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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Townsend Real Estate

Agent’s Pick

Stephen Townsend

t. 0427 631 957

“Rosyth” – 1549 The Escort Way, BORENORE 7

The ultimate in farm living within the highly sought after Borenore district, ‘Rosyth’ is an outstanding rural property with commanding views and two beautiful residences on 470.45 acres (approx.190.39 ha) of prime land. Featuring an architectural owner’s residence and an historic circa 1926 homestead, Rosyth is truly an experience and parcels of land of this size and quality rarely become available within such close proximity to Orange. Highly fertile and versatile basalt soils Water security a feature – ideal for cattle and prime lambs • Excellent sealed road frontage and access – 15 mins orange CBD, close to wineries, 5 mins. Borenore and 3 ½ hours Sydney CBD • Highly fertile black and red Basalt soils – Improved pastures • Livestock water security via bore, troughs, dams and a double frontage to Boree Creek • Securely fenced with central laneway to cattle yards • Shade and shelter timber – white and yellow box, Blakely’s red gum and kurrajongs • Well-presented circa 1926 four bedroom homestead and a stunning new three bedroom owner’s residence • Machinery shed, cattle and sheep yards

AUCTION

Tuesday 27th April 2021 | Starting time 10.30 am.

auctionWORKS Rooms, Mezzanine Level, 50 Margaret Street, Sydney NSW 2000

“Rosyth” is an outstanding grazing property together with offering a magnificent country lifestyle Organise your inspection, you will not be disappointed. APRIL 22 — 28, 2021 25

Open Houses For week 22— 28 April, 2021 DATE TIME

ADDRESS PRICE RANGE

24.4.21

11.00-11.30

94 Matthews Avenue

$519,000

24.4.21

11.45-12.15

48 Bletchinton Street

$495,000

24.4.21

12.00-12.30

15 Bridge Street, Cudal

$200,000-$220,000

24.4.21

11.00-11.30

1 Ramsay Close

Contact Agent

24.4.21

10.00-10.30

7 Ellenbrae Street

Contact Agent

24.4.21

10.00-10.30

53 Icely Road

Contact Agent

24.4.21

11.4 5-12.15

32 South Terrace

Contact Agent

24.4.21

1.15 - 1.45

39 Shepard Drive

Contact Agent

24.4.21

12.00 - 12.30

20 The Billabong Clifton Grove

Contact Agent

24.4.21

11.00 - 11.30

27 Olympic Drive

849,990.99

24.4.21

10.00-10.30

11 Carwoola Drive

Auction

24.4.21

10.15-10.45

18 Burrendong Way

Auction

24.4.21

10.45-11.15

6 Chiswell Street

Auction

24.4.21

11.00-11.30

104 Moulder Street

Auction

24.4.21

11.30-12.00

9 Brunswick Street

$300,000-$330,000

24.4.21

10.00-10.30

267 Dalton Street

$519,990.00

24.4.21

11.00-11.30

18 Tancred Street

$730,000.00

24.4.21

12.00-12.30

20 Griffin Road

$1,999,990.00

7 Lesbos Place

$499,990.00

24.04.21 1.00-1.30

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IDEAL LOCATION FOR AN ENTERPRISE

BLUE RIBBON COMMERCIAL LAND TO BUILD ON

88 WARRENDINE STREET, ORANGE

Surrounded by a variety of commercial enterprises are these last remaining blocks in the prestigious Gateway Business Park positioned with easy access to the Mitchell Hwy at entrance to Orange.

A commercial premises that packs a punch located on a high traffic corridor within easy walking distance to the CBD that is currently run as the local iconic Bissy’s Cafe. The front café dining area features the charm of two fixed double dining booths plus a coffee / food display area and a well equipped kitchen with a six burner gas stove. A separate small function room leads through to a most delightful airy covered outdoor sitting area that’s peaceful and shady for the Summer.

The blocks are zoned B6 Enterprise Corridor and are level and ready to develop for your successful business or investment.

There is a separate studio with two rooms and its own access with further potential. There is also a security system throughout and split air conditioners.

