Thank you so much for this. It is such a fantastic thing that you have put together here. My father’s uncles, my great uncles actually started the Men From Snowy River March. The story goes that William Baragry was so overwhelmed by the return of William Dudley (Delegate’s own Gallipoli hero who was wounded and invalidated home) that at a special celebration for Dudley, William Baragry jumped up on stage and appealed for volunteers to join him to “fill the gaps made at Gallipoli”. Williams younger brother Edmund (who had only one eye due to a childhood incident) joined William also.
William unfortunately passed away in Goulburn Base Hospital from pneumonia on 22nd August 1916, two weeks before they were due to embark from Sydney. Edmund was killed in action on 9th May 1917 during the second battle of Bullecourt. I have a couple photo’s of both William and Edmund that I would happily send you if you would like.

I actually attended the 90th anniversary in Delegate in 2006 with my mother and father as well as a few siblings. It was incredible to see the many people who attended and it was quite an emotional time. Many relatives are still in the area.

Kind regards,

Stephen Baragry