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69th Anniversary of 25th Battalion’s Departure From Spring Bluff
Each year on the 17th of March, the anniversary of the soldiers’ departure from Spring Bluff in 1942, members of the 25th Battalion gather at Spring Bluff Railway Station for a flag raising ceremony to remember the World War II service of the 25th Battalion. However, due to the effects of flooding during the January disaster, the Spring Bluff Railway Station remains closed to the public, so this year the Milne Bay Military Museum offered their car park as a venue for the commemoration. On St. Patrick’s Day 1942, the 1000 strong Darling Downs 25 th Infantry Battalion left Cabarlah Barracks at 2.00am and marched in darkness down the steep range to the siding at Spring Bluff. There the soldiers boarded trains bound for the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds, Townsville and eventually Milne Bay at the eastern tip of New Guinea. Following enemy landings, the 25th Battalion played a major role in the ensuing action (The Battle of Milne Bay), inflicting the first defeat on the until then invincible Japanese. They later took part in mop-up operations on Bougainville. Some 200 of their colleagues did not return home. Continue reading
69th Anniversary of 25th Battalion’s Departure From Spring Bluff
Each year on the 17th of March, the anniversary of the soldiers’ departure from Spring Bluff in 1942, members of the 25th Battalion gather at Spring Bluff Railway Station for a flag raising ceremony to remember the World War II service of the 25th Battalion. However, due to the effects of flooding during the January disaster, the Spring Bluff Railway Station remains closed to the public, so this year the Milne Bay Military Museum offered their car park as a venue for the commemoration. On St. Patrick’s Day 1942, the 1000 strong Darling Downs 25 th Infantry Battalion left Cabarlah Barracks at 2.00am and marched in darkness down the steep range to the siding at Spring Bluff. There the soldiers boarded trains bound for the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds, Townsville and eventually Milne Bay at the eastern tip of New Guinea. Following enemy landings, the 25th Battalion played a major role in the ensuing action (The Battle of Milne Bay), inflicting the first defeat on the until then invincible Japanese. They later took part in mop-up operations on Bougainville. Some 200 of their colleagues did not return home. Continue reading
Help Grantham, Withcott & Murphy’s Creek People Find Possessions
Facebook pages were turning up saying they had found photo albums and so forth and they would like to give it back to the rightful owners. Many possessions were swept from homes by flood waters and are now being found scattered over the countryside as waters recede This site will help people communicate and be easy for people to locate. You may put in photos, descriptions and information on the area it was found. http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_157097224341893&ap=1 Local members of the community will be helping as well to see if we can get precious items home. A lot of people down here in the Lockyer Valley have nothing left. And the things they miss the most is their favourite stubby cooler, or their wedding photos. It doesn’t matter how small or big, list the item. This site is designed for everyone to share and communicate. The only problem with this site is people need to know it is there for it to work (it’s worth a try). Kerry Anderson kerrymulhall@hotmail.com Continue reading
Queenslanders Asked To Remember Flood Victims
Queenslanders are being asked to observe a minute’s silence at 2.33pm today (Monday, 17th January) exactly one week on from the devastating flash flooding that brought death and destruction to Toowoomba and the nearby Lockyer Valley area. Scott Bucholz, the Federal MP for Wright whose electorate covers the Valley says “Wherever you are, please stop for a minute and remember those innocent people who lost their lives simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The death toll stands at 18, mostly from LockyerValley communities. Police say grave fears are held for 14 others who remain missing from the Toowoomba/Lockyer Valley area. Continue reading
Queenslanders Asked To Remember Flood Victims
Queenslanders are being asked to observe a minute’s silence at 2.33pm today (Monday, 17th January) exactly one week on from the devastating flash flooding that brought death and destruction to Toowoomba and the nearby Lockyer Valley area. Scott Bucholz, the Federal MP for Wright whose electorate covers the Valley says “Wherever you are, please stop for a minute and remember those innocent people who lost their lives simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The death toll stands at 18, mostly from LockyerValley communities. Police say grave fears are held for 14 others who remain missing from the Toowoomba/Lockyer Valley area. Continue reading
Council Connections: Week 1, September 2010
Toowoomba Regional Council Connections The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton This week we talk about train trips to Spring Bluff, Bushcapades, rate notices having gone out, change of time for immunisation clinic, food handling safety course and Tombstone Tours. Continue reading
