The Mudgee Region answers the call

April 15 2015 - 4:00am
Gulgong men leaving for service in World War were farewelled at a town meeting and escorted by  police and townspeople to the Railway Station. This photograph, taken some time before May 1917, shows William Bleechmore, the local police officer leading the procession along Mayne Street to the Railway Station. His son, Rowley Bleechmore, can be seen playing the drum.
Gulgong men leaving for service in World War were farewelled at a town meeting and escorted by police and townspeople to the Railway Station. This photograph, taken some time before May 1917, shows William Bleechmore, the local police officer leading the procession along Mayne Street to the Railway Station. His son, Rowley Bleechmore, can be seen playing the drum.

“When the great conflict in Europe broke out, Mudgee, like many another place, was in colloquial language, ‘taken on the hop’. 

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