Land sizes available from 2,045 m2 to 3,559 m2

You won’t believe how the beautiful outdoor area has been utilized to complement the permaculture practice of the business with fruit trees, raised vegetable beds, chook pens & runs and a rainwater tank fed watering system. An 80 panel 20kW solar system is a sure bonus and ties in with the self-sufficient theme.

$790,000 + GST

Located on a peaceful ½ acre block (2023 m2) this charming little weatherboard home is waiting for a new Owner to bring it back to its former self. The property has two bedrooms plus a sleep out that could be used as another bedroom. There is a separate lounge room with a split air conditioner and open fire place, an eat in

kitchen/ dining area and a sunroom /family room that captures the lovely rural outlook. Timber floorboards throughout and a front veranda add to the charm and there is town water and sewage. Grab your tool box and paintbrush and enquire today.

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This is an outstanding opportunity to have your own residence and shop in the one renovated complex. The modernised residence has split air conditioning and consists of 1 or 2 bedrooms with a separate living area and kitchen.

$280,000

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PRICES RANGE FROM $510,000 + GST TO $925,000 + GST

COMBINED SHOP & HOME

ONE FOR THE RENOVATOR ON THE EDGE OF CANOWINDRA

Please contact our office for further details.

Land Size: 905 m2 (42.67m x21.23m) Zoning: R1 Residential *The premises to be sold with vacant possession and the registered business name Bissy’s Café not included

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BUILD NOW !!

The shop is currently leased to a Beauty Saloon and is light and airy with beautiful presentation. Located on a 518 m2 corner block close to the new DPI building with wide frontage to Prince street.

$850,000 (FREEHOLD ONLY)

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Here is a very rare chance in Orange’s hot property market to secure a beautiful building block peacefully set with the scent of eucalyptus trees coming from a native timber reserve adjoining at the back boundary. Only the birds can be building their homes here.

There is also a lovely outlook from front to enjoy as well. This 800 m2 block is registered and ready to build on now so contact us today, grab your builder and plan for that dream home that you deserve.

$350,000

SELLING FAST...

LEGEND S - SOLD

COMMERCIAL FOR LEASE

PRIME CORNER LOCATION FIRST FLOOR

POPULAR SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

IDEAL LOCATION FOR RETAIL SHOP OR OFFICE

• Grand stairwell with easy grade • Long term Lease available

RENT: $30,000 PER ANNUM + GST

• 6 rooms plus own kitchen and common amenities

Approx. 300 m2 of floor space in this well presented commercial shop in Summer Street. Currently set up as an office complex this premises would also be ideal as a retail shop. Has good staff amenities and reverse cycle air conditioning though out.

• Don’t miss out on securing this spacious shop of around 120 m2 in floor area that is positioned in the busy core of Orange’s CBD in Summer Street. • On-site parking • Available now.

RENT: $90,000 P.A. + GST & OUTGOINGS

RENT: $52,000 P.A. + GST

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR PROPERTY 6362 5999 or John 0417 887 738 / Chris 0417 626 361 28

APRIL 22 — 28, 2021

45 SUMMER STREET, ORANGE 5

2 LAND SIZE: 735M2

FOR SALE $1,450,000 • Incredible location right in the heart of Orange, diagonally opposite stunning Cook Park. · Majestic double brick beauty all in immaculate condition with polished floorboards, stained glass windows and ornate ceilings. · A triumphant blend of classic original features with a modern twist.

MARTY LYDEN 0404 070 391 marty@williamsmachin.com.au

WILLIAMS MACHIN FIRST FOR REAL ESTATE IN ORANGE PH 02 6362 6966

37 SALE STREET, ORANGE

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OPEN SATURDAY 24TH APRIL 2021 @ 10.45AM - 11.15AM

