WW1 soldiers and nurses
These are the East Melbourne people who served in the First World War. Some were born here, some lived and worked here and some registered for service here.
Click on a name to go to an individual's biography.
Name |
Military units | Roll of Honour | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMAM/OBERMAN, Leo | 5th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| ACTON, William Francis |
8th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement 3rd Light Horse (Abassia) Imperial Camel Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ADAM, Ernest James | AAMC Dental Detail | Jill Fenwick | |
| ALLDAY, Henry (Harry) Robert |
57th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement 58th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| AMBROSE, Clarence |
60th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements Australian Corps Working Party |
Jill Fenwick | |
| AMES, Herbert Lawrence |
10th Reinforcements, 11 Company Army Service Corps 18th Company ASC |
Jill Fenwick | |
| AMPHLETT, James Henry |
6th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements 58th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDERSON, Clifford Harry | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 | Peter Fielding | |
| ANDERSON, Edward Handfield |
8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement 57th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| ANDERSON, Harold | 57th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| ANDERSON, Wilbur Struan |
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 1 2nd Australian Siege Battery, Ammunition Column |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDERSON, William Hopton |
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, Headquarters 7th Training Squadron 3rd Squadron Australian Flying Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDREW, Basil John |
12th Battalion 14th Reinforcements 3rd Infantry Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDREW, Clement Serle | July 1917 Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDREW, Frederick Joseph |
4 Field Artillery Brigade , Ammunition Column 12 Field Artillery B.R. 11 |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANGRAVE, Arthur Douglas | 10th Machine Gun Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| ARLIDGE, George William | 1st Battalion 21st Reinforcements |
|
Peter Fielding |
| ARMSTRONG, Abel | 14th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| AVISION, Frank | 38th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| AYERS, Edward Woodzell |
3rd Divisional Supply Column Mechanical Transport, 8th Reinforcements 39th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BAIGENT, Albert | 37th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BAKER, Harold Arthur | 22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcements | Peter Fielding | |
| BALME, Gerald Archibald |
10/29th Battalion 70th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BANBROOK, Albert Clifford | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 9 | Jill Fenwick | |
| BANBURY, Frederick |
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 5th Division Signalling Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BANKS, James Bruce | Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, Headquarters | Jill Fenwick | |
| BANNAN, William |
No 1 Mining Corps 2nd Tunnelling Corps |
Bob Batrouney | |
| BANNISTER, Alfred James | 22nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement on elistment | Peter Fielding | |
| BANNISTER, John James | 8th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| BARBER, Albert | Machine Gun Company 10, Reinforcement 8 | Jill Fenwick | |
| BARBER, Henry Victor | 59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BARNS, Aubrey Vernon | 21st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BARRIE, Charles Gordon |
59th Battalion 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BARROW, Frank Turner | 2nd Divisional Train AASC | Jill Fenwick | |
| BARRY, Archibald John | 58th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| BARRY, George | 38th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| Bascombe, Frederick John | 46th Battalion, 4th Australian Division | Jill Fenwick | |
| BASCOMBE, Frederick Nuel |
37th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement 38th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BATEMAN, Cecil | 6th Battalion, F Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| BATTESON, James | 23rd Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| BEATTY, Samuel |
38th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 5th Division Train |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BECKETT, John | 24th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BENTLEY, George Valentine |
21st Australian Service Corps, attached to 3rd Division 5th Division Supply |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BERGMEIER, Alexander Stanley |
31st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement 46th Battalion, 4th Australian Division |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BERKELEY, William Henry | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BETT, Gordon Alexander | Australian Army Pay Corps | Peter Fielding | |
| BETTERIDGE, Richard |
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, 1-3 Reinforcement No 67 Australian Flying Corps Wireless Operator |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BIDDLE, Frederick Leslie | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 |
|
Murray Hohnen |
