Anzac Day Stories

Honouring the brave men & women who represented their country during war.

LEST WE FORGET - ANZAC DAY 25 APRIL

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James Douglas Floyd

My father, James Douglas Floyd, served in the Australian Air force in WW2. He was in a protected industry but signed up to serve his country. He died in his 50s as a result of tropical diseases that he contracted in New Guinea and he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome from the time he returned to Australia until his death...

By Carolyn Foley
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D'Arcy Lewis Neale

My maternal grandfather, D'Arcy Lewis Neale was a special bloke who fought in WW1. Born in 1891 he was a typical Aussie who didn't talk about the scourge of war and the suffering they all endured. When he returned home from France he just got on with his life to the best of his ability. He married, helped raise a family of 4 and when the time came he enlisted and served in WW2 as well. He died in 1961 and his ashes are interred in a memorial garden for returned soldiers in Adelaide South Australia...

By Sandra Thorman
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Thomas Andrew Ronald Kincaid

Thomas Andrew Ronald Kincaid joined the Australian Imperial Force on 5 June 1916 when he was 25 years and 6 months old. He embarked at Brisbane on the S.S. Kyarra on 17 November 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, England on 30 January 1917. He proceeded to France on 19 Jun 1917...

By Peter Hunt
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Harold Garfield Kincaid

Harold Garfield Kincaid joined the Australian Imperial Force on 17 Aug 1916 when he was 20 years and 6 months old. He was admitted to hospital between 5 Oct 1916 and 14 Oct 1916 with Influenza. He was embarked at Brisbane with his brother Thomas Andrew Ronald Kincaid on the S.S. Kyarra on 17 November 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, England on 30 January 1917...

By Peter Hunt
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