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New Year in Gunning: January 1917

Private Arthur Montague Alchin. Photo:  AWM (public domain) The ringing of church bells marked the New Year in Gunning in 1917.   There was a sombre tone to the reporting of the War, including the view that neutral states adjacent to Germany would be overrun. By contrast, the following was reported on Thursday, 4 January 1917 in the Goulburn Evening Penny Post , page 4 : GUNNING SOLDIERS. The Editor has received the following from Codford (a training battalion near London), England, dated 7 th Nov., 1916: "We arrived in England on October 11 th , 1916, after seven weeks on the water.   We had a pleasant trip across.   We met two of the Gunning boys here at Codford – Ptes C. Meehan and Ged. McLaughlin.   They wish to be remembered to all the Gunning friends.   (Signed) A. M. Alchin, C Reynolds, F. P. Sheridan, and W. H. Sheridan." Arthur Montague Alchin's photo was taken in a studio when he was at Maitland army camp following en...