| BIDDULPH, Francis Edmond |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement 1st Division Bicycle Corps 60th Battalion |
Peter Fielding | |
| BIRBECK, Harry |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement 1 Imperial Camel Corps, 14 Coy. 15 Light Horse Regiment |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BISHOP, Selwyn Teignmouth |
16th Field Company Engineers 67th Field Company Engineers |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BLACK, Emily Conyngham |
Australian Army Nursing Service (17th British General Hospital) (50th British General Hospital) (52nd British General Hospital) (42nd British General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| BLACK, Herbert | 9th Field Company Engineers | Jill Fenwick | |
| BLAIR, William Allison | 38th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BLATCHFORD, Herbert Albert |
14th Field Artillery Brigade 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BLOOMFIELD, Bertram Benjamin | C Company 31st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Mike O'Brien |
| BLUNDELL, Madeline Patricia Petrie |
Australian Army Nursing Service (3rd Australian General Hospital) (2nd Australian General Hospital) (1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Hospital and troop transports) |
Janet Scarfe Peter Fielding |
|
| BODEN, Samuel |
5th Battalion, G Company 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BOLTON, Francis Basil |
15 Reinforcements, 6th Battalion 56th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BOLTON, Reginald Henry |
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 39th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BONE, Kenric Clifton | 11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| BONE, Ronald Merton | 11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| BONNICK, John William |
29th Battalion 65th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BONNIN, Irene Gertrude Hiller |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| BORWICK, Henry Barton |
1 Division Artillery Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcements 8 |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BORWICK, Thomas Faulkner |
6th Battalion, A Company 2nd Infantry Battalion 9th Infantry Brigade |
Jill Fenwick Sylvia Black |
|
| BOWEN, Idris | 5th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BOWEN, John James Enos | 28th Battalion, 7th Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRADLEY, Duncan |
23rd Battalion, A Company Later transferred to the 57 Battalion in France |
|
Peter Fielding |
| BRAGG, Arthur Robert |
24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements 60th Battalion |
|
Susan Lawrence Jill Fenwick |
| BRAIN, Thomas William | 8th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRAYSHAW, Albert | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4 | Peter Fielding | |
| BRENNAN, John (Jack) | A Company, 6th Battalion | Peter Fielding | |
| BRIDE, Benjamin William | 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRIESE, Arthur Oswald | 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BROBERG, Carl Albert | Australian Medical Corp | Sue Larkin | |
| BROOKE, Katie Winifred |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service) (Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India) (Station Hospital, Bangalore) (19th British Station Hospital, Rawalpindi) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| BROOKS, Chassie Winton | 3rd Divisional Train, 22nd Company, Army Service Corps | Peter Fielding | |
| BROOKS, Constance Jessie |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service) [Colaba War Hospital] [18 British Hospital] [Victoria War Hospital] [Hospital Ship Ellora] [Gerald Freeman Thomas Hospital] |
Janet Scarfe Peter Fielding |
|
| BROWNLEE, Robert |
Enlisted 6th Brigade, 23rd Battalion, A Company Transferred to 6th Field Corp Engineers 12 Aug 1916 |
Peter Fielding | |
| BRUNT, Archibald Andrew |
13th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron Taken on Strength 1st Aust&NZ mounted Reg in France 15 May 1916 Transferred to Aust Army Service Corp France 17 July 1916 Taken on strength 7th Aust Army Service Corp as a driver |
Peter Fielding | |
| BRUNTON, Arthur Alexander |
2/58 Reinforcements Battalion, subsumed into 57th Battalion 57th Battalion, later renamed 17th Light Railway Company |
Peter Fielding | |
| BUDDON, Frederick Phillip |
21st Battalion, Headquarters 6th Training Battalion |
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| BURFORD, Lionel | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Reinforcement 2 | Sylvia Black | |
| BURKE, Patrick Thomas |
8th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BURLEY, Rexford | 23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BURLEY, Thomas Mathew | 46th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BURN, Cecil George | 22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BURNELL, Frederick Joseph | 6th Battalion, G Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BURNS, Stanley Henry |
3rd Light Horse 39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BUSH, Hubert Sheppard | Australian Medical Corp. General Reinforcements | Sue Larkin | |
| CAMBRIDGE, Ernest George Henry |
6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 1st Anzac Wireless Section 7th Battalion AIF 4th Division Signals |
Jill Fenwick | |
| CAMERON, Edith Clare |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (26 [British] General Hospital) (1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station) (10 Stationary Hospital) (1 and 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospitals) (31, 71 and 14 [British] General Hospitals) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| CAMERON, Henry Gervais Lovett |
