Red Cross group turns 110 as war memorial relocated from pod village site

One month after the declaration of war on September 4, 1914,  the women in Wardell formed a Red Cross branch in Victoria Hall (the hall is now demolished). More than 100 members signed up. Together, they formed a ‘cutting out’ committee and various garments were sewn for the soldiers. In the November of that year, […]

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