT

 

CONNOLLY    John Morris    980    Pte    05 LHR    5R Tos C Sqn? 9-15 evac to (1 AAuxH) hosp (dysentry) 11-15 (G) rtn 1-16 to 2 LHTR 3-16 to Gnr 55Bty/14 FAB 3-16 WIA 16-10-17 gas reported 1 killed and 3 wounded by shells and 2 gassed at Passchendaele rtn 4-18 to Bdr (from ignatuis) 5-18 to T/Sgt (from edwards) 11-18 to T/BQMS (from steele) 11-18 revert T/Sgt 1-19 F&B Ex AN&MEF (1955) RTA due to firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 relist  (2 IR Kennedy CMF)     2 IR    Grocer    28    Townsville Qld    14-1-15 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 21-3-19    The Valley Qld

 

DILLON    Charles    14273    Spr    1 Wls Sig Sqn    to Mesoptamia Tos Basrah 7-16 Ex L/Cpl 2Bn AN&MEF (1781) from Thursday Island RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna"  disch 18-9-14 relist ACo/3Bn AN&MEF (7) to Rabaul 1-15 disch 2-2-16 (Boer War 57Co 15Bn (Buckinghamshire) Imperial Yeomanry (10416) and Cape Mounted Police (2455)    2 IR    Engineer    42    Peermon via Cairns Qld    3-4-16 3-11-14 16-8-14    RTA 21-1-16 RTA 6-8-18    Plymouth UK

 

DISHER    Wallace    3292    Pte    02 LHR    27R Tos 8-17 relist 2Bn AN&MEF (1909) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14    N/R    Stockman    28    Irvinebank Qld    13-1-17 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 13-3-19    Irvinebank Qld

 

DUCHATEL    Charles Francis    72    Pte    05 LHR    MG Sect to prov Cpl 8-15 evac to St Georges hosp Malta 11-15 (G) rtn 12-15 to Sgt 1-16 prom 2/Lt 49Bn 4-16 to 13 MG Co 4-16 prom Capt 11-16 MID - for his work in command between March to Nov 1916 (OC Capt Dachatel 2ic Lt Cowley 1 Sect Lt Douglas 2 sect Lt Holloway WIA & Lt Ross 3 sect Lt's Doole & Tooth 4 sect Lt Cameron & Sgt Neal) MC - for his actions at Messines 6-7-17 to Adjt BHQ/4 MG Bn (CO LtCol Murray VC DSO DCM 2ic Capt Crouch Transport officer Lt Carroll) 3-18 prom Maj 11-18 F&B AKA Charles Francois Duchatel Ex AN&MEF 2Bn (2056) on "Kanowna" RTA due to firemans strike disch 18-9-14 (41 IR Werriwa CMF later WWII Maj 9 Bde HQ to NGF Survey died scrub typhus in New Guinea buried Bomana War Cemetery PNG brother John 2Bn    41 IR    Surveyors Assistant    22    Bathurst NSW    17-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 12-5-19 DoD 21-11-43    Bathurst NSW

 

EDWARDS    Ernest    24    Sig    11 LHR    RHQ att DSqn/05 LHR 8-15 (G) att Sig party 10 LHR 6-16 to L/Cpl 9-17 to Sig/Cpl 5-18 revert L/Cpl/Sig 7-18 to FGCM 5-8-18 forged pass sentenced 1 year HL commuted to 90 days FP2 to ER Cpl 5-19 to T/Sgt Education 6-19 Ex AN&MEF (1945) RTA due to firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 28-9-14 AKA real name Ernest Waldemar Hammond (CMF 6 months) author 11 LHR unit history 1942    2 IR    Motordriver    24    Hamilton Qld    23-2-15 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 20-7-19    Hamilton Qld / Watsonville via Cairns  Qld 

 

FOOT    George Peirce    74    Pte    05 LHR    MG Sect to T/Cpl 10-15 to Cpl 12-15 (G) to T/Sgt 6-16 to 2 LH MGS 7-16 WIA 9-8-16 R/thigh shot reported 2 killed and 2 wounded at Bir el Abd to Sgt 8-16 RTA disch 19-3-17 (Kennedy Regt (1664) CMF) Ex AN&MEF on "Kanowna" RTA due to firemans strike disch 18-9-14 three brothers in AIF with Henry 15Bn KIA & Alex 5 LHR KIA     2 IR    Bushman    29    Cardigan via Townsville Qld    17-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 22-1-17    Cardigan via Townsville Qld