6 Chiswell Street, Orange 5

AUCTION 29th APRIL 2021 UPSTAIRS HOTEL CANOBOLAS @ 5.30PM Located high on the hill in the wonderful Wentworth Estate is this luxurious family sized home that offers plenty of room for the whole family and the perfect office where you can work from home. Upon entering you will see the stylish master bedroom with extra large walk-in robe, stunning ensuite with spa bath, large shower cubical and separate toilet. The office includes a huge book shelf and three separate work stations, separate powder room, walk-in linen cupboard, ducted reverse cycle zoned air conditioner, natural gas log fire, underfloor heating in all bathroom areas, high ceilings, recessed feature walls for artworks, walkin pantry plus plenty of storage right throughout. The stylish kitchen includes stone benchtops, 900mm free standing oven, island bench, dishwasher and over looks the open plan lounge and dining room which flows just perfectly to the kids wing of the home that includes its very own rumpus room. There is also a parents retreat that can be closed off to the rest of the home. There's even more features including a double lock-up garage with remote, internal and rear yard access which also has built-in storage. Out the back is a lock up garage, extralarge outdoor entertaining area established lawns and gardens with its very own in-ground sprinkler systems. Inspections are easy to arrange just call us and we will make a time for you to inspect.

Contact Scott Quirk 0476 333 076

APRIL 22 — 28, 2021

FOR SALE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FORBY SALE BY EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSING 30 APRIL CLOSING 30 2021 APRIL 2021 291 Anson Street, Street, OrangeOrange The OldThe Ambulance StationStation 291 Anson Old Ambulance

1,000m² land land 1,000m² 500m² 500m² groundground floor floor 300m² 300m² 1st floor 1st floor Joins the new Department of Primary Industries building Joins the new Department of Primary Industries building 3 blocks to the C.B.D. 3 blocks to the C.B.D. Enormous potential (S.T.C.A.) Enormous potential (S.T.C.A.)

FOR SALE by expressions of interest CLOSING 30 APRIL 2021

291 anson street, orange the old ambulance station

1,000m² land, 258m² ground floor, 166m² 1st floor (areas approximate). Adjoins the new DPIE Department of Planning Industry and Environment building, only 3 blocks to the C.B.D.

Possible uses include childcare, restaurant and café (S.T.C.A.).

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GREAT FAMILY HOME WITH SPACE FOR EVERYTHING!

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27 OLYMPIC DRIVE, ORANGE

122 lake canobolas road, nashdale

This lovely home in a quiet location could just be the home you are looking for with generous living areas and bedrooms, ducted gas heating throughout and 2 split systems.. There are four bedrooms with the master having a walk in robe and en-suite plus a sunny easterly outlook for morning light and the remining three bedrooms all have built in robes. There is a separate lounge room which would be good to escape the kids and a huge open plan kitchen/dining/family room with a great outlook and also opening onto the outdoor covered alfresco. In addition to the covered alfresco there is also an elevated covered deck with views to Mt Canobolas, you will not need a shed in the backyard of this property as there is a HUGE under house lockable storage area which is over 10 m long and could be extra car storage, workshop, rumpus room or more.

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$849,000

contact AGENT Chris Tyack 0438 258 590

SOUGHT AFTER NASHDALE LOCATION

Having been in real estate for some time now I find that buyers looking for a home on acres always love the Nashdale-Lake Canobolas location. Well, this lovely property is reluctantly for sale and boasts a 11.38ha (28.12 acre approximately) block with a beautiful home approximately 430 sqm under roof. The property is only minutes to Orange and very close to Lake Canobolas with picturesque views that come with this idyllic location. The home boasts 4 big living areas, 4 bedrooms, three with walk in robes and one with built ins, big workable kitchen with stone tops, fully double glazed windows, plenty of storage and a triple garage. Outside you will be impressed with the well-kept irrigated lawns and gardens featuring a great fully fenced in-ground pool and loads of space for the kids to play, water is not an issue with an abundant supply available. Other features include large dam, two sheds one of which can store tall objects like a caravan and is over 450 sqm in size, play equipment, 5kw solar panels and much more. Do not miss this opportunity, call for an inspection. In conjunction with One Agency Orange.

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FOUR BEDROOM QUIET LOCATION

New to the market, this family home is in a quiet cul-de-sac close to the Botanical garden

and north Orange shopping centre. With four bedrooms all with built-in robes and ceiling fans, and a large 3-way bathroom, with both bath, shower and entry from the master and central hallway. There is a lounge room and open plan kitchen and dining area that opens onto the LARGE covered outdoor alfresco area. There is ducted gas heating throughout the house and an attached double garage with internal access and with a roller door at the rear so you can drive through, don’t worry about storage or a workshop as there is also an oversized single garage in the back yard as well.

