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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBB, James Rankin | 6th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GIBSON, George Stormonth Henry | 6th Battalion, H Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| GILBERT, John | 22nd Battalion, B Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| GILBERT, William George | 14th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GILES, Charles William | 5th Field Company Engineers | Jill Fenwick | |
| GILLIMAN, George Patrick |
Army Medical Corps- General Reinforcements 4th Field Ambulance 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station |
Sue Larkin | |
| GLASS, Norman Robert |
22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements 59th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GLEED, Henry George | 21st Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| GODFREY, Richard Arthur | 26th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GOLDBERG, Harry | 1st General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Bob Batrouney | |
| GOLDSBURY, John Samuel | Howitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108 | Jill Fenwick | |
| GOOD, Walter Ambrose | 6th Tunnelling Company | Tim Holland | |
| GOOLD, Richard Harry |
Divisional Signal Company 1 Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1, RAE ( India) |
Sue Larkin | |
| GOTTS, Rex Elmo |
2nd Pioneer Battalion Australian Flying Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GRAHAM, Sydney Hartley | 4th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| GRAHAM, Thomas McLennan | 38th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GRANT, John | 8th Infantry Battalion, 10th to 12th Reinforcements | Sue Larkin | |
| GRANT, William Alexander | 8th Battalion, 10th- 12th Reinforcements | Sue Larkin | |
| GRAY, Alastair Cameron | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 30 | Sue Larkin | |
| GRAY, Reginald Albert | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GREAVES, George Frederick | 24th Battalion, B Company | Tim Holland | |
| GREEN, John Victor |
Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 1 12th Australian Field Ambulance 1st Anzac Ambulance Corps |
Sue Larkin Jill Fenwick |
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| GREHAN, Frank Albert | 5th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| GREY, Denis Basil |
4th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements Australian Flying Corps ? |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GRIFFITHS, George Norman |
AN&MEF (Tropical Unit), E Company 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GRIFFITHS, Francis Llewllyn | 13th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| GRIFFITHS, Norman Lance Guy | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| GROVES, Charles Edward | 3rd Tunnelling Coy | Jill Fenwick | |
| HABEL, Louis | 7th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HABEL, Oswald Emile | 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HALL, May Isabel |
Australian Army Nursing Service (3 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian General Hospital) (Nursing duties in various troop transports) (Special Service SS Rugia 1919) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| HALLEY, Edward John |
57th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement 37 Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HAMILTON, Richard Henry | 57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| HAMILTON, Robert Bell | 11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| HAMPSON, Francis Christian | 58th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HARRIS, Bertram | 10/12th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HARRIS, Edward | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| HARRIS, Percy James |
7th Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| HARRISON, Edward William | 29th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HARRISON, Martin John | 8th Infantry Brigade, Headquarters | Jill Fenwick | |
| HART, Annie Kidd |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Stationary Hospital) (Cobham Hall Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (5 Stationary Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| HARVEY, Norman Kinamond | 2nd Divisional Signal Company | Sylvia Black | |
| HAWKES, Richard Morrison |
1st Pioneer Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement Fourth Division Train |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HEANEY, Gordon Henry Herbert |
39th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement 31st Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HEANEY, John | 6th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| HENRY, George Winfred |
5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement 4th Australian Army Ordnance Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HENRY, Robert Edward |
13th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement Camel Transport Corps Royal Army Service Corps, Egyptian Camel Transport Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HEPBURN, Austin | 23rd Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| HIDDLESTONE, Cecil John | 14th Battalion, Headquarters | Bob Batrouney | |
| HILTON, Ernest Roderick | 13th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| HILTON, John Thomas | 57th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| HOBLER, Minnie |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (No 6 British Stationary Hospital) (No 3 British General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| HOCKING, Leighton Rowe | 6th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| HODGETTS, William Booth | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Reinforcement 5 | Jill Fenwick | |
| HODGSON, Joseph Lyman |
Australian General Hospital 3, Reinforcement 2 1st Division Signal Corps |
Sue Larkin | |
| HOLDEN, Edwin | 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt | Jill Fenwick | |
| HOLMES, Francis Samuel | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HOLMES, Leonard Spencer | Field Artillery Brigade, February 1917 Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| HONEYBONE, Charles | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| HOPE, Alfred Thomas |
6th Battalion, B Company 58th Battalion 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HORNE, Alfred Meakin | Australian Artillery Battery, 5th, 15th, 7th FAB | Jill Fenwick | |
| HOUSTON, Peter Calder Bryce | 2nd Pioneer Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| HUGHES, Wilfrid Selwyn Kent |
3rd Light Horse Brigade, 8th Light Horse Regiment 7th Battalion |
Tim Holland | |
| HUMMERSTON, Reginald Arthur | 1st Machine Gun Squadron | Jill Fenwick | |
| HUNT, Matthew Francis | Veterinary Section 2 | Sylvia Black | |
| HUSSEY, William Richard | Army Medical Corps, General Reinforcements | Sue Larkin | |
| HUTCHISON, George |
