Remembering Them

This book came about as part of the centenary commemoration of the First World War.It was designed to provide our community with the opportunity to commemorate the role ourRedlands citizens played in Australia's First World War effort.This project is the result of a collaborative effort from several individuals and organisations.Our goal is to bring together photographs and biographical information to ensure that ourlocal soldiers and nurses, especially those who lost their lives, are...
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This book came about as part of the centenary commemoration of the First World War.It was designed to provide our community with the opportunity to commemorate the role ourRedlands citizens played in Australia's First World War effort.This project is the result of a collaborative effort from several individuals and organisations.Our goal is to bring together photographs and biographical information to ensure that ourlocal soldiers and nurses, especially those who lost their lives, are remembered as real peopleand not merely anonymous names in a list.We have attempted to include the stories of those who had a connection to the Redlands insome way. This book includes people who were born here, worked here at the time of theirenlistment, or had their names added to our cenotaphs at the request of their next of kin wholived in the Redlands.Despite our best efforts, there are names listed on our cenotaphs for whom we cannot find aclear link to the Redlands. We are aware that this is not an exhaustive representation and wetrust more information will become available that will enable us to further understand theimpact of the First World War on this community. It was not possible to include all those whomay have lived in the Redlands after the war, but we have chosen to include some who settledhere and became actively engaged in the community.This publication contains stories from the First World War era that may offend some readers.Redland Libraries would like to thank the wide range of community groups and organisationsfor contributing information and artefacts for this publication, with special thanks to localauthor Peter Ludlow and the North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum.Our thanks, too, to the many people who contributed images to this book, especially thefamilies of soldiers who shared their memories, stories and photographs. Where possible,contributors' names have been included beneath the captions, although they may not becopyright holders. While we have taken care to include every name we can, we were not ableto trace sources for every image.