Our Wartime Heroes
Dick Clarke was a sniper who was often placed in dangerous situations on Gallipoli.
The bloodiest battle of the Western Front. Dick Clarke was in the forefront with the 11th Battalion.
Gunshots couldn't stop him. Dick Clarke longed for a return to his simple life on the farm at home.
A soldier with incredible luck, Dick survived several gunshot wounds to the head and body. He was picked as the leader of a special mission.
Back home to a hero's welcome, Dick was not about to feel sorry for himself. People were astonished by his tenacity.
Kate Bruton was a skilled nurse. In 1914, she decided to take a holiday. It turned out to be a short rest, as nurses off her calibre were urgently needed.
When it came time to land on Gallipoli, the Light Horsemen were crestfallen to realise that their horses would not be going with them.
The voices and the stories of Bunbury men and women in a collection of heart rending and heartwarming stories. A co-production of Sharon Kennedy and the Bunbury Oral History Group. Additional material and research by military historian Jeffery Peirce.
