The Cornstalk Rally
After the devastation of the Gallipoli campaign
and the need for more soldiers to be sent to the front, the government of the day
was considering conscription to get the required numbers. This was strongly
opposed throughout the country, so the great recruitment drives for volunteers began.
A story from a “Man on the Ground” Corporal Les Memorey, Temora Swimming Pool manager for many years, gives the local paper his recollections of Gallipoli.
