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Remembrance Day 2018 Armistice Centenary

Sunday will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of Compiegne, which signalled the end of . Today, we commemorate the occasion with a special feature edition honouring locals who lost their lives while fighting for our country. We tell the stories of some of those soldiers pictured in a historic edition of the News from 1917, which is re-published in the centre pages of the feature. 18 SW 97 Remembrance Day 2018 STUBBS WALLACE Taking care of business since 1897. T: 5821 4622 160 Welsford Street, Shepparton Need help at home?

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An October 1, 1918 photo, made available Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, of a lorry load of Australian artillery reinforcements proceeding along the road to join the batteries of SPC the 5th Australian Divisional Artillery, engaged in the battle for the Hindenburg Line in France. (AAP Image/Australian War Memorial) 100 Years A LEAGUE OF Nourishing Aussie Families MATESHIP

“Proudly manufacturing in the Goulburn Valley 100 YEARS ON By Bob Wilkie Minister William Morris (Billy) Hughes the purpose of preserving the spirit of for 100 years” Shepparton RSL president and Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Cook mateship formed amid the carnage and spc.com.au After several months of fighting on adding their signatures on ’s horror of battle, to honour the memory the Western Front, the Allies finally behalf. of the fallen and to help each other when broke through the Hindenburg Line on After World War II, Armistice Day required. September 29, 1918. became Remembrance Day, a time to One hundred years ago there was no J. Furphy The German army was beaten and commemorate war dead from all conflicts. formal government welfare service for within weeks came the Armistice. The total number of military and veterans and the RSL committed itself to & Sons Pty. Ltd. The Armistice of Compiegne between civilian casualties in World War I was provide for the sick, wounded and needy the Allies and Germany came into effect about 40 million with an estimated 16 among those who had served, including million deaths. Est.1864 at 11am on November 11, 1918. their dependants. The guns fell silent on the Western For Australia, World War I remains the In effect, the RSL was the first national Front and after more than four years of costliest conflict in terms of deaths and welfare agency in Australia and welfare unimaginable bloodshed and destruction, casualties. Stainless Steel remains our prime function today not just World War I was finally over. From a population of fewer than five Tanks & Vessels At home in Australia, large crowds million, 416 809 enlisted, of which more for older veterans but also young vets and gathered everywhere to celebrate the end than 60 000 were killed and 156 000 their families. of conflict. wounded, gassed or taken prisoner. The other underlying philosophy of Hot Dip The Armistice paved the way for the Unfortunately, the Shepparton RSL the league is mateship and this is as true signing of a formal peace treaty, the does not hold records of Shepparton and now as it was in 1916. Galvanizing Treaty of Versailles, and the end of the district casualties. It is believed there We encourage you to visit the sub- war six months later. were about 100 local people who paid the branch on memorial days such as Anzac On June 28, 1919, the treaty was ultimate sacrifice in World War I. Day and Remembrance Day to experience www.furphyengineering.com.au signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace The RSL was formed in June 1916 by mateship at its finest and to share a yarn www.furphygalvanizing.com.au of Versailles, with Australian Prime troops returning from World War I with or two with service members. Remembrance Day 2018 GV Health Formerly & District Hospital

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Bob Wilkie with the framed historical edition of the Shepparton News Picture: Holly Daniel EXTRA! A close-up of the edition. EXTRA! MEANINGFUL READ ALL MEMORABILIA ABOUT IT! A pristine edition of the Shepparton ‘‘One of our hairdressers who cuts the ‘‘Some of them have still got family in GET YOUR News from more than 100 years ago is veterans’ hair . . . actually got in touch the district.’’ PAPER HOME displayed at the Shepparton RSL. with me and said he had something to Mr Wilkie said the Great War — or It features photographs of soldiers donate to the RSL from World War I. World War I — had been a significant DELIVERED TODAY from the region who had fallen ‘‘He had this magnificent list of time for the RSL. soldiers from the district who had fallen in World War I, up to the end of ‘‘It was essentially what started the Phone: 1300 834 619 December 1917. in World War I. RSL,’’ he said. Many of the stories in today’s ‘‘It was slightly damaged and we were Mr Wilkie anticipated there might special feature are centred around going through the process of getting it be a similar edition, dated the following Shepparton News some of the soldiers pictured in the framed and putting it up.’’ year, 1918, which would feature more of proudly supporting the But just a few weeks later, Mr Wilkie historical edition. the soldiers from the district who did not rummaged through the memorabilia community since Shepparton RSL president Bob return. closet looking for something else when Wilkie made the discovery in the venue’s He said the Shepparton RSL was – 1877 – he came across the exact same newspaper memorabilia room earlier this year when absolutely delighted to have rediscovered liftout, in far better condition. sorting through the room ahead of ‘‘The frame was very old and it the liftout. Anzac Day to prepare the RSL’s window obviously hadn’t been displayed for a “This cherished piece of local history display. long time,’’ he said. now sits proudly in the foyer of our ‘‘I couldn’t believe we have something ‘‘You don’t really see something like Sub-Branch, paying tribute to the young like that; it’s over 100 years old,’’ he said. that in such good condition.’’ men who made the ultimate sacrifice. On Dozens of sets of eyes look back from The images show the men before they your next visit, I encourage you to spend the framed liftout, which had been kept headed off to serve their country. some time appreciating what this hidden in near-perfect condition. Some show brothers or relatives side keepsake represents.” If it were not for a local hairdresser, by side. The News has re-published the however, Mr Wilkie might never have ‘‘You can recognise a lot of the family edition in the centre pages of today’s discovered the newspaper. names on there,’’ Mr Wilkie said. special feature. Remembrance Day 2018

Barbara Wright and Margaret Thompson with a photo of their grandmother Lizzie Holland. Lizzie’s three brothers — Charles, George and Jack — served in World War I. Pictures: Samantha Coles BROTHERS MADE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE By Liz Mellino ‘‘The boys were encouraged to go to Despite being injured, he returned he was going to be sent home very shortly The photos of two young brothers war and be patriotic, everyone else was home to Australia in 1919. and then the next day they changed their sit next to each other on the Calendar enlisting and I suppose that is why they ‘‘It is very sad to think about, it must mind and he was sent to France. and Roll of Honour of Fallen Heroes did too,’’ Ms Wright said. have been terrible for the family to lose ‘‘He was very upset about that ... it is published in The News in 1917. ‘‘They didn’t know what they were two of their boys,’’ Ms Thompson said. terrible to think three boys out of the one The faces of Charles Spurgeon Holland, getting themselves into, I think they went In the sisters’ collection are dozens of family went.’’ 23, and George Whitefield Holland, 21, are not even thinking they might get killed.’’ letters the brothers sent home while they Ms Wright and Ms Thompson agree it pictured among dozens of other district Ms Wright and Ms Thompson have were away, detailing their feelings but is devastating to think about what their soldiers who lost their lives during World gathered an extensive collection of never going into specific events of the great-uncles and thousands of others War I. information about their great-uncles, war. endured. The brothers from Shepparton enlisted with a number of photos, letters, service Ms Wright recalled one letter sent from They deeply cherish the pieces of for the war together in 1915 and both records, enlistment records and war England in 1918 which revealed Jack’s history they have been able to collect paid the ultimate price a year later when documents sharing the stories of the desire to return home and help support about the Holland brothers. they were killed in action in France within young men. his family. ‘‘Some people don’t know about their weeks of each other. The Holland boys had another brother, ‘‘Jack was injured and he wasn’t very ancestors but we have always known Sisters Barbara Wright and Margaret Jack Wesley Holland, 25, who also happy because he either wanted to be about them,’’ Ms Thompson said. Thompson cherish the little they know enlisted to serve with them. back in the war or be able to come back to ‘‘We’re very interested in history and about their great-uncles Charles and The three brothers left Australia Australia and help his parents,’’ she said. over the years we have collected as much George, and have spent many years aboard the same ship in November of ‘‘He talks about being quite unhappy information as we could.’’ collecting pieces of history about their lives. 1915, however Jack was the only one to return. in the letters because one day he was told

Jack, Charles and George Holland. Jack was the only Barbara and Margaret have gathered an extensive collection of letters and photos from their great-uncles. Charles Holland. one to survive the battle in France and return home. Remembrance Day 2018 TWO BROTHERS WENT, ONE RETURNED By Liz Mellino to sit up and shoot and of course the stray in the same battalion who write from Like many returned soldiers, Alf bullets used to hit him in the arm.’’ France that Private Gundrill was killed Gundrill did not say much about the After losing the use of this arm, Alf instantaneously at Hamburg House in horrors of war. was no longer fit for service and was Passchendaele. Owing to the number His son Albert said his father’s shipped to Bristol in England. of casualties and lack of transport all memories from the battlefields were often He spent 17 months there before were buried in the field. This report is pushed to the back of his mind, however confirmed by private Hosking.’’ they were from a time that was never Albert was one of the dozens of local The Shepparton News men who were featured in the Shepparton forgotten. — Thursday, November 8, 1917 ‘‘Dad never really talked about the war News calendar published in 1917. On active service. Following his death, Albert’s family but it never went away,’’ Albert said. GUNDRILL – Killed in action in Belgium ‘‘He said the worst thing they ever on October 12th, Private spent decades collecting pieces of history Albert E. Gundrill, after 1 year and from his time at war. experienced from the war was the stench 4 months active service. The collection is now in the of dead bodies ... Dad said they weren’t Dearly loved eldest son of Mr and Mrs frightened of dying but he said the stench J Gundrill, Kialla West. possession of Albert Frank Gundrill, of dead bodies was something he had Loving brother of Mrs Andrew Sinclair, who was named after his fallen uncle, Arcadia, Alfred (on active service) and never gotten rid of.’’ Alice, Brighton. and who looks back on that time in It is believed Alf was just 17 when Aged 26 years and 3 days. history with great sadness. he enlisted for war service alongside his One of Australia’s best. ‘‘It was a horror time; what a waste Sadly missed. — but they never knew where they were brother Albert, who was 24. Inserted by his loving mother. ‘‘My father was supposed to be 18 going or what they were fighting for until they got there,’’ he said. when he enlisted but I think he had his Albert Frank Gundrill with the 1917 Shepparton News birthday somewhere in France,’’ Albert returning home to his family in Australia. ‘‘The Poms didn’t like the Aussies so calendar which featured a photo of his uncle Albert said. Unfortunately he returned home they sent them in where no other man Edward Gundrill, who was killed in action during WW1. ‘‘I think he lied about his age.’’ without his older brother Albert, who would go.’’ Picture: Magan Fisher The Gundrill brothers from Kialla was killed alongside 500 other men from Albert now has an extensive collection West joined the 37th Battalion AIF which the 37th Battalion during the battle of of letters, postcards, war records and RSL sub-branch in the hope it will remain landed in France on November 23, 1916, Passchendaele on October 12, 1917. photographs from the Gundrill brothers’ in the growing collection. more than two years after the war began. ‘‘Albert is still over there; they don’t time at war. ‘‘Our family has collected most of the The pair served in the battalion know where he is, he was buried in a shell Also in his collection is his uncle’s information on and off over the years,’’ he alongside 2700 other officers and men; hole,’’ Albert said. memorial plaque, which was given to the said. more than half of them were under the ‘‘Albert was standing two miles behind next-of-kin of all Australian soldiers who ‘‘I’m the last of our line and that is why I age of 25. the line because he had been wounded died during World War I. want to do something now and donate the Albert said he remembers his father in the hand, and that’s where a stray At 89 years old, Albert recently plaque.’’ talking about the harsh conditions in shell landed and the shrapnel killed him donated the plaque to the Shepparton which they fought, with torrential rain instantly.’’ causing thick mud and wet ground. Albert said he could only imagine how ‘‘Dad said every day he had to put difficult the war must have been for his an ammunition box down in the trench grandmother, with her only two sons sent to because the mud was so deep it would just fight. sink into the ground,’’ he said. Their mother made a number The 37th Battalion presented a valiant of inquiries about the boys’ safety face in 14 major battles during the throughout the duration of the war, with war, and like most suffered significant the death of her son Albert confirmed in a casualties. letter from the Australian Red Cross. ‘‘Dad lost the full use of his right arm The letter read: ‘‘In answer to and uncle Albert was wounded a number your enquiry regarding Albert we of times,’’ Albert said. regret to inform you he is officially ‘‘Albert was wounded in the shoulder, reported as KIA 12.10.1917 and we he was a Lewis gunner — meaning he had have unofficial information from men A letter from Sgt J. A. Smith to Albert Gundrill’s family confirming his death.

