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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| REYNOLDS, Raymond Gifford |
2nd Field Ambulance 1st Pioneer Battalion 9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
Sylvia Black | |
| REILLY, William Leslie | 5th Motor Transport Company | ||
| REILLY, Harold | 7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement | ||
| REID, Cyril Lindsay | 7th Battalion, A Company |
|
Sylvia Black |
| REEVE, Henry William | Jill Fenwick | ||
| REESE, John Howard | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| REES, Sydney Bagot | 3rd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| REES, Rowland John Patton | Australian Army Pay Corps | ||
| REDPATH, George Veitch |
24th Battalion, B Company 1st Army Troop Company Engineers |
Sylvia Black | |
| RAWLINS, Alfred Leonard | 3rd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| RAMSDALE, Cecil Harry | 23rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| RADCLIFFE, Harold Octavius | 57th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| QUINN, Edward |
24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement 7th Battalion AIF |
Jill Fenwick | |
| QUIN, Charles Joseph |
14th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement 59th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| QUARTERMAN, Rosa Elizabeth Kate |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (Helouan Convalescent Hospital) (No 4 Section, Sea Transport Service) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| PURDEY, Joseph Ernest | 10th Field Company Engineers |
|
Sylvia Black |
| PURDEY, George Rising | 10th Field Company Engineers | Sylvia Black | |
| 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 | |
| PULLAR, George Edward | 23rd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement | ||
| PROWSE, Frederick Philpott | 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 16th Reinforcement | Bob Batrouney | |
| PRIDAY, Stella Muriel |
Australian Army Nursing Service (No 2 Australian Hospital Ship Kanowna) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| PRICTOR, John Colin | 58th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| POYNTER, James Cursham | 60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement | Bob Batrouney | |
| POWERLETT, George |
1st General (Victorian) Reinforcements 22 Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| POTTAGE, Henry Rupert | 14th Australian General Hospital | Sue Larkin | |
| POLSON, Arthur Ernest | 10th Field Ambulance |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| PIRRIE, Ernest Armstrong | Machine Gun Company 10, Reinforcement 7 | Sylvia Black | |
| PHELAN, William Martin | 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement | ||
| PHELAN, Andrew John | 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| PESKETT, Leonard Bertrand |
2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 4th Battery 5th Trench Mortar Battery |
|
Sylvia Black |
| PERKINS, Colin Ernest |
7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements 59th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| PERCIVAL, Trevor Vinen | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8 | ||
| PEEL, Alexander John | Australian Corps Headquarters | ||
| PEARCE, Arthur Mueller "Joe" | 7th Battalion, D Company, AIF |
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| PEACOCK, William Knox | 4th Light Horse Regiment | Sylvia Black | |
| PEACOCK, John Knox | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | Sylvia Black | |
| 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 | |
| PATTERSON, Joseph | Australian Army Medical Corps | Sue Larkin | |
| PARSONS, George | 14th Australian General Hospital | ||
| PARKER, Roy George | 6th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement | ||
| PARKER, Leslie Gilbert | |||
| OWEN, Herbert | 24th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | ||
| OVEREND, Francis Harold | |||
| OUSLEY, Marguerite |
Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (11 General Hospital) (Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| ORMAN, Clark Burnett | 7/2 Anzac Cyclists Corps, 14th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| ORFORD, William Albert | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 8 | ||
| ORAMES, Archibald William | Railway Unit, Section 2 | ||
| OLIVER, Walter | Field Artillery Brigade 7, Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| OLIVE, William James | 6th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | ||
| OAKLEY, Robert James | |||
| O'SHEA, Joseph Desmond | Australian Flying Corps, November 1917 Reinforcement | ||
| O'NEILL, Charles Townsend | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| O'LOGHLEN, Frank Anthony | 24th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| O'KEEFE, Thos David | 25th Battalion, D Company |
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| O'KEEFE, Thomas David | 9th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement | ||
| O'KEEFE, Patrick Augustine | 17th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| O'KANE, William Alexander | 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement | ||
