BOOK REVIEW
The Townsville Cenotaph
otaph
World War I Soldiers
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By Carolyn Lee Larard and
Maureen Newnham 2017
Index and references,
Black and White photographs,
547 pages.
Must-have reference for researchers
I
F there is one resource to
begin with when researching
Townsville’s Soldiers of
WWI, this book is it.
A labour of love for more than
a decade, Maureen Newnham
continued to research and
compile the book after a
promise to Lee Larard that
it would be published.
The authors have successfully
delivered a comprehensive
and informative book which
is a “must have” resource
when researching the names
engraved on the Townsville
Cenotaph WWI.
As well as covering basic
personal information and
the active service history of
each soldier, the information
includes their known addresses,
immediate family members,
explanations and corrections to
any anomalies or errors in offi cial
documents, streets named in
honour of Townsville soldiers,
photographs of soldiers (where
available), enlisted relatives, the
type of records and resources
available, cemetery or grave
sites, grave stone inscriptions,
extracts from letters and
offi cial documents and more.
The text is well organised
and presented in a table which
makes the information easily
accessible and easy to understand.
A bonus is that the information
is referenced in the table.
There has been much
anticipation from those
interested in local, family and
military history as to when
this book would be available.
The authors can be
congratulated, this is a much-
anticipated resource for those
researching Townsville
Cenotaph WWI soldiers.
- Brenda Connolly, librarian,
RSL Townsville
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