Brothers Alf and Albert Gundrill were 17 and 24 years old respectively when they enlisted. Albert Edward Gundrill from the 37th Battalion. Remembrance Day 2018

Shepparton man Ray McDonald hopes the legacy of his veteran soldier father lives on. Picture: Samantha Coles

Ray McDonald has had this photo of his father Alexander McDonald hanging on a wall in his home for many years. Replica models of Alexander McDonald’s war medals, which Ray had custom made. During World War I Alexander received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, two oak leaves for his mentions in dispatches and a Belgian Croix de Guerre. NO ESCAPE FROM WAR’S LEGACY By Liz Mellino on Anzac Cove for the first time. transferred messages between the front line I often wonder whether Dad did talk to her After returning from World War I in This set the scene for the next three years, and his commanders, which earned him a about it either.’’ 1918, Bunbartha man Alexander McDonald as Alexander moved between battalions and mention in dispatches for his bravery. Ray McDonald spent many years spent the remainder of his life dealing with fought in a number of battles. The recommendation for an award in researching the life of his late father. the effects of war. ‘‘Dad started on Gallipoli and was August 1918 read: ‘‘During the operations He managed to gather small bits of Suffering through numerous gassed wounded twice; he was taken to Malta for East of Villers-Bretonneux 8th and 9th of information, however he said he only trenches and spending time in and out one cure and Scotland for another one,’’ Ray August, Private A. McDonald’s work as a recently found out significant amounts after of hospital while in Gallipoli, the veteran said. runner stood out above the average. Amidst being sent a research project on Alexander soldier’s health began to deteriorate upon his ‘‘When he went back they moved from storms of machine gun fire and under heavy McDonald completed by his niece. Gallipoli to the Western Front in France and shell fire he repeatedly carried messages and return. ‘‘This information I got told me more he fought there, then they moved to Belgium was always ready to volunteer. So eager was about him than I ever knew in all my life ... I ‘‘They gassed the trenches where our to fight.’’ he that he had at last to be ordered not to go always wanted to find out about him, I think soldiers were and tried to kill them that way, On November 29 in a trench just south out again without permission. He was almost everyone wants to know their parents,’’ Ray and he suffered lung damage,’’ Alexander’s of Lone Pine, Alexander was injured by dropping with exhaustion but still wished to said. son Ray said. shrapnel. carry on.’’ ‘‘Some of it was very traumatic, he was ‘‘He was in hospital every year; they sent Suffering wounds to his mouth and right At the end of August, Alexander was punished for working in the army because he him down, cleaned his lungs out and sent knee, he was evacuated from Gallipoli and given a well-deserved break from the war to had serious injuries and was sent to different him back to work ... after 13 years it just spent a number of months recovering from travel to England for a holiday. countries to get cured and was then put caught up with him and he died.’’ his injuries. Upon his return he spent the remainder straight back into service again; it was quite Alexander McDonald enlisted for World He was released to active duty in Egypt, of the war as the company cook, another role an interesting story.’’ War I on May 20, 1915 aged 31. however this was short-lived; he suffered an that earned him a mention in the dispatches. Ray recently took the research project to He enlisted only a few weeks after the infected knee and spent time in hospitals in He continued to work in this role until the the Shepparton RSL after he heard it was first landing at Gallipoli and on July 16 he Cairo and Egypt. final gunshots ceased on November 11, 1918, creating a commemorative display to mark boarded the SS Demosthenes in Melbourne, For the next couple of years Alexander signifying the end of World War I. the centenary of the signing of the Armistice. bound for Egypt. spent time in and out of hospital dealing with ‘‘Dad survived the war; when he came While he only recently uncovered this On October 31 he joined the 6th pyrexia (a type of fever) and inflammation to home he took up sharefarming in Numurkah history on his father, Ray said he hoped Battalion on the island of Lemnos near connective tissue in his toe. and then he was commissioned to build the legacy of his father and the thousands Turkey, where the battalion was resting away After returning to active service he joined Loch Garry and that’s where he was when he of other Australian soldiers who served in from Gallipoli after fighting in the Battle of the 57th Battalion, which was involved in a died,’’ Ray said. World War I was never forgotten. Lone Pine. counter-attack at Villers-Bretonneux and the ‘‘I was only eight months old when he ‘‘I was too young to learn anything about On November 16 the 6th Battalion Battle of the Amiens. died ... I never heard Mum talk about the Dad, and Mum never talked about it, so this returned to Gallipoli and Alexander set foot During this battle he was a runner who war; she never mentioned it at all to us and is a new education for me.’ More than 10 Mactier descendants were in attendance for the anniversary celebrations.

Pte Robert Mactier VC, 1890-1918, , FAMILY HONOURS World War I, 23rd Battalion. HEROIC GREAT-UNCLE By Madeleine Caccianiga attended a meet-and-greet at Peronne died one day apart of each other; Robert As the sun rose on Mont Saint- Town Hall, where guest speakers talked died first and his family seem to think Quentin near Peronne, 100 years after of the heroes being celebrated. that their relative carried Robert off the Robert Mactier’s actions at the Battle of ‘‘Towards the end of the speeches the field,’’ Tony said. Mont Saint Quentin resulted in him being mayor said, ‘I’ve got a surprise for you, He said he couldn’t believe the effort awarded the , more than 10 could you all please turn around’ ... these the city of Peronne had gone to in Mactier descendants were in attendance big barn doors opened up and a band memory of the Australians, including a for the celebration of the battle’s started playing for us,’’ Tony said. series of other events throughout the year. anniversary. The official ceremony was on ‘‘One of the events they had was an Brothers Tony, Grant and Craig September 2 and a 35-piece orchestra Australian football match held in July ... O’Callaghan, along with their wives and played for the service. they invited all the ex-AFL players that Tony’s daughter Anika O’Callaghan, ‘‘Afterwards we all went up to Mont lived around Europe and Great Britain travelled to France as a tribute to their Saint-Quentin which is where they had to come over to Peronne and join the great-uncle Robert Mactier. the big ceremony,’’ Tony said. football match. More than 100 descendants were He said all the descendants were ‘‘Apparently they got 40 players over invited by Peronne’s mayor Therese treated like royalty by the people of there ... and had a football match and they Dheygers to help celebrate the Australians Peronne and their motto was ‘do not named the cup after Robert,’’ Tony said. who sacrificed their lives in 1918. forget Australia’. The O’Callaghan family finished Exactly 100 years since Robert ‘‘We were drinking French champagne, off its trip with a visit to the Museum Mactier’s death, Tony, Anika, Grant and wine. of the Great War at Peronne, and the wife Ida O’Callaghan visited his grave. ‘‘Five-star French finger food — I’ve underground tunnel at the Musee Somme ‘‘I was over there back in 1984 and a never tasted finger food so beautiful, 1916 in Albert. The Robert Mactier statue unveiling in Tatura mate and I had a look around ... to try and never seen it so beautiful,’’ Tony said. in 2014. find the grave but there is just grave sites ‘‘They really appreciated us being dotted all over the countryside,’’ Tony there, they treated us like royalty, they said. really looked after us.’’ He said there were no signs off the Having the opportunity to meet other main road to guide them in the right Australians, Tony chatted to the family direction to get to the burial site. standing next to him at the ceremony. ‘‘I thought we were lost, I thought ‘this ‘‘They were there for a family member can’t be it’ — and after kilometres and who was buried with Robert ... he kilometres we finally came to the sign (Robert) was first buried in Clery and that said Hem Farm Military Cemetery, then they exhumed his grave from there and that’s where it was,’’ Tony said. and moved it to where it is now. Grant, Tony and Anika O’Callaghan place a hand Tony O’Callaghan with daughter Anika at the 100- After visiting the cemetery the family ‘‘The other gentleman was moved also each on Robert Mactier’s headstone at Hem Farm year anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Mont Saint to be buried again next to Robert. They Military Cemetery. Quentin in Peronne. Remembrance Day 2018

Remembrance Day 2018 G Broad, M.W McPherson, N Macdonald, R.J Rule, W.R Bowen, T.P Guyatt, R.L Dunn, W.A.C Lees, M.F Mahony, C.S Holland, G.W Holland, H.B Graham, T.M McCluskey, C.A.J McCluskey, T O’Donnell, J Minchington, C.B.B Dyer, F.C.J Dyer, W.H.J Coppin, W.H.J Dyer, F.C.J Dyer, C.B.B T O’Donnell, J Minchington, McCluskey, C.A.J McCluskey, Holland, H.B Graham, T.M Holland, G.W C.S M.F Mahony, Lees, Guyatt, R.L Dunn, W.A.C T.P Bowen, W.R G Broad, M.W McPherson, N Macdonald, R.J Rule, G Spiers, R.W Patterson, F.S Hick, A.H Howes, C Bailey, T.F Cain, R.C.T Moore, W Mills, J.J Noonan, T.F Noonan, J.A.M Power, E.G Down, H McDonald, J.H Finn, V Treahy, C.R Little, J.C McKellar, T.H Heddell, N.E Hills, R.L Tait, S Tait, J.C Paton, J McLean, Paton, J.C S Tait, R.L Tait, Hills, Heddell, N.E T.H McKellar, J.C Little, C.R Finn, V Treahy, H McDonald, J.H E.G Down, Power, Noonan, J.A.M Noonan, T.F J.J W Mills, Moore, Sim, Cain, R.C.T T.F Duggan, W.Y Hepworth, C Bailey, L.J.P R Kavnaugh, A Conquest, F Neal, G.J A.H Howes, Hick, K Stevens, F.S Watkins, R.W Patterson, G Spiers, N.H Warry, C.P Batey, Daniel, L.R.V.F J.G A Gundrill, G Cook, L.J McCrabb, Mr Murray, Doherty, Green, J.T McLeod, C Beckwith, Green, W.F D.R Warren, Hebbard, J.T G.G S Knight, H Taylor, The three Munro brothers, McNaughton, E Macgill, W.L J Fraser, Buckland, F.R H.G Green, F.R J Spinks, Paul, G.G A.E Watkins, Hughes, P.J PTE. Tonkin, Bennick, W.B Williams, G Henderson, F.P Fair, L Groves L.J Wood, Kittle, F.R Grant, S.J Parsons, D.A W.J Fowles, J Alexander, G.A E.H Fowles, Jeffery, G Graham, C.P R.E Tate, N Wright, Pottenger, Quinlan, J.G J.A Knox, W.M Knox, W.R Kerr, J.C Robbins, Cahill, G.E.G B Blight, T.A C McKenzie, These are the names of died in the last 12 months of 1 up until November 1917 and does not include those locals who War local soldiers killed in World the war. Remembrance Day 2018

Beverley and Peter Ford with medals belonging to her great-uncles. Pictures: Samantha Coles FAMILY DECIMATED BY TRAGEDY OF WAR By Liz Mellino he enlisted and when he enlisted he broke James was next to follow his older brother, during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge. The smiling young faces of three Munro the engagement off because he said he wasn’t when he enlisted into the Goulburn Valley James now rests at the Gallipoli Peninsula brothers sit next to each other on the 1917 sure whether he was coming back — which Company of the 7th Battalion. Cemetery while George and Colin have no Shepparton News Roll of Honour of Fallen turned out to be accurate,’’ Mr Ford said. He was killed in action at the landing at known graves. Heroes. ‘‘His fiancee never got married, so that’s Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. The only reminder of their brave efforts is James, 22, George, 20, and Colin, 19, the ripple effect carrying through ... they were George enlisted into the 5th Battalion in the mention of their names on the Villers- from St Germains enlisted in the Australian realistic enough to know what was going on. 1915, which comprised mostly of Victorians Bretonneux and Menin Gate memorials. Imperial Force during World War I alongside ‘‘It would have been devastating. They’re of Scottish descent. ‘‘They were buried in the field; the their older brother Alex, 28. still having the effects today; not just that Like James he was also involved in the fighting would have just gone straight over The three younger brothers were killed particular family — there were many others Gallipoli landing where he was severely them,’’ Mr Ford said. in action, while Alex was seriously wounded as well. wounded. ‘‘One of the boys was given a funeral but before returning back to Australia. ‘‘A family in lost seven sons Returning to Gallipoli he was wounded once again the fighting raced over the top of Shepparton’s Peter and Beverly Ford and the effect on a small town like theirs — a second time before landing in France with where he was buried and it just got churned have spent many years collating war records, particularly at that stage — would have been a Pioneer Battalion where he was killed at over ... George and Colin have no known photographs and medals of the Munro devastating.’’ Pozieres Village in 1916. graves.’’ brothers, who were Beverley’s great-uncles. Alex was the first of the Munro brothers Colin was the last and the youngest of the While digging through the Munro While the Fords cherish the information to enlist. Munro brothers to enlist. family history Mr Ford said he uncovered they have gathered, they acknowledged the He was posted to the 4th Light Horse Following in the footsteps of his brothers, conflicting information surrounding brave sacrifice the brothers made and the Regiment where he was wounded at Gallipoli Colin saw active service with the 5th George’s death. effect this had on their family back home. in 1915 and then more seriously in France in Battalion alongside George. He was first marked as missing in action, ‘‘James was engaged to be married before 1917. He was listed as killed in action in 1917 sparking a court of inquiry to uncover the Continued, next page

