Poetry, Memorials and Songs
The Cricketers by John Henry Boswell
Written by John Henry Boswell circa 1911 who was Killed in Action at Fromelles
Oct. 9, 2023 • Fromelles Association of Australia
You can read Harry's story here: John Henry Boswell ORIGINAL POETRY. THE CRICKETERS. All hail to the grandest pastime, All hail to the cricket field, No sterner fight was ever fought Up...
Memorials to Percy and Alex Ashworth
Poems placed in newspapers for Percy and Alex Ashworth
Sept. 1, 2023 • Fromelles Association of Australia
Although two years have passed away Since our great sorrow fell: Yet in our hearts we mourn the loss Of him we loved so well. Your picture hangs upon the wall, Your face we love to see: And...
We Close our Eyes
Written by Keith (source: Footsteps 1914-1918 Page)
May 4, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
The Lost Soldier
Written by Peter Campbell and Brendan Walmsley
April 25, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
The song was written by Peter Campbell with some help from Brendan Walmsley. The song is based on the life of James Stephen Farrell, a railway fettler from NSW who served with the 31st Battali...
Known only to God
Music and lyrics by Flo Bourke
April 25, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
In 2006, Birdwood High School became involved in a project to study and travel to the World War 1 battlefields, cemeteries and memorials to learn first-hand of the role that Australians played ...
Fromelles my John McCallum
Written by John McCallum 55th Battalion, 1927
April 24, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
Many years have glided by Since I saw Fromelles Still I see it each July Hear the guns! Fromelles! See duckboard doused with blood! Heat the five nine’s crunching thud! See that body in t...
A Soldier's favourite poem
This is life - Poem by Sarah Knowles Bolton, circa 1892
Feb. 1, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
William Bentley (Regimental No 3007), Killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles, had a favourite poem he carried with him throughout the war. His mother Emma, a devout Methodist, requested a ve...
Memorials to Alfred Sinigear
Jan. 1, 2022 • Fromelles Association of Australia
Alfred George Sinigear was 19 when he was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles, his family and friends posted loving tributes to him accross the years as a way to remember him, these are s...
The Fallen of Fromelles
By Maureen Clifford - The Scribbly Bark Poet
Nov. 8, 2021 • Fromelles Association of Australia
THE FALLEN OF FROMELLES My Granddad was a Didekoi. A Gypsy, a traveling man who roamed the narrow Kentish lanes in a painted caravan. He'd mend your pots and kettles, and carved woode...
In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
Published 1915
Oct. 8, 2021 • Fromelles Association of Australia
In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns be...