tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075813291705957029.post3469233620968204506..comments2023-11-16T10:03:01.035-08:00Comments on Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee Inc: Nurses Exhibition features Lemnos and Salonika NursesJim Clavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290281410933016782noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075813291705957029.post-54187197433411431362016-09-04T22:56:27.593-07:002016-09-04T22:56:27.593-07:00YEA CHRONICLE 5 July 1900: IN MEMORIAM PTE. WAKLE...YEA CHRONICLE 5 July 1900: IN MEMORIAM PTE. WAKLEY. <br />The residents of Kobyboyn have shown in a practical manner their esteem and respect for the late Private Victor Oak Wakley, by erecting a memorial tablet in the local hall. It bears the following inscription :<br />" In loving memory of Private Victor Oak Wakley, member of the Ruffy detachment of V.M.R. who died of enteric fever at Kroonstad, South Africa, May. 31st, 1900, while serving his Queen and Country, as a member of the Victorian Second Contingent, aged 20. His simple, manly,spirit, and childlike heart, made him ever a true -soldier of Christ." <br /><br />On the right of the tablet is the "Grand old Flag "; on the left of. the tablet is the Australian flag.<br /><br />Surmounting all is the latest photo graph of Her Gracious Majesty the Queen. <br /><br />On Sunday, 1st inst, a memorial service was conducted by Mr. Evans, the Presbyterian Missionary of the district. The members of the Ruffy Detachment of V.M.R., under the command of Sergeant Maygar, attended in uniform. The service was largely attended, fully 80 persons being present, many of whom had to travel over 20 miles to attend the service. Religious - differences were wisely cast aside, and the friends of the deceased, of various denominations, all united in showing their respect for him. Mr. Evans referred to the good qualities of the late soldier, his modest, kindly manner, and his brave and generous spirit, which caused him to be beloved by all who knew him. He was most anxious to go to the front, and though not great in stature, it is no vain boast to say that Her Majesty had no braver, stouter heart upholding the honour of the Empire in South Africa. As one of his comrades put it, "He was the man to have by one's side in a "tight corner." He was, indeed, a man on whom we could rely to make the name of Australia honoured wherever he might be. His untimely demise is a great loss to the district, and much sympathy is felt for the bereaved family. <br /><br />At the close of the service the organist played the " Dead March in Saul," after which Sergeant Maygar (on be half of the Ruffy V.M.R.) presented Mr. and Mrs. Wakley with a hand painted " In Memoriam " executed by himself, as a token of the esteem in which the deceased was held his brother soldiers. Gravefinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122127582574229273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075813291705957029.post-91484306354228221732016-09-04T22:39:21.752-07:002016-09-04T22:39:21.752-07:00While Victoria (Queenie) Wakley's brother, Geo...While Victoria (Queenie) Wakley's brother, George Reginald Wakley, Service No: 568 4th LHR survived WW1, their other brother VICTOR OAK WAKLEY, Service number: 186, Unit: 2 (MNTD RIFLES) CNTGNT, died of enteric on 21 May 1900 at Kroonstadt Sth Africa in the Boer War. I find it very disappointing that there is no mention of the Boer War at the Mt Macedon memorial [and others] and that Australian deaths in the Boer war are largely forgotten. However, Pte Wakley is remembered in Yea where his name is on the town memorial with Sgt AG Buckinhham VMR and there are also plaques to both men in St Luke's Anglican church in Yea. I have the only surviving photo of Pte Victor Oak Wakley, at age 19, taken prior to his departure. "Lest We Forget" should also include our Boer War dead. Gravefinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122127582574229273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075813291705957029.post-64503848008355960482016-09-04T22:14:25.997-07:002016-09-04T22:14:25.997-07:00Victoria (Queenie) Wakley [1893 - 1974], staff nur...Victoria (Queenie) Wakley [1893 - 1974], staff nurse - 3rd Australia General Hospital, embarkation roll no. 26/67/3, returned to Australia on 27 February 1919 after serving at Lemnos. After having had so much responsibility in wartime, Queenie found it difficult to accept the traditional subservient role of women on her return to post war Melbourne. Queenie Wakley died on 19 July 1974 at her home in Seymour Rd Elsternwick where she had pictures of the Royal Family pinned all over her couch. Gravefinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122127582574229273noreply@blogger.com