Sikh Turbans in the Australian Defence Force
Who was the first Sikh to wear a turban in the Australian Imperial Forces? © Len Kenna & Crystal Jordan 28 July 2017
Sarn Singh and Nain Singh Sailani on their 100 Anniversary of Death serving with A.I.F. in WWI
Saturday 10th June 2017. Private Sarn Singh Johal and Private Nain Singh Sailani were honoured at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, with a Wreath Laying at the Last Post Ceremony, by the The High Commissioner of India in Australia…
SIKH AND INDIAN AUSTRALIANS INTER-VARSITY HOCKEY
© Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan 2017 The first match of Men’s Inter-Varsity Hockey was played at the Melbourne University Oval in 1909. The hockey team from Sydney University competed against Melbourne University with Melbourne being the victors. Hockey Teams…
First Cremations in Australia
1890 -1892 The first Authorised Official and Registered Cremation in Australia was in 1890 (1), when a Chinese leper named Foo Choo, who had been a patient at the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean, died and was cremated at the Station.(2) However,…
FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA 1901 – THE INDIAN CONTINGENT – SKETCHES
Sketches of soldiers from 100 of the Indian Contingent that were at the Commonwealth of Australia Inaugural Celebrations. The contingent left Bombay, India for Sydney, Australia on the 23 November 1900 and returned to India to 4 April 1901from Sydney.…
FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA 1901 – THE INDIAN CONTINGENT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA The Commonwealth of Australia was Federated on the Tuesday 1 January 1901 by representatives from all of the countries of the British Empire. One of the largest contingents came from India. Lieutenant Colonel Lumley Scobell Peyton was…
THE EFFECTS OF HEGEMONY AFTER FEDERATION
The effects of hegemony on any given population varies depending upon a range of circumstances. For example: in India where Indianisation of some Government bodies commenced decades before Independence and this Indianisation increased rapidly after Independence until all Government positions…
Flying Officer Frederic Robert Hamilton Singh R.A.A.F. – P. O. W. – WWII
Flying Officer Frederic SINGH - Aka: STUART Frederic Robert Hamilton Singh born on the 20 July 1918 and Margaret Helen Hamilton Singh who enlisted in the Royal Australian Airforce (R.A.A.F.) during World War Two were the great-great-grandchildren of Dabee Singh, a…
