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Anzac Day Stories

Honouring the brave men & women who represented their country during war.

LEST WE FORGET - ANZAC DAY 25 APRIL

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John Hislop

John Hislop, born 1890 in Glasgow to Thomas Hislop and Mary Ann Glass had served in the 5th Scottish Rifles in Glasgow prior to WW1. He was a crack shot and had competed in the King`s Shoot. In 1914 John had come to Australia with some inheritance money planning to become a farmer. He was still living in Melbourne when WW1 was declared so he answered the call to arms and joined the 14th Battalion AIF in Melbourne. Several days later, a chap named Albert Jacka, Reg No 465 joined the same Battalion...

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