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Preserving our history New book details Maitland’s significant role in the Gallipoli Campaign AMELIA PARROTT
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aitland’s involvement in the Gallipoli Campaign has been immortalised in a new book, published by the Maitland and District Genealogical Society (MDGS). Two years in the making, the book, titled Maitland’s Gallipoli Campaign, was made possible through funding from Maitland City Council and state and federal governments and contains information and photographs of men and women from the Maitland area who served in the historic conflict. Officially launching the book as a ceremony held Friday, Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon said Maitland played a significant role in the Gallipoli Campaign and in World War One generally. “It’s not really surprising that Maitland should have made such a substantial, and I suppose disproportionate contribution, given that it was a very large city at the time,” he said. “At one stage it was the biggest inland city, outside our capital cities, in the country. “It was on the route of the Wallaby Marches… we have our connection to coal mining, and of course coal miners played a very significant role particularly in Belgium with the story of Hill 60, and of course, we were tough in the bush. “Rural and regional Australia’s role was significant but Maitland’s contribution and role was very significant and it is fantastic that so many people have put in the effort to secure the funds and put in the work to put this publication
Maitland’s Gallipoli Campaign authors Robyn Wickham and Ann Campbell from the Maitland and District Genealogical Society together to ensure that in the hundreds of years ahead it can be remembered and shared.” Maitland and District Genealogical Society president and co-author Ann Campbell said the members of the society had collected a lot of additional information on World War One that did not make it into the book.
This information is currently being collated by the society and will be used to form a new Gallipoli archive. The book can be purchased for $50 (plus postage and handling) through the Maitland and District Genealogical Society by emailing mdgs01@tpg.com.au.
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