The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial every day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and other operations and whose names are recorded on the Roll of Honour. At each ceremony the story behind one of the names on the Roll of Honour is told. Hosted by Richard Cruise, the story for this day was on 3603 Private William Reginald Rawlings. The address was read by Colonel James Evans.
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Studio portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, 3603 Private (Pte) William Reginald Rawlings MM. Pte Rawlings was born at the Aboriginal Station of Framlingham, in the western district of Victoria. The fami
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial every day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and ot
William Reginald Rawlings, known as Bill, was born in Purnim, Victoria, the only son of William Rawlings and his wife, Elizabeth . At the outbreak of the First World War he was a horse-breaker in and