57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement 56th Battalion 58th Battalion 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| CAMERON, John |
39th Battalion 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| CAMERON, Robert Ewen | Special Draft, AIF Officers | Bob Batrouney | |
| CAMPBELL, John | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 | Jill Fenwick | |
| CAMPBELL, John McNeil | 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | Peter Fielding | |
| CANTWELL, Philip Sylvester | 21st Battalion/ 13th refits |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CARDWELL, James Pearson | Head Quarters 1st Australian Division | Peter Fielding | |
| CARINE, John William | Machine Gun Company 4, Reinforcement 12 | Peter Fielding | |
| CARMODY, John Patrick | Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Special Draft | Sue Larkin | |
| CARROLL, Alphonso Bertram | Field Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 18 | Peter Fielding | |
| CARROLL, William Edward | 21st Battalion, D Company | Peter Fielding | |
| CARSON, Henry | 6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| CARTER, Eric Charles | 29th Battalion, D Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CARVER, Henry Norman |
Army Medical Corps February 1917 Reinforcements 2nd Australian Field Ambulance Australian Army Pay Corps |
Sue Larkin | |
| CASS, Frederick | 5th Battalion, Headquarters | Sue Larkin | |
| CATHIE, Harry Lorraine |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement Transferred to 8th Batt. 24 Feb 1916 |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CATTANACH, Adam Smith | 37th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| CATTANACH, Harry | 8th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| CECIL, Edith Ruth |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Military Infectious Hospital, Choubra) (13 [British] General Hospital) (Sea Transport Staff Sections 7-8) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| CHAMBERS, Gordon Enoch John | Australian Flying Corps, November 1917 Reinforcement | Jill Fenwck | |
| CHAUVEL, Harry | Michael O'Brien | ||
| CLARK, Leslie Henry Charles | Australian Wireless Squadron 1, Reinforcement 4 | Jill Fenwick | |
| CLARK, Percy Victor | Supply Column 3, Mechanical Transport Reinforcement 1 | Jill Fenwick | |
| CLARK, William | Army Medical Corps, Special Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| CLARKE, Cyril Lowther |
14 Australian General Hospital, AIF 5 LH Field Ambulance |
Sylvia Black | |
| CLARKE, Herbert Clifford | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| CLEMENT, Sydney Reynold | 5th Battalion, B Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CLEVERDON, Frederic Toon * | Chaplains' Corps | Jill Fenwick | |
| COATE, Walter Hamilton | 21st Battalion, A Company | Bob Batrouney | |
| COBB, Alexander |
3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 1 Ordnance Corps |
Jill Fenwickl | |
| COCHRANE, Stanley |
Australian Army Medical Corps 1st Australian General Hospital 22nd Battalion (temp) 6th Australian Field Ambulance |
Sue Larkin | |
| COLLINS, James Francis | 22nd Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| COLLINS, Reginald Michael | 23rd Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| CONLON, Peter David | 20th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| CONNOR, Eden Dennis | 5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CONWAY, John | 8th Battalion on enlistment, 60th Battalian when KIA |
|
Peter Fielding |
| COONEY, Francis Joseph |
8th Machine Gun Company, 9th Reinforcement 5th Machine Gun Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| COOPER, Charl |
8th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Division Australian Amy Veterinary Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| COOPER, George Henry | 8 Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| COOPER, Leslie |
37th Battalion 38th Battalion, Headquarters |
Jill Fenwick | |
| CORCORAN, George John |
2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 1 9th Field Company Engineers |
Sue Larkin | |
| CORDNER, Joseph Alan | 6th Battalion, B Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CORRIGAN, Noel Aubrey | No. 4 Company, Broadmeadows Vamp | Jill Fenwick | |
| CORRIGAN, Thomas Norman |
21 Battalion 24 Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| COTTERILL, William |
19th Battalion 46th Battalion, 4th Australian Division Australian Army Motor Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| COUGHLAN, Talouchlan | 7th Battalion 3rd Refit |
|
Peter Fielding |
| COURTNEY, Henry William | 22nd Battalion, 20th Reinforcements | Tim Holland | |
| COWPER, Gerald Audrey Cadogan |
8th Battalion AIF E Company, Australian Flying Corps 8th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps 6th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| COXON, Jack Garnet | 24th Battalion, A Coy | Sylvia Black | |
| COY, John William | 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | Sylvia Black | |
| COZENS, Lewis William | 14th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| CRAMER, Winifred Mary | Australian Military Forces (Home Service) | Janet Scarfe | |
| CRANSTON, Albert Victor Herbert | 6th Battery AFA | Bob Batrouney | |
| CRAWLEY, Richard Henry |
4th Field Bakery, 23rd Battalion 2nd Training Brigade, Codford, UK |
Jill Fenwick | |
