Goldfields Soldiers of WW1 Lecture

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

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From the Dwyer Collections

Presented by Anne Skinner, WW1 researcher and Kalgoorlie Miner editor

This lecture will give locals an opportunity to reflect on the personal meaning of ANZAC day for the Goldfields community. More than 4100 men from the Goldfields served in the Great War.

Anne Skinner has been a keen World War I researcher since discovering her great uncle was killed at Ypres in Belgium while serving in the British Army in 1917.

“The history of the Goldfields soldiers are the stories of ordinary men who did extraordinary things. They are decorated heroes whose medal citations describe acts of astounding courage. These are men to be proud of and we should hold them in our memories.”

Entry by donation, wine and nibbles to be served afterwards.