Bill's the proud custodian of a piece of Lithgow's wartime history

By Jan Saundercock
Updated July 15 2019 - 4:31pm, first published 6:00pm
HISTORY: Bill Blanchard proudly holding his grand-mother's flag, a Red Ensign on which is written Peace 1919. Picture: SUPPLIED.
HISTORY: Bill Blanchard proudly holding his grand-mother's flag, a Red Ensign on which is written Peace 1919. Picture: SUPPLIED.

The distress suffered by the families of those who died during the 1919 pneumonic influenza epidemic in Lithgow was in direct contrast to the euphoria felt by the families of those soldiers who were returning home at last.

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