George Munro. James Munro. Colin Munro. Alex Munro. Remembrance Day 2018

From previous page Like many returned soldiers, Alex rarely truth around his death. spoke about the war and, according to Mr ‘‘The court of inquiry received a slip form Ford, the family never asked him about it. from one of the medics to say George had ‘‘No-one ever asked him about the war been wounded and was being taken back to but I suppose it’s a case of if you’re speaking the lines and that was the last everybody ever with someone who hasn’t shared the same heard of him,’’ Mr Ford said. experiences it’s hard to explain them before ‘‘So whether he and the medic both you can talk about it, especially when they’re got killed by a shell or whether it was just a that far removed from normal reality — you mistake, he just vanished.’’ just can’t imagine it. Another report said George was standing ‘‘The family never spoke about it ... I next to another soldier in Pozieres Village when remember being told that back in the day a bomb landed between the two of them. they used to have a family lunch on Sundays The other soldier’s body was recovered which was the dress-up day and the family from the wreckage, however George was had lunch in the dining room, and their never found. mother always used to lay places for the ‘‘It’s mainly speculation. I received missing boys.’’ conflicting reports on the cause of his death,’’ The names of George, Colin and James Mr Ford said. now reside on a memorial wall at ‘‘The truth is that he was in an artillery Primary School. barrage and that was the end of him.’’ While it has been more than a century Alex returned to Australia alone in since they were killed on the battlefields, the 1917, severely wounded and struggling to Munro brothers’ legacy lives on through the comprehend the effects of war. generations. Despite his experiences he volunteered ‘‘We are very lucky to have their medals again in World War II where he served with and their photos, it is really amazing,’’ Mrs a garrison battalion as a guard at the Tatura Ford said. Medals of the Munro brothers alongside photos of James, Alex and Colin. Internment Camp. ‘‘It is special but it is hard to talk about.’’ LETTERS OFFER LINK TO THE PAST By Myles Peterson back to France they transferred him to Shepparton’s Norman Sims never the 5th Battalion in the 5th Division.’’ knew his grandfather and namesake During the famous Battle of St Norman McDonald but keeps the World Quentin Canal, Private Norman War I soldier’s memory alive through McDonald was with a mixed group of stories, letters and artefacts. Australian and American soldiers who The pride of that collection is a series broke through the Hindenburg Line. of letters written by Private McDonald, According to his own account he his brother Hugh and sister Effie, all of captured 37 prisoners, 28 of them with whom served during the war. nothing but a box of matches. Their mother Mary McDonald, who But his bravery and service brought died at the age of 99 in 1948, saw each of heartache and hardship to his family. her three children serve. Along with the loss of his brother, Mr Private Hugh McDonald died at the McDonald suffered the loss of his farm, Battle of Polygon Wood on September 26, and his wife and children were forced into 1917. poverty. Effie McDonald worked in France as ‘‘He was very patriotic to leave a wife a nurse. and three young children to fight for his Norman Sims never knew his grandfather, Private ‘‘She writes in her letters how they country,’’ Mr Sims said. Norman McDonald, but has gained a deep tried to stabilise their wounds to get them ‘‘When he came back, they’d taken appreciation for the man’s war service through family well enough to get over the channel to his farm off him. The mortgagees did stories and a series of letters sent home from the front. England,’’ Mr Sims said. that because he wasn’t able to make the Pictures: Samantha Coles ‘‘Most of the flesh wounds they could payments because he was only getting five heal, but stomach or anything like this bob a day — that could barely keep his worked its way out of Mr McDonald’s were much more serious.’’ family fed.’’ scalp and would fall out when he combed Another parcel of land was granted In 1915, Private Norman McDonald his hair. enlisted at the age of 42 and served at when Mr McDonald returned, about Mr McDonald died in 1943, never Gallipoli and across France, fighting first 260ha near Saltlake in the Mallee where against Turkish and later German forces. the family raised wheat and sheep. knowing his grandson — Mr Sims — who was born shortly afterwards, but Mr ‘‘He was very patriotic,’’ Mr Sims said. The war left the legacy of a rasping Private Norman McDonald. ‘‘He started off in the 23rd Battalion cough —the lingering effects of inhaling McDonald has spoken down through the in Gallipoli and when he was transferred mustard gas — and reportedly shrapnel years via his rich collection of letters. Remembrance Day 2018

Letters from the Australian Red Cross Information Bureau which were sent to the Wright family after they inquired about Nathan’s death.

W. C. Lawson. 6469. 19.11.17 When I last saw him he was at a spot down towards the lake at the bottom of Passchendaele Ridge on October 4. He was lying in a shell hole with a bad shell wound in his left thigh. This was quite early in the morning, about 9.30 or so. I bound his wound up and left him there. There was a heavy barrage between him and the D/S. He could have got back I think had it not been for the barrage. That is the last I know of him. His Christian name is Norman. He came I think from up in the Mallee district in Victoria and was the 18th reinf. man.

London. 25.4.18 This soldier was officially reported as killed in action on October 4, 1917. Cpl Wells, No. 402, 22nd Machine Gun Company, has forwarded Private Nathan Wright’s wallet to his sister and has stated that he was the soldier lying dead at Daisy Wood and took his wallet from the body and sent it to the sister. We think that probably Cpl Wells may be able to give particulars as to burial etc.

