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 |
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| YOUNGER, Stanley William | 22nd Battalion, A Company | Sylvia Black | |
| YOUNGER, Robert Sydney | Staff Sergeant Dispensers | Sylvia Black | |
| WUSTEMANN-HOWGATE, Albert Edward | 12th Field Ambulance, Army Medical Corps, Special Reinforcements |
|
Sylvia Black |
| WRIGHT, Robert George |
14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement 46th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| WRIGHT, Edwin Marsden | 29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WRIGGLESWORTH, Alfred |
5th Battalion AIF 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment |
Peter Fielding | |
| WOODLEY, Geo Herbert |
22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement 20th Depot Unit of Supply |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Reginald |
6th Field Company Engineers 5th Division Signal Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Patrick | Chaplains' Corps | Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, Thomas Jacob |
10th Field Company Engineers Mechanical Transport Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, John Henry |
3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3 Mechanical Transport Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WOOD, George | 58th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| WOOD, Clifton Loris |
3rd Division Artillery 23rd Howitzer Brigade 108th Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
Sylvia Black | |
| WITHALL, Latham | 4th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| WINTERBOTTOM, Bertie Dallas | 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WINDSOR, Michael George |
6th Battalion, C Company 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| WILTSHIRE, Herbert | Brigade 2 Headquarters | Sylvia Black | |
| WILTON, Gerald Langford D'Auverne | 38th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WILSON, Robert | Australian Army Pay Corps, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | Sue Larkin | |
| WILSON, John David | 46th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| WILSON, Grace Margaret | Australian Army Nursing Service | Mike O'Brien | |
| WILSON, George Thomas | 6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WILSON, Frank Costella |
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 No. 1 Section, 3rd Divisional Amunition Column |
Sylvia Black | |
| WILSON, David Guthrie | 22nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| WILMS, Leopold Henry | 23rd Howitzer Brigade | Sue Larkin | |
| WILLOUGHBY, Arthur Howard Wilton | 1st Field Ambulance | Sylvia Black | |
| WILLMOTT, Maxwell Thomas | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | ||
| 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 | |
| WILLIAMS, Reginald George Hurlburt | July 1917 Reinforcements | ||
| WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred | 6th Battalion, F Company | Sylvia Black | |
| WILLIAMS, John Walter | 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement | ||
| WILLIAMS, Arthur James |
Divisional Signal Company 3, Engineer Reinforcements 13 Graves Registration Services |
Sylvia Black | |
| WILKINSON, Robert Neil | 22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | ||
| WILKINSON, Archer Stalham |
14th Australian General Hospital Australian Flying Corps |
Sue Larkin | |
| WHITEHEAD, Herbert | 59th Battalion | ||
| WHITEFORD, Robert | Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London | Sue Larkin | |
| WHITE, Thomas Wilson | 5th Machine Gun Battalion | ||
| WHITE, Thomas Wilson |
15 Machine Gun Company, 3 Reinforcement 5 Machine Gun Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Rupert William |
23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements 57th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Newport Benjamin | 57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| WHITE, Jessie McHardie | Australian Army Nursing Service | Janet Scarfe (additional notes only) | |
| WHINFIELD, Myles William | Australian Veterinary Hospital | Sylvia Black | |
| WHELAN, Martin Thomas | 22nd Battalion | ||
| WHARTON, John Lynne | 23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | ||
| WHAMOND, Frederick Charles |
2nd Field Artillery Brigade Australian Army Medical Corps |
Sylvia Black | |
| WELLER, Frank Arthur | 24th Battalion | ||
| WELDON, Frederick James | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | ||
| WEBSTER, John Laing | 22nd Battalion | ||
| WATTS, Stanley Keevil | Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 | Sylvia Black | |
| WATTS, John David Herbert | |||
| WATT, James Erskine | 12th Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| WATSON, Leslie Gottreux | 58th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| WATSON, John Edwin | 8th Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| WATSON, Eileen Marriott |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos) (18 Stationary Hospital, Bombay) (Colaba War Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| WARNOCK, Frederick Charles |
9th Aust Army Supply Column - 8th Reinforcements 1st Anzac Transport Supply Col |
Sue Larkin | |
| WARDEN, Reginald George | Australian Ordnance Corps (Inspector Ordnance Machinery Section) | ||
| WARD, Sidney Eric Richard | 3rd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| WALTERS, Leonard Thomas Willis |
6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements AIF Headquarters |
Sylvia Black | |
| WALTERS, Alfred Tasman | Supply Column 3, Army Service Corps 26 | ||
| WALLER, William James | 2nd Battalion | ||
| WALLER, Walter Rupert | 22nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement | ||
| WALLER, Louisa |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| WALLACE, Wm Henry | 24th Battalion, B Company | ||
| WAIGHT, George William | 8th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement | ||
| WADE, Edmund Thomas | 14th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| VOCE, Edward Stanley | 9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| VOCE, Alfred |
1st Australian General Hospital, Reinforcements 51st Field Artillery Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Sylvia Black | |
| VIRGOE, Percy Ernest |
4th Light Horse Regiment A.A. Pay Corps |
Sylvia Black | |
| VINES, Thomas |
Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 2 2nd Australian Divisional Train |
Sylvia Black | |
| VINES, Thomas | 5th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| VINEN, Peter Henry | 3rd Division Ammunition Column | ||
| VINCENT, Robert Collier | AIF Headquarters | Bob Batrouney | |
| VAWDON, Harold Frederick | 22nd Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| VANDERZEE, Alexander Robert | 2nd Vet Sect | Sylvia Black | |
| UNVERHAU, Hugo James | Australian Reserve Park 1, Reinforcement 9 | Sue Larkin | |
| TYMMS, Edward Frederick Victor | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
|
Sylvia Black |
| TURNBULL, Harry Henry | 6th Battalion, D Company | ||
| TUCKER, Beryl May |
Australian Army Nursing Service - Australian Military Forces (9 Australian General Hospital) (12 Australian General Hospital) Australian Army Nursing Service - India Service (Colaba War Hospital) (56 Station Hospital) (Victoria War Hospital) (Freeman Thomas Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| TRICKETT, David Edward | 11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| TRICKETT, Arthur Thomas | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 7 | Sylvia Black | |
| TREWHITT, George Alfred | 14th Battalion | ||
| TRACEY, Murray |
24th Battalion, D Company 59th Battalion |
|
Sue Larkin |
| TRACEY, John Henry | Machine Gun Section, 9th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| TRACEY, George | 7th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| TRACEY, Edward Albert | Small Arms Ammunition Section 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | Sylvia Black | |
| TORPEY, Henry Alphonsus |
8th Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd Battery 8th Field Artillery Brigade,108th Howitzer Battery, |
|
Sylvia Black |
| TOPE, William |
12th Battalion, B Company 52nd Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| TOMSETT, Francis Henry | 11th Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| THWAITES, Thomas Joseph | 23rd Howitzer Brigade | ||
| THORP, William Gladstone | 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| THOMSON, Walter Arnold | 29th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement | ||
| THOMPSON, Wilfred Edgar | 6th Battalion | ||
| 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 | |
| THOMPSON, Joseph | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 | ||
| THOMPSON, Florance William | 1st Division Train | ||
| THOMAS, Wilfred Speechely |
119th Howitzer Battery 3rd Division Signal Company Engineers |
Sylvia Black | |
| TELFORD, William MacArthur | Tunnelling Companies, December 1916 Reinforcements | Bob Batrouney | |
| TELFER, Percy James | 38th Battalion, Headquarters | ||
| TEER-HAGEN, Cyril Thomas | Divisional Signal Company 2, Reinforcement 19 | Sylvia Black | |
| TAYLOR, Walter James | 14th Battalion | ||
| TAYLOR, Robert Ralston | Light Horse Brigade Train 3 | ||
| TALBOT, Clive Richard Alton | 38th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | ||
| TABULO, James |