$695,000 contact AGENT Chris Tyack 0438 258 590

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7 ELLENBRAE STREET, ORANGE 2

39 SHEPHERD DRIVE, MULLION CREEK CALL ASH. OPEN 1:15 SATURDAY 24TH

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32 SOUTH TERRACE, ORANGE

CALL ROGER. OPEN 11:45 SATURDAY 24TH

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605 BOWAN PARK ROAD, LIDSTER

CALL BIANCA. By Appointment Only 4

CALL ROGER. OPEN 11:00 SATURDAY 24TH

24 BOWMAN AVENUE, ORANGE OPEN HOME

1 RAMSAY CLOSE, ORANGE

CALL ASH. OPEN 10:00 SATURDAY 24TH 4

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20 THE BILLABONG, CLIFTON GROVE CALL Ash. OPEN 12:00 SATURDAY 24TH 3

3/377A ANSON STREET, ORANGE

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Business Award winners Higher honours await this year’s Orange Business Award winners. Last year’s cancelled ceremony due to COVID-19 gives added meaning to the 2021 event, Orange Business Chamber President Jack Evans also believes.

“People will be happy to get-out and enjoy themselves, I think, so it will be a good event in that regard,” he added.

This year’s restricted black-tie event in August will also offer great opportunities for networking with attendance limited to business owners to ensure social distancing requirements are met.

Higher honours also await winners of this year’s event with reduction and tweaking of categories to align them with regional and State awards.

“We’re looking forward to the re-emergence of this major business event,” Jack explained, adding that the winners this year will have succeeded during some of the toughest trading conditions for small business in living memory. “That is an assumption that we are keeping very much in mind,” he said. “In essence, if you win this year, you’ve done so in what has been a very difficult year,” Jack added. He said that COVID-19 restrictions have also limited numbers attending and the traditional-celebratory nature of the evening. “We’ve had to change it up a little bit. Traditionally it’s a huge crowd… it essentially used to be a huge night out on the town for the businesses with all their staff, we’d often have 400-plus attending,” he explained. “But now we’re going to reduce it all to about a quarter of the numbers. We’re just inviting the finalists, the busines owners, and their partners,” Jack added. “We’re looking at a more formal black-tie event rather than a celebratory night out… We’re looking at about 120–150 people,” he added. With almost all Chamber business awards cancelled last year due to the pandemic (Dubbo held theirs late in 2020); this event will be part of the “coming-out of COVID” year 2021 is shaping up as.

Last year’s cancelled Orange Business Awards due to COVID-19 gives added meaning to the 2021 event, Orange Business Chamber President Jack Evans believes.

“We’ve reduced the number of categories by a couple, there’s now 12 categories… we rejigged them so that just about all are aligned with NSW and regional awards,” Jack explained.

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“This will mean that they are not just recognised at the local level but, if you win in Orange, you then go onto the regional awards as well,” he added. Nominations for this year’s awards are open until Friday, May 21 and can be accessed at: orangechamber.com.au/ (follow the link on the website to “Nominate”.) Nominations will then be used to select three finalists per category who will all be announced at a “finalists’ night” in July. The selected finalists will be invited to attend the Orange Business Awards presentation in August. The winner of certain categories will also be eligible to compete in the Business NSW Regional Business awards later in the year. “It looks like the Awards will be at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Canobolas on Friday, the 20th of August. “This will be a way of recognising the businesses that have excelled in our local economy in a year that was booming in some ways, but was also very trying for many as well,” Jack concluded. For more information on how to be nominated, contact the Orange Business Chamber at: awards@orangechamber.com.au

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1/202 Anson Street Orange

64 Victoria St, Millthorpe | $700 p/w 5 bedrooms plus study area, huge formal lounge area, large timber kitchen with gas cooking, dishwasher & ample cupboard space, ducted heating downstairs, upstairs offers a separate washroom/toilet, single garage. LEASED