Letter from J. Wells. Garth Wright with a photo of his great-uncle Nathan Wright who was part of the 21st Battalion in World War I. Pictures: Samantha Coles 402. Sgt. London. 15.5.18 Re 7356a Nathan Wright. I regret to say that as it is now over six months ago I don’t remember his unit. I found him dead whilst looking for my own men. He was then in an open field and I have every reason to think he A SHORT LIFE BUT was buried right there, and not in a cemetery, and more I don’t know or rather I didn’t notice his appearance so I cannot give a description of him. I handed his pay book to NOT FORGOTTEN Orderly room and sent his wallet to his sister and I found her address inside. Written inside By Liz Mellino the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Enlistment papers, letters and war was: Please will the finder send this wallet to It was by sheer chance that Garth Victory Medal. documents depict Nathan’s short life, and this address? Undoubtedly you will know the Wright spotted a photo of his great-uncle These medals, his memorial plaque reading over these made Garth question address as I have forgotten it. Nathan Wright on the 1917 Shepparton News and memorial scroll were sent to Nathan’s the purpose of war. Calendar and Roll of Honour of Fallen eldest brother James Albert Wright in ‘‘The big thing is all the thousands that Heroes. 1921 because their mother had died a year died even where Nathan was — we’re not The photo of a young Nathan Wright earlier. talking hundreds we are talking thousands from Pine Lodge sits among dozens of A letter sent to the Wrights on June of men — and we probably wouldn’t have other men from Greater Shepparton who 2, 1921 from the Headquarters of the what we have today if it wasn’t for those were killed during World War I. 3rd District Base Victoria Barracks, guys, they all paid the ultimate sacrifice,’’ Born in Pine Lodge to Joseph and Anne Melbourne asked where the medals could he said. Wright, Nathan was working as a carpenter be sent following Nathan’s death. ‘‘It is unbelievable that so many people before enlisting in the Australian Imperial The letter read: “The late No. 7336 could kill so many more people, it’s just Force. Private Nathan Wright 21st Battalion, incredible.’’ He enlisted on December 4, 1916 upon enlistment nominated as next of Garth said he cherished the information at Royal Park, Melbourne aged 29 as a kin his mother, Mrs Ann Carter Wright, he had gathered himself and was given from private in the 21st Battalion. of Pine Lodge Vic, but it would appear family members because he never heard any On October 4, 1917, exactly 10 months from the file that she is now deceased. first-hand accounts growing up. after enlisting, Nathan was reported as As I desire to dispose of War Medals etc. ‘‘Back in those days nobody spoke about missing in action during the Battle of on account of the above mentioned late the war, it was never openly discussed. What Broodseinde Ridge in Belgium. soldier’s service, I shall be obliged if you happened at the war stayed at the war and His name is mentioned at the Menin will advise me who is now the lineal next when the boys came home of course a lot of Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium of kin.” them had problems but they never actually alongside the thousands of other soldiers More than 100 years after his death, talked about it,’’ he said. who were killed at this site. Garth has gathered an extensive ‘‘It was something not discussed, it was Nathan Wright. Following his death, Nathan was issued collection of history on his great-uncle. a hard thing.’’ Remembrance Day 2018

