Bindis N Bulldust

Many lives, too many were lost or broken in World War 1. Our country did her bit! Lads from the Australian bush lent a hand.In this podcast episode, we explore some of these men from Cloncurry, Western Queensland who never made it home. The mystery of some names. The famous identities whose name up until the war graced the pages of the national papers. To the story of finding the headstone of Shaw Wood in Armentieres, France.Shirley Powley who was a long-time resident of Cloncurry wanted to remember these lads with more than a Surname.Intial on the war memorial in town. It became her quest to give these lads a name and let them be remembered for who they were; give them a first name.Shirley has researched and compiled the stories of the fifty soldiers who are inscribed on the W.W.1 panel of the Cloncurry War Memorial. Her book though not yet published is fondly named ‘Think Kindly of Me’ after stumbling upon William McGregor Moore’s letter sent home in which he said, ‘I am not afraid to die, think kindly of m