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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, John David Herbert | |||
| WATTS, Stanley Keevil | Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 | Sylvia Black | |
| WEBSTER, John Laing | 22nd Battalion | ||
| WELDON, Frederick James | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | ||
| WELLER, Frank Arthur | 24th Battalion | ||
| WHAMOND, Frederick Charles |
2nd Field Artillery Brigade Australian Army Medical Corps |
Sylvia Black | |
| WHARTON, John Lynne | 23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | ||
| WHELAN, Martin Thomas | 22nd Battalion | ||
| WHINFIELD, Myles William | Australian Veterinary Hospital | Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Jessie McHardie | Australian Army Nursing Service | Janet Scarfe (additional notes only) | |
| WHITE, Newport Benjamin | 57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Rupert William |
23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements 57th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Thomas Wilson | 5th Machine Gun Battalion | ||
| WHITE, Thomas Wilson |
15 Machine Gun Company, 3 Reinforcement 5 Machine Gun Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| WHITEFORD, Robert | Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London | Sue Larkin | |
| WHITEHEAD, Herbert | 59th Battalion | ||
| WILKINSON, Archer Stalham |
14th Australian General Hospital Australian Flying Corps |
Sue Larkin | |
| WILKINSON, Robert Neil | 22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | ||
| WILLIAMS, Arthur James |
Divisional Signal Company 3, Engineer Reinforcements 13 Graves Registration Services |
Sylvia Black | |
| WILLIAMS, John Walter | 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement | ||
| WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred | 6th Battalion, F Company | Sylvia Black | |
| WILLIAMS, Reginald George Hurlburt | July 1917 Reinforcements | ||
| WILLIAMS, Richard |
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, C Flight RAF's 40th (Army Wing) Palestine Brigade (RAF 40th Wing + 5th (Corps) Wing |
Sue Larkin | |
| WILLMOTT, Maxwell Thomas | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | ||
| WILLOUGHBY, Arthur Howard Wilton | 1st Field Ambulance | Sylvia Black | |
| WILMS, Leopold Henry | 23rd Howitzer Brigade | Sue Larkin | |
| WILSON, Frank Costella |
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 No. 1 Section, 3rd Divisional Amunition Column |
Sylvia Black | |
| WILSON, George Thomas | 6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WILSON, Robert | Australian Army Pay Corps, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | Sue Larkin | |
| WILTON, Gerald Langford D'Auverne | 38th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WILTSHIRE, Herbert | Brigade 2 Headquarters | Sylvia Black | |
| WINDSOR, Michael George |
6th Battalion, C Company 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WINTERBOTTOM, Bertie Dallas | 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WITHALL, Latham | 4th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Clifton Loris |
3rd Division Artillery 23rd Howitzer Brigade 108th Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, John Henry |
3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3 Mechanical Transport Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Jacob |
10th Field Company Engineers Mechanical Transport Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Patrick | Chaplains' Corps | Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Reginald |
6th Field Company Engineers 5th Division Signal Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOODLEY, Geo Herbert |
22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement 20th Depot Unit of Supply |
Sylvia Black | |
| WRIGGLESWORTH, Alfred |
5th Battalion AIF 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment |
Peter Fielding | |
| WRIGHT, Edwin Marsden | 29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WRIGHT, Robert George |
14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement 46th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| YOUNGER, Robert Sydney | Staff Sergeant Dispensers | Sylvia Black | |
| YOUNGER, Stanley William | 22nd Battalion, A Company | Sylvia Black | |
| CHAUVEL, Harry | Michael O'Brien | ||
| DUBOIS, A. J. | Middlesex Regiment | Mike O'Brien | |
| LUCAS, Norman Carey | 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRENNAN, John (Jack) | A Company, 6th Battalion | Peter Fielding | |
| WILSON, Grace Margaret | Australian Army Nursing Service | Mike O'Brien | |
| GAYNOR, Edward John | 23rd Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| CLARKE, Cyril Lowther |
14 Australian General Hospital, AIF 5 LH Field Ambulance |
Sylvia Black | |
| HONYBUN, Anthony Garvis |
8th Battalion 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| GILMOUR, Stanley Gladstone | 5th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| DYETT, Terence Egan | 7th Battalion, 1st Australian Division | Sylvia Black | |
| 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 | |
| SHAW, Patrick | R.A.A.M.C., 29th batallion | Sylvia Black | |
| Bascombe, Frederick John | 46th Battalion, 4th Australian Division | Jill Fenwick | |
| TRACEY, Edward Albert | Small Arms Ammunition Section 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | Sylvia Black | |
| TRACEY, John Henry | Machine Gun Section, 9th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| SCHULTZ, Ernest Leslie | Recruit Depot Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, James | 1st Remount Unit, 3rd Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, Howard Clive |
58th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements 5th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, Alexander Eric |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements 2nd Division Ammunition Column |
Sylvia Black | |
| PURDEY, George Rising | 10th Field Company Engineers | Sylvia Black | |
| PEACOCK, William Knox | 4th Light Horse Regiment | Sylvia Black | |
| HAWKINS, Clarence Edmund | 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Reinforcements |
Sylvia Black Jill Fenwick |
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| BISHOP, Selwyn Teignmouth |
16th Field Company Engineers 67th Field Company Engineers |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MORRIS, Arthur Edward | Australian Army Medical Corps |
Sue Larkin Sylvia Black |
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| GALLIN, Alice Matilda |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Deccan War Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| GALLIN, Mary Josephine |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| LATHAM, Leslie Scott | AAMC 14th Australian General Hospital | Sue Larkin | |
| MORLET, Claude | Australian Army Medical Corps | 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 | |