 

GREEN    John    2371    Pte    05 LHR    16R to 2 LHTR 5-16 tos 4 DASP 6-16 to Dvr 2-17 to 2 DASP 5-17 to AIF depots (1 com) Sutton veny UK 9-17 to AMTS London Chelsea UK 11-17 rtn 3-18 to 4 MTCo 3-18 to 6 BAP 3-18 WIA 8-7-18 R/knee accident (reason not stated) around Ribemount F&B RTA wounded disch 23-3-19 Ex Bugler 2Bn AN&MEF (1370) RTA firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna disch 18-9-14    N/R    Motor driver    20    Townsville Qld    15-11-15 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 6-11-18    Townsville Qld

 

GREENE    Joseph Bertram    607    Cpl    05 LHR    B Sqn evac to hosp 8-15 to hosp UK 11-15 (G) disch to British Army prom 2/Lt 5a Res Bde RFA Athlone UK to RHA 1/C DAC 3rd Ech (Arty) GHQ 7-16 to Maj F&B Ex AN&MEF 2Bn (1803) RTA firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (2 IR CMF 6 weeks)     2 IR    Farmer    29    Townsville Qld    17-9-14 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 disch UK 13-12-15    Orange NSW

 

HEALY    Nicholas Dillon    78    Pte    05 LHR    MG Sect remain Egypt disch 23-7-16 MU Ex AN&MEF on "Kanowna" RTA due to firemans strike disch 18-9-14 (CCo CMF 18 months to ASqn/28 LH (739) 25-3-18 to 2/Lt 1-9-18 to 30-6-21) author "Proposal re Air Transport " 1936 and "Certain Fisheries Statistics Town and Division Population and Aeronautical Information" 1936    2 IR    Bushman    28    Huon Park Turramurra NSW    21-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 29-8-15    Huon Park Turramurra NSW

 

JACOBS    Louis Loma John    2349    Pte    02 LHR    16R tos BSqn/11 LHR 5-16 to UK leave Ex 2Bn AN&MEF (1227) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowana"  disch 18-9-14 Ex 7R/11 LHR (1347) DNE AKA Louis George William Jacobs relist brother George 11 LHR    CMF    Carpenter    20    Cairns Qld    16-10-15 4-8-15 15-8-14    RTA 25-9-19    Cairns Qld

 

JOHNSTONE    Peter Robert    2048    Pte    02 LHR    14R tos Gnr 43Bty/11 FAB 4-16 to 111Bty 5-17 WIA 29-7-17 minor near Ypres WIA 19-9-17 L/arm & buttock shrapnel reported wounded with Gnr Bass at Menin Road F&B Ex AN&MEF Dvr 2Bn (6) on HMTS "Kanowna" in fireman strike disch 18-9-14 relist (21Co CMF)    ASC    Grocer    20    Melton Hill Qld    15-11-15 18-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 1-5-19    Melton Hill via Townsville Qld

 

JOHNSTONE    William    483    L/Cpl    2 LHFA    stretcher bearer A Sect (G) to 2 ASH 5-16 disch 11-5-17 MU Ex AMC AN&MEF (483) failed to disemb due to firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 16-9-14     N/R    Clerk    32    Brisbane Qld    21-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 12-10-16    Christchurch NZ

 

JORGENSEN    Peter Martin    1991    A/Sgt    05 LHR    14R tos S/Smith 54Bty/14 FAB 3-16 to S/Smith/Cpl BHQ 5-16 F&B Ex Cpl 2Bn AN&MEF (1026) on the "Kanowna" RTA strike by fireman (CMF 3 years)    2 IR    Blacksmith    21    Chelona Qld    30-8-15 14-8-14    RTA 16-9-14 RTA 22-5-19    Mackay Qld
KAY    Stuart    Dr    Capt    1 AGH    prom Maj 2-16 to 8 FAmb 7-16 to RMO 5 Pnr Bn 8-16 F&B disch 7-2-17 MU Ex RMO 2Bn AN&MEF firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (AMC Capt 6-6-06 to RofO 6-9-09 to RMO RHQ/27 LH 27-10-13 CMF 8 years)    27 LH    Doctor    35    Mackay Qld    19-10-14 16-8-14     RTA 12-11-16    Redfern NSW

 

KING    George    47    RSM    15Bn    BHQ prom 2/Lt (from wareham) 14-5-15 WIA 29-5-15 face/jaw reported 33 killed and 178 wounded when Turks blew a mine and attacked at Quinns Post evac to Blue Sisters hosp Malta 6-15 to (Lady Meynells) hosp London UK 7-15 (G) to QM AIF depots (3 Com) UK 7-16 prom Capt 3-17 to QM 5 Group HQ AIF deports UK 3-19 MBE & Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for war for Valuable Services during the war Ex RSM 2Bn AN&MEF garrison Thursday Island RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (British Army 21 years) (S/SM 10-7-13 possibly 2Bty/AGA Brisbane PMF)     AGA    Soldier / A&I Staff    44    Brisbane Qld    26-11-14 8-8-14    RTA 22-1-20    Ilford Essex UK

 

LARKIN    Norman Gilby    2318    Pte    11 LHR    18R tos 02 LHR 8-17 to L/Cpl 8-18 to Cpl A Sqn? A Troop? 8-18 Ex 2Bn AN&MEF (1792) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14     N/R    Farmer    19    Atherton Qld    16-12-16 14-8-14    RTA 13-3-19    Atherton Qld

 

LARKIN    Stanley Colin    1100    Pte    02 LHR    7R tos A Sqn 10-15 WIA 28-11-15 ankle & frost bite shot at old No 3 Post (G) att WFF to T/Bugler/Sgt RHQ 2-17 to Cpl 5-17 to Sgt A Troop 7-18 to T/SQMS 8-18 died malaria pneumonia at 47 BSH Gaza buried Gaza War Cemetery Palestine Ex AN&MEF 2Bn (1790) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna"    2 IR    Farmer    19    Atherton Qld    20-1-15 14-8-14    disch 18-9-14 DoD 28-10-18    Atherton Qld

 

LEDLIE    John Malcolm    868    Pte    11 LHR    2R tos B Sqn att DSqn/05 LHR 10-15 (G) RTA MU reemb A/Sgt 6R/ICC tos BSqn/11 LHR 4-17 WIA 19-4-17 R/arm minor shot at 2nd Gaza to L/Cpl 1-18 to Cpl 10-18 to Sgt 4-19 Ex 2Bn AN&MEF (1878) on arrival off New Guinea the fireman on the ship "Kanowna" went on strike forcing the ship to RTA AKA James Malcolm later WWII    N/R    Accountant    19    Herberton Qld    9-4-15 6-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 12-4-16  RTA 20-7-19    Herberton Qld

 

LONG    William    843    Pte    11 LHR    2R tos B Sqn att DSqn/05 LHR 10-15 (G) to 13Co/3Bn 9-16 to Sig HQ/3Bn ICC 8-17 to L/Cpl 11-17 to HQ/4Bn 5-18 to 2 LH Sig Sqn 11-18 to 5 LH Sig Troop 1-19 att 15 LHR 1-19 later WWII Ex 2Bn AN&MEF (2005) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna"     N/R    Labourer    19    Cairns Qld    26-1-15 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 26-7-19    Cairns Qld
 

McDONALD    George    82    Pte    05 LHR    A Sqn A Troop Tos 7-15 WIA 11-9-15 face - L/eye shot reported two wounded and one killed at Chatham Post (G) rtn 2-16 Ex AN&MEF (2064) to Thursday Island RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (ECo CMF 2 years)     2 IR    Tailor    23    Gympie Qld    17-9-14 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 15-11-18    Gympie Qld

 

SAUNDERS    James Leslie    86    Sig/Cpl    05 LHR    C Sqn DNE relist Sgt ACo/26Bn (182) to CSM 6-15 (G) died of meningitis at 2 ASH buried Tell El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery Egypt Ex 2Bn AN&MEF (1816) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" (CMF 6 weeks)     2 IR    Labourer    24    Chillagoe via Cairns Qld    14-8-14 17-9-14 20-2-15    RTA 18-9-14 DoD 1-2-16    Chillagoe via Cairns Qld

 

SCHAFER    William Henry    1444    Pte    05 LHR    11R att D Troop BSqn/Comp LHR 11-15 to B Sqn B Troop 2-16 Ex AN&MEF (1926) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna"    N/R    Miner    26    Beenleigh Qld    30-7-15 14-8-14     RTA 18-9-14  RTA 28-6-19    Beenleigh Qld

 

WHITE    John Tillotson    5763    Pte    9Bn    18R tos 7 LHR (5763a) 8-16 Ex AN&MEF (2051) firemans strike on HMTS "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14    N/R    Miner    20    Cairns Qld    18-1-16 8-8-14     RTA 18-9-14 RTA 4-3-19    Herberton Qld

 

WILKINSON    Roy John    509    S/Sgt    2 LHFA    Tos 5-15 (G) MID - reason not stated prom Hon 2/Lt pharmatist 2 ASH 12-17 married Nurse Minnie L Chapman Ex AN&MEF AMC RTA firemans strike on "Kanowna" disch 18-9-14 (CMF 9 months)    AMC    Chemist    27    The Valley Qld    5-11-14 14-8-14    RTA 18-9-14 RTA 15-11-18    The Valley Qld

 

WILLIAMS    Thomas Henry Bourke    89    Sig/Sgt    05 LHR    RHQ (G) revert to Pte B Sqn 2-16 rtn Sig/Sgt RHQ 5-16 to cadet OCS Zeitoun 3-18 prom 2/Lt 6-18 rtn ? Sqn ? Troop 9-18 to Sig officer RHQ 10-18 to hosp (influ) 12-18 to ADS 3-19 Ex AN&MEF (2028) RTA firemans strike on "Kanowana" disch 18-9-14 (ECo/2 IR CMF 2 years)     2 IR    Well Borer    25    Nth Ward Townsville Qld    17-9-14 14-8-14    RTA 2-8-19    Nth Ward Townsville Qld
 

Sorry Yarrabarra is not shown by anyone?

 

Cheers

S.B

Edited 10 January , 2021 by stevebecker

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Sorry, yes a slip of the memory, the Mission was a Yarrabah just south of Cairns Qld.

 

Getting old

S.B

[Yungaresearch]

Hi

 

Thank you so much for sharing the information.

 

Our focus is just on the Yungaburra men but i can contact another researcher and see if she is still researching all the other men.  Its a huge job as so many of them were not local to the areas they enlisted from

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

SB  no not getting old just too much information

 

I am a stickler for accuracy  thus it why the research is taking quite a while.

 

Must away   work calls

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Sorry my mistake, I thought you wanted all 2nd Keneedy men on that ship.  I do shown only two Yungaburra men on record

 

DOYLE    James Edward    3055    Pte    05 LHR    23R tos Farrier 32Co AASC Anzac MDT 8-17 to Far/Cpl 6-18 married before emb    N/R    Teamster    24    Yungaburra Qld    28-10-16    RTA 16-3-19    Cairns Qld
 

McLEOD    Henry    1339    Pte    05 LHR    10R Tos A Sqn 1-16 to Dvr 49Bty/13 FAB 3-16 to 1 sect/5 DAC 5-16 F&B disch 26-10-17 MU    N/R    Butcher    21    Yungaburra Qld    25-5-15    RTA 27-7-17 died 18-8-66    Yungaburra Qld
 

Cheers

 

S.B

[Yungaresearch]

To be specific its the men who were listed in the mobilisation  article in the paper at the time.  I have not looked at any other men in detail.

 

I had not seen these names before  so thank you

 

My grandfather was with the 12th Light Horse  so I have an interest in that as well but this year is the year to finish the Yungaburra Rifle Club  ...

 

Cheers

 

Rps

[Guest]

Mate,

As a former member of 12/16 HRL I gave most of the research to Ken Hollis before I left the regt to go overseas on UN duty. I still remain strong in that area if you need any help.

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[Yungaresearch]

Thanks will do 

 

Cheers

 

Ros

[christine liava'a]

On 10/01/2021 at 20:40, Guest said:

Very interesting post. Thank you.  

 

           I suspect that there were native Papuans serving "The Empire" in 2 areas-  1) The occupation of German New Guinea-probably in some sort of labour role.  2) The British Merchant Navy. Though probably difficult to spot.  Over here in London, UK, there used to be (up to 1937) a "Seaman's Home for Asiatics- but also listed as being for "South Sea Islanders". 

 

A zap of Commonwealth War Graves Commission  shows 2 casualties of present day PNG who were "native" in the sense they were born there. Sergeant  Leslie Chambers of 12th Bn AIF died in France- a native of  Raluana, New Britain-in the Bismarck Archipelago. 

 

Leslie Chambers, 61, 12th Batt, AIF and his brother John Arthur Chambers 1877, 12th Batt, AIF, were both born in Raluana, New Britain, to Methodist Missionary parents- Rev W J Chambers and Mrs L E Chambers. They both enlisted from Tasmania. I have included them both in my Fiji book, as their parents were stationed there during the war, and they had lived there for a while. They were European.

 

 

Edited 23 May , 2022 by christine liava'a