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Beautifully Presented & Expansive Family Home | $620 p/w This 4 bedroom home in North Orange has many luxury features. Offering a well-appointed kitchen for the gourmet chef of the family, 3 separate living zones including a generous rumpus, main bedroom with walkthrough robe and ensuite, park like gardens with views to Mt Canobolas & Moroccan style outdoor entertaining areas with a firepit. AVAILABLE 26/05/21 2 Jarrah Pl, Orange | $580 p/w 4 Bedroom family home, generous lounge area plus sperate lounge area off kitchen, enclosed Queensland room, ducted heating throughout and split system air conditioner, large double garage with remote and internal access, enclosed low maintenance rear yard and garden shed. AVAILABLE NOW 3 Hoskins Pl, Orange | $570 p/w 4 Bedroom family home, separate living & lounge area, large modern kitchen with dishwasher, ducted heating & split system A/C, master bedroom has walk in robe & ensuite, double garage with remote access. AVAILABLE NOW

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14 Rutherford Pl, Orange | $470 p/w 3 bedrooms with built-in robes, ensuite bathroom to main, spacious separate lounge area, functional kitchen with adjoining casual meals & living area, Queensland room at rear offers extra living space, ducted gas heating, single garage with remote access. AVAILABLE 12/4/21

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4 Maguire Ave, Orange | $440 p/w 3 bedrooms with built-ins, gas heating throughout, reverse cycle split system A/C, separate lounge room, spacious kitchen with adjoining dining area, functional bathroom with separate toilet, polished timber floorboards throughout living areas, single garage, + double garage/workshop, ideal for the Tradies! LEASE

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A Soldiers Story

HistoryTALKING with HELEN McANULTY

On 31st October, 1916, three young men from Orange left Australia in the steamship “Marathon” bound for England. They had just completed their training with the Fifth Division of Engineers which was part of the Fifth Division of the AIF, and were on their way to join the Allied forces who were fighting against the German army in France. Arnold Caldwell, Leonard Crockett and Alf Mead had been schoolmates and were no doubt excited at the thought of being on the other side of the world. The Engineers, also known as Sappers, were essential to the running of the war. Without them the other branches of the Allied Forces would have had difficulty crossing the muddy, shell ravaged ground of the Western Front. Sapper Caldwell wrote letters to his parents, Mr and Mrs A. T. Caldwell of the Public School, Orange East and these were published in the Orange “Leader” newspaper during the final years of the war. Arnold was a draughtsman in the Orange Lands Office, having qualified for the position while at Orange High School, and was twenty years old when he enlisted. He was also a keen observer with an ability to express his thoughts and experiences in his numerous letters. On reaching England the Engineers were first camped on the Salisbury Plains in Wiltshire.

It was January and the ice and snow lay on the ground when he wrote his first letter home. “The eternal cold is a nuisance and makes it hard to get comfortable but in my opinion it isn’t as bad as the cold in Orange in the winter!” By May he was at the headquarters for the 14th Field Company, a few miles behind the lines in France from he where wrote to his parents again. “We have spent most of the time digging dugouts. We haven’t had any casualties yet, though I think there have been some very close calls. We are right in among the big guns here. They get going about three in the morning and I’ve never heard anything like it. A night bombardment is like a lovely

fireworks display--the flash of the guns and the bursting shells are pretty themselves and we can see the flares, red, green, orange and white, going up all the time.” He signed off with a word of comfort to his family. “Don’t worry about me. I reckon a man would be terribly unlucky to get hit”.

On 10th June, 1917, summer had finally come to the battlefields of France and Arnold wrote again. “We are still having beautiful weather, the trees are bright green and looking across the fields are just wavy stretches of colour--, buttercups and dandelions make them look like fields of gold, with poppies, daisies, forgetme-nots and a host of other colours. But across them all run the long snake-like entanglements, the smashed trenches, the thousand shell holes, and here and there a little wooden cross of some soldier, Allied or German, which speaks silently and eloquently of the struggle which has passed over these selfsame fields of yellow. And even if one could forget these things and miss out the torn and broken villages and ruined homes, the many crossed cemeteries and the prevailing devastation, there rises always the roar and thunder of the guns and the iron throated reminder that nations are at war.” In the days leading up to 26th September, 1917, the men of the 5th Australian Division prepared for their first major battle in Belgium. They managed to turn an allied defeat into a major victory at the Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the third battle of Ypres.