| THOMPSON, Muriel Edith Lucy |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (25 British General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| PURCELL, Annie Watkins Bennett Vize |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (14 Australian General Hospital) (No 8 Sea Transport Section) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| PAYNE, Violet Minnie |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (17 Casualty Clearing Station) (2 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| PAYNE, Lily May |
Australian Army Nursing Service (66 General Hospital) (60 General Hospital) (42 General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| SMITH, Winifred Jane |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| QUARTERMAN, Rosa Elizabeth Kate |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (Helouan Convalescent Hospital) (No 4 Section, Sea Transport Service) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| ROSS, Clara Louisa |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (Ras El Tin Convalescent Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
Janet Scarfe | |
| LAWRENCE, Helen Ruth |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian General Hospital) (1 South African General Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| MILLER, Edith Caroline Munckton |
Australian Army Nursing Service (4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Lancashire) (2 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| RUNDELL, Ada Sophia |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Masseuse) (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| EDGCUMBE, Erica Valletort | Australian Army Nursing Service | Janet Scarfe | |
| OUSLEY, Marguerite |
Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (11 General Hospital) (Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| DILNOT, Emily | Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve | Janet Scarfe | |
| NEWTON, Eileen Catherine Kearney |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service) (Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| GIDDINGS, Ethel May |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Cumballa War Hospital) (Deccan Military Hospital) (60 General Hospital) (42 General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| ROBERTS, Annie Florence |
Australian Amy Nursing Service (2 Australian General Hospital) (Sea Transport Service) (Indian Nursing Service) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| CRAMER, Winifred Mary | Australian Military Forces (Home Service) | Janet Scarfe | |
| BONNIN, Irene Gertrude Hiller |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| MACARTNEY, Dora Lynette |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| DICKINSON, Ruby Droma |
Australian Army Nursing Service (21 General Hospital) (60 General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| KEPPEL, Beatrice Emma |
Australian Army Nursing Service (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (38 Stationary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| HORNSEY, Ruby Millie |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian General Hospital) (23 General Hospital) (10 British Stationary Hospital) (1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station) (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| Larkins, Frank Lockwood |
Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy |
Jill Fenwick | |
| ANDERSON, Edward Handfield |
8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement 57th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| ARLIDGE, George William | 1st Battalion 21st Reinforcements |
|
Peter Fielding |
| BARBER, Henry Victor | 59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BARRY, George | 38th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BERKELEY, William Henry | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BIDDLE, Frederick Leslie | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 |
|
Murray Hohnen |
| BLAIR, William Allison | 38th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BOLTON, Reginald Henry |
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 39th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BOWEN, Idris | 5th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
|
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 |
| BRIESE, Arthur Oswald | 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BURLEY, Thomas Mathew | 46th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| BURNELL, Frederick Joseph | 6th Battalion, G Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| CAMERON, John |
39th Battalion 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| CANTWELL, Philip Sylvester | 21st Battalion/ 13th refits |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CARTER, Eric Charles | 29th Battalion, D Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CATHIE, Harry Lorraine |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement Transferred to 8th Batt. 24 Feb 1916 |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CLEMENT, Sydney Reynold | 5th Battalion, B Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CONNOR, Eden Dennis | 5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CONWAY, John | 8th Battalion on enlistment, 60th Battalian when KIA |
|
Peter Fielding |
| CORDNER, Joseph Alan | 6th Battalion, B Company |
|
Peter Fielding |
| COUGHLAN, Talouchlan | 7th Battalion 3rd Refit |
|
Peter Fielding |
| DAVIS, John George Walker | 44th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DAVISON, Frank Sinclair | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements |
|
Peter Fielding |
| DOCTER, Alfred William | 21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DONNAN, James | 29th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DUGGAN, Henry James |
5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcements 58th Infantry Battalion, 2-5 Reinforcements, April-Sept. 1916 59th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DUNNING, Charles Hamilton | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 |
|
Peter Fielding |
| EARLES, William Patrick | 21st Battalion, A Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| EGAN, Marshall John Patrick | 57th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| ETHEREDGE, William Walter |
6th Field Ambulance 7th Field Ambulance 5th Field Ambulance |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| FALCONER, James | 30th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
|
Peter Fielding |
| FARLEY, John Henry | 6th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| FARLEY, John Henry | 24th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| FARRELL, Michael James | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 10 |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| FAY, Francis William |
