James Ross Duperouzel (1897–1916) was from York, Western Australia. He was the only AIF soldier to die out of a total of 5,230 Western Front War Dead from Western Australia whose grandfather was a convict of French origin having been transported to Fremantle, Western...
I am pleased to inform everyone that my research files for my family history plus material for Janet Millett and the Rev. Edward Millett have been safely lodged in the archives at The York Society, Western Australia, together with a digitised copy of everything. I...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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