On 5th October, Arnold was probably camped near Amiens, and wrote again to his parents in Orange. “The weather is beginning to be very cold and wet and I’m doing a bit of a shiver. I don’t suppose our Xmas will be much over here ....., but I dare say we will rake up something for it. We are camped near the most famous town of the war--of course I can’t name it, but you should see it after three years of hammering, there’s not much left of it.....it would have been beautiful once, but now it is just a pile of debris.....a stretch of desolation, broken trees and torn ground. At intervals over it are spurts of flame and

clouds of smoke that mean guns, or big black splashes where shells are bursting. “We had a great sight yesterday when we saw an air fight and two of Fritz’s planes came down within five minutes of each other. In the first plane a chap fell out while he was still about 2000 feet up. One of the planes had a wing cut off by machine gun fire before it fell, and the wing floated quite a distance until the rest of the plane came spinning down.”

It was nearly two months later that he wrote: “I am quite happy tonight as I have had quite a deluge of letters from Orange. The cards are beautiful and I am glad they are not the usual “gallant Anzac style”. The boys out here hate those things, not so much on account of modesty, but because it’s so hard to find all the glory and splendour that is supposed to be broadcast over the battle area. There is more mud than splendour and the only possibility of “ glory” is of going there at any moment! I am still dodging bullets....a few came impossibly close yesterday....you hear the shell coming miles off like the wail of a lost spirit.... such a delightful moaning screech ...you can generally tell whether it is coming close or not and, acting at your own discretion, duck, the lower the better. Indeed it is truly wonderful how low a man can sink in the world in those circumstances....just a second of uncertainty and the scream falls to a sob and with a rending crash the shell bursts. Then, when the pieces have stopped whirling through the air, you get up and feel if you are still all there and thank God that another one missed you.... I remember the first night I ever went into the Front line. It wasn’t quite dark and I was wading knee deep in the mud. Suddenly I stumbled and took two steps on something hard and saw a pair of heels sticking out of the mud....I have hardened since then.” On Friday, May 3rd, 1918, Mr and Mrs Caldwell received a cable telling them that their son had been gassed.

Following his rehabilitation in England, he returned to France for the battles of the Hundred Days Offensive which broke the back of the German war effort .

On 9th October he wrote an enthusiastic letter : “I have just received a bosker parcel from the citizens of Orange, containing biscuits, coffee, cocoa, soup tablets, soap, chocolate, cigarettes, salmon and sardines.”

Finally, on 11th November, 1918, he wrote to his parents from Blangy, a village in Normandy: “About 12o’clock the Post Office put up a wire--the Armistice is signed and the whole village went mad and has been mad all the afternoon....but all our thoughts are with you. I guess there will be excitement there, though you won’t know the news for a few hours yet. It’s good to know that at last it is all over for there will be no more fighting now.”

The last report in the “Leader” was on Monday, 5th May, 1919. “Sergeant Arnold Caldwell is on his way home to Australia on the “Kildonian Castle”. On the same ship are also Captain Bean, Australian official correspondent and Major Banjo Paterson.” Arnold Cassin Caldwell was the second of five children born to Arnold and Mary Caldwell. His father was headmaster of the Public School Orange East, from 1897 until 1931. After his return from the war he married Lila Oliver, his high school sweetheart, and continued to live in Orange with his young family until 1933. He had a distinguished career in the Public Service and died in 1972. He was my uncle. In August1919, sixteen pin oak trees were planted in Newman Park by Mr A T Caldwell on behalf of the school in memory of the sixteen fallen East Orange students. Recently, Leslye Melville of Orange was visiting the park and picked up an acorn from one of those trees. She took it home and planted it and much to her delight it is starting to grow. Copyright Helen McAnulty 2021

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