| O'DOUGHERTY, Denis Edward | |||
| O'DEE, Claude Benedict | 39th Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| O'CARROLL, Joseph Patrick | 39th Battalion | ||
| O'CARROLL, John Philip | Clerks, AIF Head-Quarters (Egypt) | ||
| O'CARROLL, Felix Patrick | Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Reinforcement 8 | ||
| O'BRIEN, Michael Ignatius | Chaplains' Corps | Sue Larkin | |
| NUGENT, Peter | 20th Battalion | ||
| NORTH, William Nixon | Machine Gun Company 2, Reinforcement 9 | ||
| NORMAN, Arthur | 3rd General (Victorian) Reinforcements | ||
| NOONE, Peter Francis | 5th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement | ||
| NIXON, Charles Stafford | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | ||
| NICHOLSON, George Leslie | 8th Bty FA | ||
| NICHOLAS, Frank | 6th Battalion, E Company | ||
| NICHAMIN, Leo |
9th Reinforcements Australian Flying Corps 3rd Squadron AFC |
Jill Fenwick | |
| NEWTON, Eileen Catherine Kearney |
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service) (Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| NEWMAN, Joseph Fowler | 24th Battalion | ||
| NEWMAN, John |
21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements 60th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| NELSON, Cornelius | 1st Machine Gun Battalion | ||
| NATHAN, Edley William | 38th Battalion, D Company |
|
Jill Fenwickl |
| NASH, Leo | 23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement | ||
| NASH, Henry Miles | 6th Battalion | ||
| NANCARROW, Victor | 29th Battalion | ||
| MURRAY, William John | 29th Battalion | ||
| MURRAY, Francis Henricus | 2nd Pioneer Battalion | ||
| MURPHY, Thomas Michael | 24th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MURPHY, Joseph | 3rd Tunnelling Company | ||
| 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 |
| MOULE, Walter James |
A Company 10th Battalion 14/6 Reinforcements |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MORTON, Stanley William | Jill Fenwick | ||
| MORTON, Leslie Thomas | 1st Battalion | ||
| MORRISON, James Alexander | 23rd Battalion | Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, James | 1st Remount Unit, 3rd Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, Howard Clive |
58th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements 5th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| MORRISON, Herbert Fraser | 5th Battalion |
|
Sylvia Black |
| MORRISON, Alexander Eric |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements 2nd Division Ammunition Column |
Sylvia Black | |
| MORRIS, Walter Albert |
6th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 25th Howitzer Brigade, 2nd Div. Arm. Col |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MORRIS, Arthur Langley | 2nd Light Horse Brigade | Sue Larkin | |
| MORRIS, Arthur Edward | Australian Army Medical Corps |
Sue Larkin Sylvia Black |
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| MORLET, Claude | Australian Army Medical Corps | Sue Larkin | |
| MORGAN, Henry | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement | ||
| MORGAN, Eric Bruce | Field Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 31 | ||
| MORGAN, Alan John Hollier | 6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement | ||
| MOREY, James Dodds | 13th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement | ||
| MOREY, Edward Sydney | Field Ambulance 10 | ||
| MOORE, William Edwin | Australian Flying Corps, No 1 Special Draft | Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, William Byron O'Mara | 59th Battalion | ||
| MOORE, Tom Harold | 29th Battalion | ||
| MOORE, Robert Leslie | 23rd Battalion | ||
| MOORE, Joseph John | 9th Battalion, D Company | Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, Harry | 21st Battalion, 20th Reinforcement | ||
| MOORE, Charles William |
37th Battalion, B Company Australian Employment Company |
Sylvia Black | |
| MOORE, Alfred Edward | 29th Battalion,4th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MONTGOMERY, Harold Albert | Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2 | Jill Fenwick | |
| MOFFAT, Robert Edgar | March 1917 Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MOFFAT, John | 31st Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Diane Clifford |
| MOAR, James H | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
|
Sue Larkin |
| MITCHELL, William Smith | 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2 | ||
| MITCHELHILL, Russell | 58th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MILNE, Herman Edwin | 57th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MILLS, Claude William |
6th Field Ambulance 2nd Division Headquarters |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MILLER, Edith Caroline Munckton |
Australian Army Nursing Service (4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) (Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Lancashire) (2 Australian General Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| MIDDLETON, Jack | 5th Battalion | ||
| MEEHAN, Michael |
