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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Edward Handfield |
8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement 57th Battalion |
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Sylvia Black |
| ARLIDGE, George William | 1st Battalion 21st Reinforcements |
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Peter Fielding |
| BARBER, Henry Victor | 59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Peter Fielding |
| DAVIS, John George Walker | 44th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| DAVISON, Frank Sinclair | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements |
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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 |
| WILSON, David Guthrie | 22nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| WILSON, John David | 46th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| WOOD, George | 58th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| WUSTEMANN-HOWGATE, Albert Edward | 12th Field Ambulance, Army Medical Corps, Special Reinforcements |
|
Sylvia Black |
| McEVOY, Frank Osmond |
9th Light Horse Regiment 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment |
|
Mike O'Brien |
| BLOOMFIELD, Bertram Benjamin | C Company 31st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Mike O'Brien |
| SOLOMON, Hubert Philip |
Royal Flying Corps 12th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company New Zealand Cyclist Battalion |
|
Mike O'Brien Sue Larkin |
| STRUTT, Charles Nettleton | Unit B 6th battalion AIF |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| KENNEDY, Malcolm Stuart |
5th Light Horse Rgt 52nd battalion 1st Division Staff |
|
Bob Batrouney |
| GODFREY, Thomas Charles Edward | 24th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| HARBECK, Arthur Percival | 6th Battalion, E Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy | Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve |
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Janet Scarfe |
| Mackey, Vincent Patrick | 57th Battalion; 59th Battalion; 60th Battalion; 5th Division Salvage Company |
|
Tim Holland |
| ANDERSON, Wilbur Struan |
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 1 2nd Australian Siege Battery, Ammunition Column |
Jill Fenwick | |
| 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, Harold | 57th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BLATCHFORD, Herbert Albert |
14th Field Artillery Brigade 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| 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 |
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| BODEN, Samuel |
5th Battalion, G Company 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| BOLTON, Francis Basil |
15 Reinforcements, 6th Battalion 56th 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 | |
| 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 |
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| BOWEN, John James Enos | 28th Battalion, 7th Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRAIN, Thomas William | 8th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BRAYSHAW, Albert | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4 | Peter Fielding | |
| BRIDE, Benjamin William | 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| BROBERG, Carl Albert | Australian Medical Corp | Sue Larkin | |
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| BURN, Cecil George | 22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | 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, Henry Gervais Lovett |
57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement 56th Battalion 58th Battalion 60th Battalion |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |