The Register kept readers abreast of the movements of their sons and brothers in the Great War, and of patriotic efforts being undertaken by citizens back home.
Snippets such as this in the May 3, 1915 edition are poignant to look back on now with hindsight.
The Gallipoli landing, described as an invasion, only took up one paragraph of the week’s war report, with the campaign that shaped the character of the nation yet to be fought.
The notes concentrated more on money being raised, such as the patriotic fund at Barcaldine, which decided to forward 200 pounds monthly to Belgium.
In the patriotic spirit of the times, the column also reported on the court martial of a private in the 15th battalion of the Australian Infantry Force, for being absent without leave. He was found not guilty.
The footnote to the story was the small paragraph from Longreach noting that C Pardoe and E Harris “left to-day in order to go into camp at Ennogera”.
