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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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, Herbert Clifford | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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, Mark | 2nd Battalion Royal Park | Jill Fenwick | |
| DAVIS, William Emille | 39th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| DONALDSON, Alexander | 29th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement | 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 | |
| DUFFY, Charles Allan Gavan |
Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 6 19 Depot Supply |
Jill Fenwick | |
| DUNCAN, Norman Sinclair |
6th Battalion, F Company 39th Battalion |
Sue Larkin Jill Fenwick |
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| DUNKLING, George Joseph | 7th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| DUNLOP, Archibald John | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement | Peter Fielding | |
| DYER, Ralph Stanley | 7th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| ECCLES, Harold |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 8th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| 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 | |
| EDWARDS, Norman Daly |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement 1st Anzac Cyclists Battalion 2nd Anzac Cyclists Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| EDWARDS, Norman John Henry |
1 to 3 (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements (May-Oct 1918) 40th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| EDWARDS, William Bertrand | 5th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 2 | Peter Fielding | |
| ELLIOTT, William Ewart | 8th Battalion, C Company | Peter Fielding | |
| EMERY, George Washington | Australian Army Service Corps. |
Peter Fielding Jill Fenwick |
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| FALKINGHAM, Henry |
23rd Battalion 28th Battalion, 3 Reinforcements |
Peter Fielding | |
| FALKINGHAM, William | 1st Australian General Hospital | Jill Fenwick | |
| FAWCETT, George Henry |
No 4 Tunnelling Company (September, 1914) 5th Tunnelling Company (February,1916) |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FAWKES, James Guy |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 8th Battalion 65th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FEGAN, Catherine Agnes |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (14 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (2 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| FENTON, Arthur William | D.Company, No 1 Battalion, Seymour |
Sue Larkin Jill Fenwick |
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| FERGUSON, Ernest Oscar | 5th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| FERGUSON, Harry | 16th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| FIELD, Victor Henry |
14th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement 4th Australia Division Signals Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FIELDING, George Arkwright |
2nd Division Artillery Court Martial officer AIF list 382.2 13 September 1918 |
Peter Fielding | |
| FINDLAY, Stuart Barham (ANA) | 6th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| FIRTH, Arthur |
23rd Battalion, C Company 8th Field Coy. Engineers |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FISH, George Henry |
14th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FISH, William Robert | 14th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| FITZPATRICK, David John | June 1918 Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| FLACK, George Edward | 20th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement | Bob Batrouney | |
| FLANAGAN, James | Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit), C Company | Sylvia Black | |
| FLECK, Christian | 21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| FORBES, Cyril | 22nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| FORDEN-BELLGROVE, Bryan Westley | 29th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| FRASER, Frank | 24th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| FRAZER, Francis George |
8th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FREY, Maud Josephine |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (3 Australian General Hospital) (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Sea Transport Staff Section 8) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| FRITH, Herbert | 24th Battalion, 13th-18th Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| FROOMES, Harold William |
21st Battalion Australian Army Pay Corps, attached to 22nd Battalion. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FROST, Dudley Vye |
Ist Australian Division Ammunition Column 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| FROWD, Hugh McGee | 22nd Battalion, B Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| FRYER, Albert Douglas | 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 26th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| FURPHEY, Ivan |
2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Head-Quarters 25th Field Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GAGAN, Edward Alan | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5 | Jill Fenwick | |
| GAIN, Cyril Roy Frederick | Field Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 29 | Jill Fenwick | |
| GALLAGHER, Thomas | 6th Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| GALLIN, Eleanor |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (Station Hospital, Trimulgherry, India) (Birmingham War Hospital) (2 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| GALLOP, Cyril | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 | Jill Fenwick | |
| GARDNER, Thomas |
7th Battalion, E Company 59th Battalion 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GARTON, Norman James | 21 Battalion, 5th Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| GATEHOUSE, Thomas | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Reinforcement 3 | Jill Fenwick | |
| GEGGIE, William Henry | 60th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| GELLATY, Albert Francis |
5th Field Company Engineers (WW1) Unit 3 MD Ordinance Workshop AAOC (WW2) |
Jill Fenwick | |
| GEMMELL, Jessie Ross |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (70 General Hospital) (31 General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| 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 |