| CRICHTON, Robert Anderson | 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| CROW, Francis Peter | 109th Battery, 23rd Howitzers | Sylvia Black | |
| CULLIVER, Seth William |
2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade , Battery 6 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| CUREL, John |
5th Light Horse Regiment (Gallipoli) 11 Light Horse Regiment/ 1st Camel Regiment (Egypt) |
Rosie Smith | |
| CURRIE, Robert | 5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement | ||
| DALY, Patrick | 14th Battalion, G Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| DARLING, Edward Ernest | 5th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| DAVIES, Gilbert Heneage |
13th Light Horse Regiment 2nd Light Horse Regiment 39th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DAVIES, Percival Naunton | 2nd Pioneer Battalion | Jil Fenwick | |
| DAVIS, John George Walker | 44th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DAVIS, Mark | 2nd Battalion Royal Park | Jill Fenwick | |
| DAVIS, William Emille | 39th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| DAVISON, Frank Sinclair | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements |
|
Peter Fielding |
| DE MORTON, Walter Henri | 28th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| DEACON, Allan Stanley | 5th Field Company Engineers | Jill Fenwick | |
| DEANE, Cornelius Aloysius | 58th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| DELANEY, Richard |
5th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 1st Anzac Salvage Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DENE, Arundel Cecil |
23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement 59th Battalion 58th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DENSHAM, Roger |
6th Battalion 13-18 Reinforcements ASC Details |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DEVEREUX, Matthew | 18th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| DEVINE, William | 12th Infantry Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| DICKINSON, Ruby Droma |
Australian Army Nursing Service (21 General Hospital) (60 General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| DILNOT, Emily | Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve | Janet Scarfe | |
| DITCHBURN, William Arthur |
10th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement 16th Battalion , 6th Reinforcement |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DIX, Frank |
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, Reinforcement 1 292 Siege Battery 42nd Division |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DOCTER, Alfred William | 21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DONALDSON, Alexander | 29th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| DONNAN, James | 29th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DOUGHARTY, Douglas Hamilton |
Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London, and Special Reinforcements (Feb 1915 - March 1916) 2nd Field Ambulance reinforcements 1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station (temp) |
Sue Larkin | |
| DOUGLAS, Alexander | Railway Unit, Section 2 | Jill Fenwck | |
| DOUGLAS, Arthur | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| DOW, Wilson | 5th Battalion on enlisted transferred to 57th Battalion in France. | Peter Fielding | |
| DOWER, Leslie Hubert | Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 4 | Peter Fielding | |
| DOWKER, Robert | 5th Battalion | Peter Fielding | |
| DOWNIE, William |
14th Field Ambulance 4th Field Ambulance |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DOWNING, Robert Clifford |
Machine Gun Company 10, Reinforcement 12 21st Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DOWNING, William Hooper | Army Service Corps July 1916 Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| DRUMMOND, Walter |
Supply Column 3, Mechanical Transport Reinforcement 1 26 ASC (Army Service Corps) 1-9 Reinforcements June 1916 to Jan 1917 |
Sue Larkin | |
| DU BOIS, Edmond |
60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement 40th Battalion 38th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DUBOIS, A. J. | Middlesex Regiment | Mike O'Brien | |
| DUFFY, Charles Allan Gavan |
Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 6 19 Depot Supply |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DUGGAN, Henry James |
5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcements 58th Infantry Battalion, 2-5 Reinforcements, April-Sept. 1916 59th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DUNCAN, Norman Sinclair |
6th Battalion, F Company 39th Battalion |
Sue Larkin Jill Fenwick |
|
| DUNKLING, George Joseph | 7th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| DUNLOP, Archibald John | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| DUNNING, Charles Hamilton | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 |
|
Peter Fielding |
| DYER, Ralph Stanley | 7th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| DYETT, Terence Egan | 7th Battalion, 1st Australian Division | Sylvia Black | |
| EARLES, William Patrick | 21st Battalion, A Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| ECCLES, Harold |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 8th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| EDGCUMBE, Erica Valletort | Australian Army Nursing Service | Janet Scarfe | |
| EDGINTON, Arthur Benjamin | 22nd Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| EDWARDS, Ernestine Mabel |
Australian Army Nursing Service (25 British General Hospital 1917-19 (primarily)) |
Janet Scarfe |