Fragments of the First AIF - Pte Sidney James Lauder
- Meleah Hampton
- Mar 10
- 2 min read
When the undersea cable reached Darwin from Java, the local rifle club formed the Cable Guard to keep it safe. Just a few years later many of the members of the Cable Guard went to war - including an underage band geek, Sidney Lauder.
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