7th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| SYMONDS, Llewellyn Claude | 7th Battalion, A Company | ||
| SYME, Joseph Edward |
5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| SWIFTE, Frank Roydon | 3rd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| SWAN, Albert William | 46th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| SUTTIE, Thomas | No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916) | ||
| SULLIVAN, James Henry | 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6 | ||
| STRUTT, Charles Nettleton | Unit B 6th battalion AIF |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| STROM, Harold Greve | 10th Field Company Engineers | ||
| STRATTON, Frederick John |
21st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement 22nd Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| STONE, Victor Harold | 4th Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| STONE, James | 15th Battalion | ||
| STONE, Arthur | 25th Battalion | ||
| Stone , John Edward | 21st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| STIRLING, George Francis | 8th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| STEWART, Lyla Ferguson |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian General Hospital) (British General Hospitals in Egypt and France) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| STEPHENSON, Niels Grontyad | 7th Battalion, A Company | ||
| STENT, John Goulburn | 4th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement | ||
| STARR, James Edward | 3rd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| STANTON, John Joseph | 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, 13th Reinforcement | Sue Larkin | |
| STANTKE, Gustave John | Australian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, Reinforcement 2 | ||
| STAINES, Albert Edward | |||
| ST CLAIR, Ernest | 6th Battalion, E Company | Sylvia Black | |
| SPOWERS, Edward Augustus | Medical Officers | Sylvia Black | |
| SOUNDY, Douglas William | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | ||
| SOMMERS, John Archibald Douglas | Ist Divisional Train | Bob Batrouney | |
| SOLOMON, Hubert Philip |
Royal Flying Corps 12th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company New Zealand Cyclist Battalion |
|
Mike O'Brien Sue Larkin |
| SNELLING, William Francis | 23rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement | ||
| SMITH, Winifred Jane |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| SMITH, William James | 23rd Battalion | ||
| SMITH, Philip Daniel | May 1916 Reinforcements | ||
| SMITH, Harry Patterson | 6th Battalion, C Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| SMITH, Archibald Charles | 8th Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| SMITH, Albert Edward | 2nd Field Ambulance, Section C | ||
| SMAIL, Leslie Paterson |
14th Australian.General. Hospital, A.I.F. 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 4th Light Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, 4th Llight Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Light Horse Brigade 11th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Light Horse Brigade |
Sylvia Black | |
| SINGLETON, Percy William |
9th Reinforcements, Australian Flying Corps 2nd Division Artillery |
Jill Fenwick | |
| SINGLETON, Herbert Elliot | 12th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| SIMPSON, Arthur | Tunnelling Companies (September 1916-February 1918): June 1917 Reinforcements | ||
| SIEVERS, Charles George | 29th Battalion, B Company | ||
| SHORTIS, James |
5th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement 59th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| SHERLOCK, Harold Oscar | 9/1st Pioneer Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| SHEPHERD, Victor Joseph | 48th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| SHAW, Patrick | R.A.A.M.C., 29th batallion | Sylvia Black | |
| SHAW, Charles Gordon | 2nd Field Ambulance | Sylvia Black | |
| SHARPE, Walter | 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff | ||
| SERLE, Walter Henry | 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| SELLAR, Jack Marchant | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4 | Sylvia Black | |
| SEDMAN, George Edwin | 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement | ||
| SEARL, Alice |
Australian Army Nursing Service (8 [British] General Hospital) (1 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| SCOTT, Ernest Humphrey | Supply Column 3, Army Service Corps 26 | Sylvia Black | |
| SCOTLAND, James Alexander |
2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16 14th Field Company Engineers |
|
Sylvia Black |
| SCHULTZ, Johann George |
