Bespoke Western Front Battlefield Tours

25/06/2025

08/06/2025

Peter Barnes circulates amazing history and pictures, and this no exception.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion.

The photograph taken on the 27th of September 1916, during WW1, is of convalescent members of the AIF (Australian Imperial Force), in formation with their kangaroo mascot.

The kangaroo may possibly be Jimmy, the mascot of the No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital based at Harefield, England, in the UK.

Lest We Forget.

Photograph came from the Australian War Memorial. Image file number AWM P07771.001.

29/05/2025

Kris Kristofferson was a standout college football player and amateur boxer, with peers believing he could have turned professional in either sport.

However, a college literature professor encouraged the 21-year-old to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, which he won.

"It’s where I developed my love of writing, both literature and music," he later recalled of his time abroad.

After earning his degree, Kristofferson had numerous university teaching positions available but shocked friends and family by joining the Army Rangers instead.

"I came from a military family and felt a sense of obligation to serve," he explained. During his four-year service, he flew helicopters and was offered a teaching position at West Point but declined to pursue a music career.

Moving to Nashville, Kristofferson worked in obscurity until Johnny Cash recorded one of his songs, launching his rise to stardom.

Kris left us way too soon. 🙏🏼🇺🇲❤️