by William Thomas Duperouzel | 16 Oct, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
The West Australian newspaper article in the Can We Help? column – 15 October 2018. Last Post Ceremony for Uncle Jim at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 21 June 2019. 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 14 Aug, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
The Duperouzel brothers Jim and George from York, Western Australia, whose fate took different paths on the WWI battlefields of the Western Front We remember and give thanks for the lives of two members of the Duperouzel family who served Australia during WWI. James,... 
by Michael Banks | 20 Jun, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
Each day starting at 16:55 AEDT, the Australian War Memorial bids farewell to visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony. The Ceremony begins with the singing of the Australian National Anthem, followed by the poignant strains of a Lament, played by a piper. Visitors... 
by Michael Banks | 14 Jun, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
On this day 14 June 1916: Uncle Jim Duperouzel from York, Western Australia arrived in Marseilles, France on board the troopship H.M.A.T. HUNTSPILL (pictured here courtesy of Transport of Delight) – a journey that took seven days from their training camp at... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 23 Apr, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
A big thank you to the staff and volunteers at the York Residency Museum in Western Australia for their vision to stage the ‘YORK’S ANZACS – Stories Remembering Them’ exhibition in the York Town Hall which opens on ANZAC Day. Janet and I are very grateful to Carol... by William Thomas Duperouzel | 21 Apr, 2018 | Somewhere in France |
As we approach ANZAC Day 2018 I will be thinking of the ‘…York boys…’. This is an expression used by Uncle Jim, 4783 Pte James Ross Duperouzel 51st Bn. AIF, in his letter dated 16 April 1916 to his father George Duperouzel on the family Farm at York. Uncle Jim... 
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