James Patrick Cloney holding a war certificate of his great-uncle of the same name, after whom he was named. A letter from 1920 written by Nora Cloney on behalf of her father, who was James Cloney’s brother. Mr Cloney said his great-uncle was considered a bit of a character with a light-hearted personality. The letter is addressed to the Victoria Barracks and asks if her family could be sent James’ personal Pictures: Laura Briggs belongings following his death in 1919. TALES FROM THE TRENCHES six weeks, and it is tricky work repairing both trenches are turned on and both the parapets where Fritz has blown them parties are pretty certain to be wiped out. in with shells. If you want excitement you can get it AN EXTRACT FROM A LETTER Another pleasant job is crawling out here. FROM THE TRENCHES into ‘‘No Man’s Land’’ between the The boys are a game lot, I can tell you. trenches repairing the barbed wire where The other night one of my mates was August 3, 1916 — sent by Sapper James the shells have cut it down. unlucky enough to get in the line of a Patrick Cloney Star shells are sent up from the bursting shell. trenches every few minutes, and they It took his left hand off at the wrist, light up the place all around for about a one piece went into his shoulder and two minute. in his leg. Originally from Murchison, James Cloney enlisted on July 24, 1915 aged 37. If you keep perfectly still until they He was as cool as a cucumber, and He embarked at Melbourne on November 23, 1915 as a Sapper from the 5th Field go out you are not likely to be seen, as walked a quarter of a mile to the dressing Company, Australian Engineers. there is grass up to your knees between station smoking a cigarette. He served overseas in the Middle East, France and Belgium, and was the trenches, but if you move at all they Some have great luck. awarded a 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and a Victory Medal. are sure to spot you and turn on machine On Easter Sunday Fritz sent over Following the war, he stayed in France to work for one of the occupational forces. guns and rifles. He died on February 20, 1919 aged 42 from pneumonia. Then your only chance is to lie down hundreds of shells. He is buried at St Marie Cemetery, Le Harve, France, Plot 8, Row L, Grave Number 3. flat in a shell hole until things are quiet One of the first (a high explosive) again. landed right over our section officer, Sometimes you will be crawling along Lieutenant Olive, and burst. in Indian file when you come across a All we could find of him were a few It is just about eight weeks since I came some idea of what the trenches are like. party of German sappers out on the same rags that we dug out of the wrecked trench. into the trenches, and am getting quite You could guess it wasn’t too nice game, repairing their wire. One of our fellows Jack Bellharry was used to them now. splashing through the trenches in the But in such cases you seldom fire on standing within three feet of him at the The first three weeks the weather was pitch dark with the water up to your each other, the game being for each party time, and all he got was a small piece awful — rain, hail and snow for seven knees. to crayfish back to their own trench, for if through his cheek that broke his false days without stopping, so you might form I have been on night duty for the past you start to scrap the machine guns from teeth. Remembrance Day 2018 WAR SACRIFICE SHATTERS FAMILY By Liz Mellino Letters from the Australian The story of Tatura’s Wilson family is one of devastation. Red Cross Information The family was torn apart from the Bureau in 1916. The letters effects of World War I, after two sons outline soldiers’ accounts enlisted to serve. Richard Noble Wilson and Harold of what they believed Edward Wilson were little more than boys happened to Richard. when they enlisted in 1914. Harold, 19, joined the Australian Private D. James No. 87, 7th Imperial Force on August 17, 1914. Battalion — October 10, 1916 Joining the 2nd Infantry Brigade, We landed on April 25; after advancing Harold suffered wounds to his head at inland we were ordered to retire. On the Gallipoli on April 26, 1915, the day after retirement, casualty was behind Pte D. the landing and the day after his younger H. Dunn, since killed, and when we were brother Richard was killed. relieved a little later on to join up with the Suffering from shrapnel wounds, 2nd Brigade Headquarters I heard from Harold was in and out of hospital for Dunn that Wilson was killed under his many months before being invalided to eyes. He was wounded in the chest with Australia in October that same year. a spent shrapnel case. The enemy were After being home for more than a year- strongly entrenched and we were forced to and-a-half he re-enlisted on May 25, 1916, evacuate, and I cannot say if the body was however he worked as a clerk and did not found, but very much doubt it, probably see active service again. he was buried by the enemy. Harold’s younger brother Richard was just 17 when he enlisted in the war. Pte A. G. Graham No. 968, 8th Joining the 7th Battalion, he was killed Battalion — March 22, 1916 in action at the Gallipoli landing on Reported missing in April April 25, 1915. Informant states that casualty is a Originally reported as missing in prisoner at Constantinople. On July 3, at action, a court of inquiry was held in Gaba Tepe, informant’s battalion followed France in June 1916, 14 months after his casualty’s. Casualty was hit in the thigh death, to find out what happened to him. and informant saw him picked up by the It was not until August 25, 1919, that Turks. Richard’s status as killed in action was January 10, 1916 certified. Mentioned in our cable of January 7 as Richard’s great-nephew Steven Lake missing in April. said there were conflicting reports A returned soldier, Pte G. T. James, surrounding his death. Steven Lake with his great-uncle’s service medals. No. 930, 7th Btn, states he was in the While some soldier accounts reported Pictures: Rodney Braithwaite same company and was told by a soldier Richard being taken away after he was named Dunn, D. H. No 100, 7th Btn, injured, others said they saw him getting who was killed in action on June 3, that blown apart on the battlefield. ‘‘The death of Richard shattered the A letter from Harold Edward Wilson to Base Records the casualty was shot in the leg on April In a mad panic and through utter commanding officer on March 8, 1918 asking for family really, the stress took its toll and 25, between noon and 1 pm on the retreat, desperation to find his son, Richard’s information about his father’s whereabouts. Harold Snr died when he was 68 and his and the Turks picked him up about 10 pm father, Harold Wilson Snr, enlisted in the wife Margaret died when she was 57,’’ Mr on the same day with some others. He was war. Lake said. then about five miles out. ‘‘When the family got the telegram that ‘‘It was different back then, with Richard was missing they were living in nationalism it was your duty to go and Pte R. Dunden, No. 99, 7th Btn, Tatura . . . they just closed the doors and die for your country. It must have been A Company — March 29, 1916 moved to Melbourne and that’s where terribly hard on the family . . . both of the Officially reported missing April 25, 1916 Harold enlisted,’’ Mr Lake said. parents died very young.’’ Casualty was severely wounded on the ‘‘Harold went to Gallipoli to try and Steven and his wife Julie have spent afternoon of April 25. Informant did not find out what happened to his son and many years collecting information on the actually see him die, but states that he had that was about all we were told of what Wilson men. no possible chance of recovering from his happened. They now have detailed accounts wounds. He was hit by what informant ‘‘After that they were a pretty from their time in war, along with two of believed to be an explosive bullet in the dysfunctional family, Harold Snr and his Richard’s service medals. left side, tearing a big piece of flesh out, wife Margaret went their separate ways Mr Lake said he could remember and judging by the manner in which the after he came back from the war . . . it was growing up and playing with his great- blood started pouring from his mouth, all very tragic, it was never the same after A reply letter to Harold Edward Wilson from the uncle’s medals, not knowing at the time penetrating his lung. At the time he was that.’’ Major Officer Base Records on March 14, 1918, the significance they held. hit, we were about three miles in front of Harold Snr, 43, enlisted on July 12, stating Harold Snr would be returning to Australia. ‘‘I can remember playing with Richard’s where our front trenches were, and it was 1915, three months after being informed two medals, they were in a drawer in the impossible to get any attention. Informant, his son Richard was missing in action. He was discharged from the AIF on lounge room of my grandmother’s house,’’ after bandaging casualty’s wound to the ‘‘He was a gunner, he was in and out of April 24, declared medically unfit due to he said. best of his ability, was forced to leave him hospital with back problems and ended up myalgia in his lumbar region. ‘‘My family also had Richard’s Dead and that was the last he saw or heard of being discharged in January,’’ Mr Lake said. Upon returning to Australia, Harold Snr Man’s Penny . . . my uncle and his mates him, although he made inquiries of all Harold Snr spent more than two years took up a soldier’s settlement in Toolamba, used to play with them and the story is the members of his company who knew in the war before leaving England to however he eventually had to give this up they rolled the Dead Man’s Penny down casualty, but none of them could give any return to Australia on January 30, 1918. due to continuing issues with his back. the street and it went into a drain.’’ information. Remembrance Day 2018 DIFFERENT FATES FOR BROTHERS-IN-ARMS work on the farm in Tongala.’’ Arthur’s son Noel and his wife Jenni have gathered an extensive collection of history on the Purdey brothers. The frame commemorating Joseph sits on a wall in their home and they hope to get a similar one made for George. While Noel said it had been difficult hearing recollections of his grandfather and great-uncle, he said it was important to preserve their legacy for the next generation. ‘‘A lot of the stuff in our collection got scattered different ways and it’s only recently that it all came together in one place . . . we felt it was important. I feel we’re custodians of the family history; it’s not ours, it belongs to the family,’’ he said. ‘‘When you look at how many people have gone from Australia to serve in all the different wars it’s just phenomenal that they have signed up to go and fight for the Arthur Purdey with his father George’s service medals. Pictures: Liz Melino British Empire. ‘‘Certainly around the time of WWI there By Liz Mellino Joseph and George were both wounded was a belief that it was the right thing to do.’’ A French/English dictionary belonging in action at Broodseinde Ridge on October to Tongala’s Joseph Earnest Purdey was 4, 1917. inside his shirt pocket on the day he was George suffered a gunshot wound AN EXCERPT FROM A severely wounded in World War I. to his bicep and was sent to England to Shrapnel fragments can be seen lodged recuperate. LETTER WRITTEN BY in the dictionary’s pages and a large bullet ‘‘My father and his brother got wounded GEORGE PURDEY hole is visible through the book, going from on the same day and they sent my father the front to the back. over to England to have a month off,’’ on November 29, 1918, More than 100 years later the dictionary Arthur said. from Fontaine-le-sec now rests inside a large memorial frame ‘‘When he left they said we will look after for Joseph alongside a number of other Joe for you . . . he had a few weeks over in My dear sister Jessie, mementos he was carrying the day he died. England and when he came home he asked You will see by the above that we are still A rising sun badge, three war medals, a ‘where’s Joe? and they said Joe died.’’ stuck in the same lousy hole. handful of coins, a compass, two dog tags, Joseph succumbed to his wounds on We expected a move either today or a Dead Man’s Penny and an Australia pin October 13, 1917. Arthur’s son Noel has a letter in tomorrow but it’s all fallen through as far sit alongside the dictionary in the frame, to as we can hear. his collection from the Base Records, paint a picture of the events that unfolded There is no mistake about it but my luck Department of Defence dated March 9, on that day in October 1917. is out and from what I can see will be Joseph enlisted on February 14, 1916, 1918, which explains how George carried among those last in returning. alongside his older brother George Rising Joseph off the battlefield after being This last week we were allowed to Purdey. wounded. mention the town that we are staying ‘‘The war had been going for a couple of The letter reads: “The above NCO was in, also close our letters without anyone years when they enlisted and I think they wounded by a high explosive shell which reading them but the censorship still just thought they would do their piece,’’ hit him in the right foot, ankle, leg, throat exists to a certain extent. George’s son Arthur said. and right leg while in charge of the mule The brothers were appointed as privates transport (packs) of this Unit at the attack to the 18/4 Light Horse Reinforcements at on October 10, 1917 Ypres. He was carried Seymour on March 1. to the Advanced Dressing Station by his That same month they were assigned brother Lance/Cpl G. R. Purdey. Second as drivers with the 10th Field Company Cpl. J. E. Purdey died of these wounds at Engineers and embarked on June 20, 1916, No. 55 General Hospital, Boulogne on October 13, 1917 and is buried in grave A memorial frame for Joseph Earnest Purdey who was aboard the SS Runic. killed in action during WWI. The frame now resides on a For the next year the brothers spent their No. 2132, Wimmereux Military Cemetery, wall in the home of Noel Purdey, Joseph’s great nephew. days together facing the challenges of war Boulogne. It is his brother’s intention to and watching their fellow soldiers succumb place a cross over the grave at the first to many injuries. opportunity.” ‘‘Dad and his brother were very close Arthur said the death of Joseph had a and that’s why they enlisted together,’’ significant impact on his father. Arthur said. While George was fortunate enough ‘‘They were both in the 10th Field to survive the war and returned home on Company and used to transport supplies up March 2, 1919, Arthur said people told him to the front line mainly at night-time . . . they his father was never the same again. used to have to walk along these little duck ‘‘Dad used to talk about his brother and walks which were not very wide and every how close they were; he didn’t glorify war or now and again one of them would fall off. anything like that though,’’ he said. Private William Thomas Reeve, Sapper George Joseph Ernest Purdey and George Rising Purdey. ‘‘They wouldn’t know where the bottom ‘‘He had heart problems after the war Rising Purdey, Sapper Joseph Ernest Purdey (brother was because there was that much mud.’’ and being a boy he had to come home and of George and brother-in-law to Will) and Sergeant Frank Douglas Burkitt (seated). Remembrance Day 2018 Armistice Centenary