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 2nd Australian Auxiliary Motor Transport Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| HYLAND, Francis William | 7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| IPSEN, Carl Frederick Hendrik |
Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 3 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 108th Howitzer Battery |
Sylvia Black | |
| JACOBSON, William | 24th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| JAMES, Charles Frederick |
8th Light Horse Regiment 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Jill Fenwick | |
| JAMES, George Edwin | 7th Battalion, D Company | Sylvia Black | |
| JAMISON, Robert Gibton | 14th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| JENKYN, Frederick |
Australian Army Medical Corps, 5th Australian %eneral Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps, August 1917 Reinforcements, 2nd AGH |
Jill Fenwick | |
| JOHANNSEN, Henry Niemen |
8th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement 37th Battalion 39th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| JOHNSON, Bessie Shircliffe |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (London War Hospital) (14 Australian General Hospital) (31 British General Hospital) (60 General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| JOHNSON, Edwin Campbell | 32nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| JOHNSON, Frederick | 7th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| JOHNSTON, David Robertson | 3rd Divisional Train, 22nd Company, Army Service Corps | Jill Fenwick | |
| JOHNSTONE, Stanley Watson |
300th Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps (9th Army Service Corps) 17th Divisional Ammunition Column 1st Division Supply Column |
Jill Fenwick | |
| JONES, David | 57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| JONES, Francis Joseph Roy | 3rd Ammunition Sub-Column | Jill Fenwick | |
| JONES, George |
9th Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement Flying Officer, then Captain, 4th Squadron A.F.C. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| JONES, Norman Fletcher | 24th Battalion | Bob Batrouney | |
| JONES, Robert | 24th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| JUNCK, George Fritz Augustus | Sue Larkin | ||
| KAVANAGH, Michael Joseph | 2nd Field Company Engineers | Jill Fenwick | |
| KEAST, Raymond Fairbairn | 14th Australian General Hospital | Sylvia Black | |
| KEEGAN, William Sydney | 46th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| KELLY, Francis Hugh Patrick | 31st Battalion, D Company | JIll Fenwick | |
| KELLY, Roger |
5th Battalion, D Company 59th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KELLY, Thomas Ivon Ward |
Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Special Draft 4th Squadron Australian Flying Corps 10th Wing Royal Flying Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KEMPSON, Albert Victor |
23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 60th Battalion Provost |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KEMPSON, Thomas Henry |
Australian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, Headquarters 71st Squadron R.A.F.C. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KENDALL, Eleanor Jane |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station) (10 General Hospital) (Croydon War Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| KENT, John Morris |
5th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement 65th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KERR, Alic Oscar |
Field Artillery Brigade 8, Reinforcement 4 Field Artillery Battery 14 |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KERR, Donald Wallace |
6th Battalion, E Company 8/57th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| KERR, George Ernest | 14th Battalion, G Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| KERR, George York |
Machine Gun Company 2, Reinforcement 13 6th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| KERR, Malcolm Edgar |
2nd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| KERRIGAN, Robert Augustus | Railway Unit, Section 2 | Jill Fenwick | |
| KIBBLEWHITE, Gilbert Francis | 1st Australian Field Artillery (Howitzer Battery) | Jill Fenwick | |
| KIERNAN, James | 57th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| KIMBERLEY, Arthur Frederick | Special Draft Reinforcements Signal Service (Egypt) | Jill Fenwick | |
| KING, Agnes Wotherspoon |
Australian Army Nursing Service (No 1 Australian General Hospital) (No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| KING, Gordon Alexander |
28th A.A.S.C. 10th A.A.S.C. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| KNIGHT, John | 14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| KNIGHT, Victor Ernest |
4th Squadron Australian Flying Corps 2nd Australian Flying Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LAMANDE, Henri Joseph | Divisional Signal Company 2, Reinforcement 14 | Sylvia Black | |
| LAMANDE, Leopold George | 23rd Battalion, 10th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| LANGFORD, Clarence Augustus |
Machine Gun Company 6, Reinforcement 11 Machine Gun Company 2 |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LANGLEY, James | 60th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LAPPAN, Matthew | 21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LARKING, Rupert | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LARKINS, Brian Lockwood | 1st Divisional Train, 2nd and 3rd Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| LARKINS, William James |
14th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| LATTIMORE, Victory Reginald | Sylvia Black | ||
| LAVELL, George Charles | Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Reinforcement 6 | Jill Fenwick | |
| LAWRENCE, Percival Joseph |
2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters No 3 Section Sea Transport |
Sylvia Black | |
| LEAKE, Lancelot Luke | 12th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEARY, Joseph | 14th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| LEE-ARCHER, Estelle Frances |
Australian Army Nursing Service Principal hospitals only: (1 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| LEE, Harold |
6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement 8th Battalion 65th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LEE, Roy Martin Corrington | 5th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEIGH, Allen Frederick | 38th Battalion, B Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEIHY, John Henry | Divisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 10 | Sylvia Black | |
| LEIHY, William |
8th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement 2nd Machine Gun Company 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| LENNOX, Andrew | Jill Fenwick | ||
| LENZER, Simeon | 17th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| LEWIS, Louis | AMC Sea Transport Staff, Section 4 | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEWIS, Raymond | 8th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LIDDY, Michael |
