Monthly Archives: February, 2014

Sarah Harman – From Country to City

Originally posted on Western District Families:
I knew all about the brothers of Sarah Harman before I knew anything of her other than she travelled to Sydney with her parents Joseph and Sarah Harman aboard the “Queen of England” in 1855.  Finally I decided the time had come to find out more about Sarah. I…

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Private William Arthur Edmonds

One of our family’s brave soldiers. Private William Edmonds, my second cousin once removed,  was born in 1898 at Barwo (Kotupna/Nathalia), Victoria and was 18 years and 1 month old when he enlisted in the 38th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces on the 1st of March 1916. The 38th Battalion was an infantry battalion …

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