Today’s special edition includes the re-publishing of a historic edition of the Shepparton News from 1917, which features the pictures of soldiers from the district who lost their lives in World War I. The News has worked with the Shepparton RSL to track down relatives of some of those soldiers who are pictured, delving into the family history and gathering stories, pictures and handwritten wartime letters. With Sunday marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice to end World War I, it is an appropriate time to reflect on those who gave their lives for our country. Roll of Honour of Fallen Heroes Names of those pictured in Roll of Honour.

G Broad, M.W McPherson, N Macdonald, R.J Rule, W.R Bowen, T.P Guyatt, R.L Dunn, W.A.C Lees, M.F Mahony, C.S Holland, G.W Holland, H.B Graham, T.M McCluskey, C.A.J McCluskey, T O’Donnell, J Minchington, C.B.B Dyer, F.C.J Dyer, W.H.J Coppin, G Spiers, R.W Patterson, F.S Hick, A.H Howes, C Bailey, T.F Cain, R.C.T Moore, W Mills, J.J Noonan, T.F Noonan, J.A.M Power, E.G Down, H McDonald, J.H Finn, V Treahy, C.R Little, J.C McKellar, T.H Heddell, N.E Hills, R.L Tait, S Tait, J.C Paton, J McLean, F.R McNaughton, E Macgill, W.L Hebbard, J.T Green, W.F Green, J.T Doherty, Mr Murray, A Gundrill, G Cook, L.J McCrabb, J.G Daniel, L.R.V.F Batey, C.P Warry, N.H Watkins, K Stevens, R Kavnaugh, A Conquest, F Neal, G.J Hepworth, L.J.P Duggan, W.Y Sim, J Alexander, W.J Parsons, F.R Fair, G Henderson, F.P Williams, W.B Bennick, PTE. Tonkin, P.J Hughes, A.E Watkins, G.G Paul, J Spinks, H.G Green, F.R Buckland, J Fraser, The three Munro brothers, S Knight, S H Taylor, G.G Warren, D.R McLeod, C Beckwith, C McKenzie, B Blight, T.A Cahill, G.E.G Robbins, J.C Kerr, W.R Knox, W.M Knox, J.A Quinlan, J.G Pottenger, N Wright, R.E Tate, G Graham, C.P Jeffery, E.H Fowles, G.A Fowles, D.A Grant, S.J Kittle, L.J Wood, L Groves These are the names of local soldiers killed in World War 1 up until November 1917 and does not include those locals who died in the last 12 months of the war.