6th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement 14th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| FITZGERALD, John | 9/21st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| GILLIMAN, Joseph | 23rd Battalion 6th Infantry Brigade |
|
Sue Larkin |
| GOODALL, James | 8th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| GORRIE, John James | 14th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| GRAY, Clark Maxwell |
6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 58th Battalion |
|
Sue Larkin |
| GUTHRIE, Albert John | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HAAKE, Adolf George | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| HANKINSON, Stanley James | 8th reinforcements, 5th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HARVEY, Stanley | 10th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HAYES, Edwin | 6th Battalion, C Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HENRY, Arthur Milton | 24th Battalion AIF |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HINES, William George | 6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
|
Bob Batrouney |
| HODGSON, James Percy | 23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| HONMAN, Andrew Victor |
2nd Field Ambulance AAMC 14th Field Ambulance AAMC 9th Field Ambulance AAMC |
|
Sue Larkin |
| HOYES, Ormond James | 6th Battalion, H Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| HUMPHREYS, Alfred Ernest | 6th Battalion, E Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| JACK, Robert Duncan | 24th Battalion, A Coy |
|
Sylvia Black |
| JACOMB, Robert Arthur | 2nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcements |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| JONES, Oliver | 5th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| KELLAWAY, Frank Gerald | 22nd Battalion |
|
Sue Larkin |
| KING, Charles Trethowan | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
|
Bob Batrouney |
| KING, Walter John Charles | 29th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| KNOWLES, John Valentine |
7th Battalion, 2nd Brigade 59th battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LIVINGSTON, David Frederick | 29th Battalion, D Company |
|
Michael O'Brien |
| LLOYD, Franklin Samuel | 12th Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LONG, Cuthbert Jones | 7th Battalion, 2nd Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LYONS, Stanley | 7th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MACKEY, Michael | Australian Army Medical Corps |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MAIDMENT, Sidney Albert |
2/5th Divisional Train, 3rd AMTC B company, 10th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MASSINA, Carroll James | 12 Australian Field Artillery Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McKENZIE, Kenneth Fraser |
21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Diane Clifford |
| McLEOD, Oswald Samuel |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement !st ANZAC Mounted Regiment 2nd Anzac Mounted Regiment. |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McMILLAN, Ronald Malcolm | 6th Battalion, G Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McPHERSON, John |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 8th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MEADOWS, Ernest | 14th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MOAR, James H | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| MOFFAT, John | 31st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Diane Clifford |
| MORRIS, Walter Albert |
6th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 25th Howitzer Brigade, 2nd Div. Arm. Col |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MORRISON, Herbert Fraser | 5th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| MUIR, Stanley Keith |
4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron 20th Service Battalion, (B.E.L. Pioneers), Kings Royal Rifle Corps 67th (Australian) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 68th (Australian) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps |
|
Sylvia Black |
| MURPHY, Thomas Michael | 24th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| NATHAN, Edley William | 38th Battalion, D Company |
|
Jill Fenwickl |
| NEWMAN, John |
21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements 60th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| O'KEEFE, Patrick Augustine | 17th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| O'KEEFE, Thos David | 25th Battalion, D Company |
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| O'LOGHLEN, Frank Anthony | 24th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| PEARCE, Arthur Mueller "Joe" | 7th Battalion, D Company, AIF |
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| PERKINS, Colin Ernest |
7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements 59th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| PESKETT, Leonard Bertrand |
2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 4th Battery 5th Trench Mortar Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| POLSON, Arthur Ernest | 10th Field Ambulance |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| PURDEY, Joseph Ernest | 10th Field Company Engineers |
|
Sylvia Black |
| QUIN, Charles Joseph |
14th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement 59th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| REID, Cyril Lindsay | 7th Battalion, A Company |
|
Sylvia Black |
| ROBERTSON, William | 60th Battalion |
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| ROCHE, James | 7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
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| ROGERS, Anthony |
23rd Field Artillery Brigade, 36th Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade, 27th Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| ROWAN, Andrew Percival | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| ROWLES, Ernest |
29th Battalion 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 49th Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| RUSSELL, Allan | 5th Battalion, E Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| SAKER, Richard | 5th Battalion, G Company |
|
Sylvia Black |
| SCHULER, Phillip Frederick Edward | 3rd Division Train |
|
Sylvia Black |
| SCOTLAND, James Alexander |
2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16 14th Field Company Engineers |
|
Sylvia Black |
| Stone , John Edward | 21st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| TORPEY, Henry Alphonsus |
8th Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade,108th Howitzer Battery, |
|
Sylvia Black |
| TRACEY, Murray |
24th Battalion, D Company 59th Battalion |
|
Sue Larkin |
| TYMMS, Edward Frederick Victor | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |