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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

It was tragically symbolic that on the eve of the Great War, in May 1914, Footscray Advertiser briefly
reported that,

“Parksides, minus eight of their regulars and playing a man short up to half time, put up a great fight
against Roy Street (South Melbourne), Scores-Roy Street 5.7, Parksides 3.5. Those deserving of
special mention were Moran, G. Murphy, Lucas, Hagg, Huntington, and Casserly.”

Advertiser (Footscray) 2 May 1914, page 4

World War One had catastrophic consequences for Australian and Victorian society.

“Every Victorian, man, woman or child knew someone at the war. A brother or son, a husband, a
work colleague, a boy from just down the street, and there was anxiety and concern for each one of
them. Casualty lists were regularly published in the newspapers and were also displayed in churches
or left hanging from the gates of railway stations. The war was everywhere. Increasingly, bereaved
women, mothers, wives and sisters, would be seen on the city streets, at church, on the trains and
trams, in ‘mourning black’, long black dresses, shawls and capes, letting everyone know of their loss.”

http://anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au/history/victorias-contribution-wwi/

Australian First World War recruitment poster.

https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2015/10

“For Australia, as for many nations, the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of
deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which
over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner.”

http://rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/heritage/the-first-world-war

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider