Marching for Honour Recognition and Adventure

Some records also include cause of death, cemetery details, next of kin

and date of enlistment.

A digital image of the Roll of Honour Circular is also available in most of

the soldier’s files. The Roll of Honour Circular was a returnable

questionnaire sent to parents to confirm details and to add more

information about the soldier. It was from the Circular that we were able

to identify the three ex students who had been Killed in Action (KIA) in

World War 1. In each case the parents information indicated that the

school the AIF soldiers had attended was Redhead.

Obviously not all Circulars were returned probably for the principal

reason that such a return was a painful experience for those closest to the

soldier concerned. However, it is a pity that we don’t have access to some

of the information, such as the schools they had attended, on the

Circulars.

To access the Roll of Honour Circular combine the soldier’s surname,

conflict ( World War 1), and date of death – DD/MM/YYYY.

Information regarding individuals who were imprisoned by the Germans

and Turks during the First World War can be obtained through the

Australian War Memorial’s online encyclopedia;

RED CROSS SUPPORT

With a growing casualty rate, especially soldiers being killed in action,

family and friends at home were increasingly wanting details about how

their loved ones had died or had been wounded. To address this need the

Red Cross was charged with getting accounts of how a soldier had been

killed, his character and where he was buried. In some cases it might only

be a second hand account, but at least it provided some degree of comfort

to families of a deceased soldier in a time of great grief.

Below is one account about Harold Moore, an ex student of Redhead

Public School. His parents lived in Collier Street.

It is very possible that Harold Moore had an earlier feature in a Red Cross

report. A “Moore” was noted as contacting the Bradley family to relay

information on Herbert Bradley’s death earlier in the War.

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