5th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement 57th Battalion, later renamed 17th Light Railway Company 59th Battalion, B Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LINDSAY, Ina Isabel |
Australian Army Nursing Service 4th General Hospital |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LINDSAY, Robert Henry | 45th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| LISSON, William Thomas | 59th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LITTLEJOHN, Euan Ironside |
Australian Army Medical Corps No.1 Australian General Hospital No.3 Aust Command Depot 3rd Aust. Casualty Clearing Station RAMC School of Instruction (temp) |
Sue Larkin | |
| LOAS, John |
39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LOUGHNAN, John |
6th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement 58th Battalion |
Sue Larkin | |
| LOWE, Robert |
9th ASC, Divisional Supply, Mechanical Transport 1st Australian Field Ambulance 1st Motor Transport Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LOWELL, Rupert Leslie |
Infantry Brigade Train 8, 18 A.S.A. 28th Army Service Corps, 5th Divisional Train |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LOWRY, Leonard Ernest |
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 104th Battery, 2nd Division AIF Headquarters London |
Sue Larkin | |
| LUDBROOK, John Reginald | 10/14 Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| LUNNEY, Norman Ernest | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 28 | Sylvia Black | |
| LYONS, Martin | 5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| MACCALLUM, Reginald William | 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron | Sylvia Black | |
| MACKAY, Harold George | 5th Battalion, 2nd Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MACKAY, Jack | 5th Pioneer Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MACKAY, John Shaw |
2nd Field Ambulance 13th Training Battalion 7th Field Ambulance 3rd Australian General Hospital |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MAGILL, Arthur | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 | Jill Fenwick | |
| MAHER, James Frederick | 14th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements | Tim Holland | |
| MAHONEY, Martin | 6th Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| MANSELL, Leslie William | F.A.B. 2, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MANSFIELD, William | 21st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MARKS, Cecil Solomon | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 5th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MARSH, John Stanley |
11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements 14th Battalion A.I.F. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MARTIN, Albert Edward | Jill Fenwick | ||
| MARTIN, Alexander Colin | 39th Battalion, C Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| MARTIN, Edward Percy | 60th Battalion | David Fisher | |
| MARTIN, Edwin John | 56th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MATOOREKOS, Panaye | 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 31 | Sylvia Black | |
| MATSON, Henry John | 39th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MATHEWS, Roland Clyne | 6th Field Ambulance | Sue Larkin | |
| MAY, Arthur Edward | 13th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MAYNARD, Edmund William Arthur |
26/2nd Battalion 25/4th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| McALISTER, John Baird | 10th Field Company Engineers | Sylvia Black | |
| McCOLL, John Archibald |
23 Howitzer Brigade 1-10 Reinforcements and Brigade Ammunition Column Australian Medical Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McCORMACK, Garnet Frederick Binge |
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Reinforcement 2 1st Field Ambulance |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McCURE, Ernest Alfred | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 | Sylvia Black | |
| McDONALD, Alexander | 46th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| McDONALD, Alexander Michael | 23rd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| McDonald, Benjamin James | 37th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| McGREGOR, Malcolm John |
24th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement 24th battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McKENZIE, Willliam Maurice | 6th Battalion, Headquarters | Bob Batrouney | |
| McKEON, Thomas |
10th Field Ambulance 14th Battalion A.I.F. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McKINNELL, Bertha |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (14 Stationary Hospital) (Croydon War Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| McKINNON, Mary |
Australian Army Nursing Service (No 2 Australian General Hospital) (HS Kanowna) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| McLAUCHLAN, William | 5th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| McLEOD, George Reginald Arthur |
6th Battalion, B Company 55th Battalion 5th Division Cycle Corps 32nd Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McMAHON, James Edward |
2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7 22th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McNIVEN, Andrew |
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 39th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McPHILLAMY, John Wallace | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | Sue Larkin | |
| McPHILLAMY, Ronald Murray |
Australian Army Medical Corps, General Reinforcements 5th Australian General Hospital AAMC Training Depot UK |
Sue Larkin | |
| McQUINN, Abbott Halford | 16th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| McVEAN, Armstrong Poliah | 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement | ||
| MEEHAN, Henry Francis | 5th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MEEHAN, Michael |
59th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MIDDLETON, Jack | 5th Battalion | ||
| MILLS, Claude William |
6th Field Ambulance 2nd Division Headquarters |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MILNE, Herman Edwin | 57th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MITCHELL, William Smith | 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2 | ||
| MITCHELHILL, Russell | 58th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MOFFAT, Robert Edgar | March 1917 Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MONTGOMERY, Harold Albert | Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 | Jill Fenwick | |
| MOORE, Alfred Edward | 29th Battalion,4th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, Charles William |
37th Battalion, B Company Australian Employment Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, Harry | 21st Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | ||
| MOORE, Joseph John | 9th Battalion, D Company | Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, Robert Leslie | 23rd Battalion | ||
| MOORE, Tom Harold | 29th Battalion |