A great letter to the editor for an upcoming issue. This is an example of why local community papers with local input are so special. Please press like so more people can view it. Hi Daniel, I saw the ad in Around Point Cook for volunteer writers and would like to offer something that may be of interest to you. The company where I work has a World War 1 honour board listing staff that went away to serve in the Great War. As an ex soldier, history buff and family historian, I decided to see if I could research the names on the board. I found I could easily piece together a decent story on most of the names, and have since researched several more soldiers of the 1st AIF for a number of friends. With the 100th anniversary of the Great War coming up I can see a bit of interest being generated in the subject, with people curious to find out what their ancestors did during the war. I have been looking out for other honour boards in the area, names on war memorials and such, to try and find local people that I could research to maybe write some articles, but have not found any. If you were interested in this sort of article maybe you could suggest a way to get some local names for research?? I have copied one of the stories about one of the names from our company honour board below, so you can see what I could write. Algie died within a few hours of arriving in combat, a lot of stories are obviously much longer. Regards Greg Milne H.A.G Tause Hector Algeron Gordon Tause, or Algie to family and friends, was born in Bendigo on December 11th 1893. By August 1914 the family had moved to Como Parade in Mentone, and Algie had attended the Central Business College, as well as serving two years part time in the 46th Infantry Regiment (CMF) as a part of his compulsory military training. He also found time to write sporting stories for the “Winnea” branch paper of the Melbourne Herald. When war was declared on August 4th 1914, Algie was employed by H.S.K Ward, as a Clerk. Algie enlisted not quite two weeks after the war was declared, and was sent to one of the first infantry units raised in Victoria, the 5th Battalion. His regimental number was 875. His enlistment papers show he was 20 years and 8 months old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighing 10 stone. He was of dark complexion with brown hair and eyes. Only 2 months after being raised, the 5th Battalion embarked for Egypt. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, they arrived in Egypt on December 2nd 1914. On the 25th April 1915, the 5th Battalion took part in the Gallipoli landings, as part of the second wave. Algie was killed only a few hours after landing, and was buried at some stage by persons unknown. Nearly 10 years later his parents received a letter saying that Algie’s remains had been recovered during exhumation work in the Kurija Dere area of Anzac, and were identified by means of a disc. His remains were shifted to the Lone Pine cemetery in October 1924, and the Identity disc, although “considerably impaired by long exposure”, were returned to Algie’s parents due to “its former intimate association with your son.” Algie’s parents may have had to wait nearly two months to be notified of their son’s death. They put the following notice in The Argus, Saturday 19th June 1915- TAUSE- Killed in action at the Dardanelles. Hector Algeron (Algie) Gordon Tause. Beloved only son of Mr and Mrs Hector Tause, and brother of Rita Tause, of Mentone, Grandson of the late Admiral Hector Tause RN, and the Late Captain AAG Pilmer of Wellington NZ. “A hero, he gave his life, his all.”
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