Hundreds of photographs and letters of Colac’s original ANZAC soldiers Richard Bassett and Alec Sitlington have revealed moments frozen in time of their journey to Fromelles during the First World War.
Letters preserve diggers’ tales
TROOPS: Richard Bassett and Alec Sitlington enlisted for the First World War on August 18, 1914, alongside eleven other Colac and district men. Pictured are the Colac First World War recruits, including Richard and Alec, on the steps of the Colac Shire Hall in 1914.