13th General (Victorian) Reinforcements 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital |
Sylvia Black | |
| SCHULTZ, Ernest Leslie | Recruit Depot Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| SCHULER, Phillip Frederick Edward | 3rd Division Train |
|
Sylvia Black |
| SANDERS, Frederic Roy |
1 Australian General Hospital, Reinforcements 6 Field Ambulance |
Sylvia Black | |
| SANDERS, Algernon Benjamin |
1 Australian General Hospital 6 Field Ambulance |
Sylvia Black | |
| SAMSON, John Vernon |
Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements 3rd Division Signal Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| SAMSON, Eric James |
24th Howitzer Brigade, 2nd Reinforcements 14th Field Artillery Brigade, 53rd Battery |
Sylvia Black | |
| SALTER, Charles Joshua | Special Services, 2nd Draft Italian Reservists | Sylvia Black | |
| SALLOWS, Tasman Thomas | 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement | ||
| SALIKIS, Emaniol | 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Bob Batrouney | |
| SAKER, Richard | 5th Battalion, G Company |
|
Sylvia Black |
| RUSSELL, Allan | 5th Battalion, E Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| RUNDLE, Walter Henry |
Howitzer Brigade 25, Reinforcement 6 14 Field Artillery Brigade, 5 Division |
JillFenwick | |
| 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 | |
| ROWLES, Ernest |
29th Battalion 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 49th Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| ROWE, Francis Henry | Hospital Transport Corps | Sylvia Black | |
| ROWE, Dexter Brigham | Army Medical Corps | Sylvia Black | |
| ROWAN, Eliza |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Freeman Thomas Hospital, Bombay) (44 British General Hospital, Deolali) (34 Welsh General Hospital, Deolali) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| ROWAN, Clement | 2nd Tunnelling Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| ROWAN, Andrew Percival | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| ROWAN, Alexander Lee | 2nd Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| 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 | |
| ROSS, Alister Vernon | 8th Battalion, H Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| ROPER, Reginald Astley | Divisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 8 | ||
| ROPER, Frank | 7th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | ||
| RONAN, James | 37th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | ||
| ROHRS, John | July 1917 Reinforcements Australian Flying Corps | Jill Fenwick | |
| ROHEN, William | 58th Battalion | ||
| ROGERS, Horace | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| ROGERS, Anthony |
23rd Field Artillery Brigade, 36th Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade, 27th Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| RODDY, Christmas | 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | ||
| ROCHE, Terence | 45th Battalion | ||
| ROCHE, James | 7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
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| ROBSON, George Cranstown | 7th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement | ||
| ROBINSON, Lawrence John | Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 11 | ||
| ROBINSON, Alexander Harold | 24th Battalion, D Company | Bob Batrouney | |
| ROBERTSON, William | 60th Battalion |
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| ROBERTSON, Gertrude Muriel Norton |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Colabar War Hospital) (Hospital Ships Devanha and Sicilia) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| ROBERTSON, Duncan Glenerochie |
AIF Australian Army Medical Corps HMAS W-2 'Kanowna' No. hospital ship as Captain 3rd Australian General Hospital 12th & 13th Aust Field Ambulance RMO 4th Aust. Division (temp) No.1 Aust. Demological Hospital, Bulford, UK |
Sue Larkin | |
| ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy | Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve |
|
Janet Scarfe |
| ROBERTS, Harrie | Army Medical Corps - Hospital Transports (Number 1 Hospital Ship A61, "Kanowna") | ||
| ROBERTS, Annie Florence |
Australian Amy Nursing Service (2 Australian General Hospital) (Sea Transport Service) (Indian Nursing Service) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| RIXON, George | 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8 | ||
| RIPPINGALE, Jack Parker |
8th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| RIORDAN, Keith | Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 | ||
| RILEY, Edwin | Jill Fenwick | ||
| RICHMOND, Albert James | Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 2 |