Military History Talk: Rails West
Lane Cove Library’s Military History Talk series turns to the railways of the Western Front on Tuesday 13 October. Lt Colonel (Rtd) David Deasey OAM RFD explores how moving supplies and materiel around a war zone shaped the First World War, and the part Australians played in keeping the lines running.
By 1918 Australia had a railway regiment of about 1500 men, with ten locomotives designed by the NSW Government Railways at work in France. Deasey will look at the role these companies played behind the lines.
The talk runs from 6:15pm to 7:45pm at Lane Cove Library. It is free, but bookings are essential.
Image caption: No. 6, 8 Platoons and 4th Australian Pioneers moving camp by light railway, April 1917. (Courtesy Australian War Memorial E00468)
