An obituary notice in an Australian newspaper has given me additional information about the family of an Australian politician whose life I researched at the start of this year. Eric Michael Heenan was a survivor of the Spanish flu pandemic … Continue reading →
In the latest blog post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2019. we look at a man who was honoured for his courage and bravery in a battlezone. Neville James Heenan 1892-1956 Neville James Heenan was in the midst … Continue reading →
Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of people with the Heenan surname that I’ve found in my … Continue reading →
The latest in my occasional series of obituaries comes from Western Australia where the death of Michael J Heenan, in 1915 was reported in two local newspapers . One of them gives an extraordinarily detailed account of the last few … Continue reading →
Soldiers traumatised by the horrors of World War 1, were confronted by a new nightmare in 1918. The last year of the war marked the beginning of three deadly outbreaks of influenza across the world. ‘Spanish flu’, as it became … Continue reading →