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On This Day
17 Dec 1915 - 'Waratah' recruitment march
On 17 December 1915 the "Waratah" recruitment march arrived in Sydney
![Dual mugshot in black and white; man seated and then man standing, with white naval cap on.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/97618e95295d4426b6218c952ef58074.jpg)
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A dubious defence
On 19 October 1921 Herbert Burridge was listed in the New South Wales Police Gazette as a deserter from HMAS Cerberus
![Celluloid doll wearing garment pinned with variety of patriotic badges.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/0087fd77ff9c475e8fd3993b403eeae9.jpg)
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A patriotic fundraising memento
This tiny celluloid doll, just 10 centimetres in height and clothed in panels of ribbon, is showing her age
![Black and white photo of large crowd from above.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/97434742ab8d49ae9ac767cf6361fc81.jpg)
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Allies’ Day 1915
On Friday 19 November 1915 a huge crowd gathered in Sydney’s Martin Place for a carnival, styled the ‘Festival of the Allied nations’, aimed at raising money for the relief of Britain’s allies in the war
![Stark black and white photo of barren grave yard.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/07/98a4058433824ef681c9baf1cfa84f6c.jpg)
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Battlefield tour, March 1920
In March 1920 a young Australian woman named Dora Walford (1895–1972), travelling in Europe with her husband, toured the French battlefields of the Western Front
![Frayed at edges, certificate with red cross symbol in ornate diagram at top, and cursive script below.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/aa1e6043a220472eac2a34f6d10ed6f9.jpg)
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Bessie Rouse and the Kellyville-Rouse Hill Red Cross
Eliza Ann Rouse, affectionately known as Bessie, mistress of Rouse Hill House, was in her early seventies when war was declared in August 1914