Part One – of Affairs Local
Darebin’s Great War Part One – Of Affairs Local A Tribute to those from the Darebin District that Fell in the Great War 1914-18 Compiled by Brian Membrey Our cover illustration shows the Elvins family and friends outside the Grandview Hotel in Alphington. The two servicemen are John Martyn and William Leslie Elvins, the latter serving as a veterinary surgeon with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps as mentioned on Page 30. Their step-mother Emily, pictured in the fur stole, took over the license in 1903 as Emily Junkers, remarrying after the death of her husband to becomes Mrs John Elvins. Emily Elvins passed away in 1933, but the hotel remained in the Elvins and Junkers family until 1978. Courtesy Surviving the Six OÇlock Swill - A History of Darebin's Hotels, Gary Edge, Darebin Heritage 2 Darebin’s Great War – Of Matters Local Contents Introduction The City of Darebin 1 "Of Matters Local" is the first and companion volume to the In Memoriam database section of The Whalley Brothers at War 7 our history of Darebin's Great War. The Leader Speaks 14 Today's City of Darebin encompasses Northcote, Preston, Thornbury, Reservoir, Preston’s First Contingent 17 Fairfield an Alphington, the latter two districts Women In Uniform 23 added to the original City of Northcote since the Great War. The Professional Men 30 In this, nominally Part One, we look as some of Uniform and Accoutrements 39 the local issues that impacted Northcote and Preston including a remarkable series of letters Pay Day 41 from the local Leader newspaper editors, Universal Military Service 43 Richard and John Whalley who were fortutiously when in Europe when war broke Sports Of All Sorts 44 out and provided the citizens of Darebin with a Those Bloodstained Letters 46 unique (if perhaps little belated) perspective view of the tumultous events.
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