John Cowe McIntosh - achieving glory
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In 1911 a young woodcutter emigrated from Scotland to Western Australia. John Cowe McIntosh, barely 19 years of age, headed to Bridgetown and the forests around Yornup where he spent the next three years as a sleeper cutter, camped amongst the jarrah with his fellow timber hewers. Like many young men he didn’t hesitate to enlist with the AIF at the outbreak of war and was in the ANZAC day landings at Gallipoli as a stretcher bearer. However, he had a hankering to be a pilot. His journey over the next six years would ultimately see him completing an odyssey “which would long live in the annals of Australia… an adventure possibly without equal in the history of man”, so said Prime Minister Billy Hughes at the time. Richard Allen will present his remarkable story.The talk will be presented at two sessions, different times and locations:
Saturday, 30th August will be held in the Historical Society office at 10 AM
Sunday, 31st August will be in a bush setting near Yornup at 2 PM
Dates
10 AM at the Historical Society office - 2:00 PM at Yornup HallLocation
Bridgetown Historical Society
Old Yornup Schoolhouse, 5 Civic Lane, Bridgetown WA 6255
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John Cowe McIntosh - achieving glory
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