59th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MEEHAN, Henry Francis | 5th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MEADOWS, Ernest | 14th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McVEAN, Armstrong Poliah | 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement | ||
| McQUINN, Abbott Halford | 16th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Jill Fenwick | |
| McPHILLAMY, Ronald Murray |
Australian Army Medical Corps, General Reinforcements 5th Australian General Hospital AAMC Training Depot UK |
Sue Larkin | |
| McPHILLAMY, John Wallace | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27 | Sue Larkin | |
| McPHERSON, John |
24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 8th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McNIVEN, Andrew |
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement 39th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McMILLAN, Ronald Malcolm | 6th Battalion, G Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McMAHON, James Edward |
2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7 22th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McLEOD, Oswald Samuel |
4th Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement !st ANZAC Mounted Regiment 2nd Anzac Mounted Regiment. |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| McLEOD, George Reginald Arthur |
6th Battalion, B Company 55th Battalion 5th Division Cycle Corps 32nd Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McLAUCHLAN, William | 5th Battalion, A Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| McKINNON, Mary |
Australian Army Nursing Service (No 2 Australian General Hospital) (HS Kanowna) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| McKINNELL, Bertha |
Australian Army Nursing Service (1 Australian General Hospital) (14 Stationary Hospital) (Croydon War Hospital) (3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| McKEON, Thomas |
10th Field Ambulance 14th Battalion A.I.F. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McKENZIE, Willliam Maurice | 6th Battalion, Headquarters | Bob Batrouney | |
| McKENZIE, Kenneth Fraser |
21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 60th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick Diane Clifford |
| McGREGOR, Malcolm John |
24th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement 24th battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McEVOY, Frank Osmond |
9th Light Horse Regiment 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment |
|
Mike O'Brien |
| McDonald, Benjamin James | 37th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| McDONALD, Alexander Michael | 23rd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| McDONALD, Alexander | 46th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| McCURE, Ernest Alfred | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 | Sylvia Black | |
| McCORMACK, Garnet Frederick Binge |
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Reinforcement 2 1st Field Ambulance |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McCOLL, John Archibald |
23 Howitzer Brigade 1-10 Reinforcements and Brigade Ammunition Column Australian Medical Corps |
Jill Fenwick | |
| McALISTER, John Baird | 10th Field Company Engineers | Sylvia Black | |
| MAYNARD, Edmund William Arthur |
26/2nd Battalion 25/4th Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| MAY, Arthur Edward | 13th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MATSON, Henry John | 39th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MATOOREKOS, Panaye | 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 31 | Sylvia Black | |
| MATHEWS, Roland Clyne | 6th Field Ambulance | Sue Larkin | |
| MASSINA, Carroll James | 12 Australian Field Artillery Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MARTIN, Edwin John | 56th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MARTIN, Edward Percy | 60th Battalion | David Fisher | |
| MARTIN, Alexander Colin | 39th Battalion, C Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| MARTIN, Albert Edward | Jill Fenwick | ||
| MARSH, John Stanley |
11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements 14th Battalion A.I.F. |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MARKS, Cecil Solomon | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 5th Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| MANSFIELD, William | 21st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| MANSELL, Leslie William | F.A.B. 2, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MAIDMENT, Sidney Albert |
2/5th Divisional Train, 3rd AMTC B company, 10th Battalion |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MAHONEY, Martin | 6th Battalion, D Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| MAHER, James Frederick | 14th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements | Tim Holland | |
| MAGILL, Arthur | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 | Jill Fenwick | |
| MACKEY, Michael | Australian Army Medical Corps |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| MACKAY, John Shaw |
2nd Field Ambulance 13th Training Battalion 7th Field Ambulance 3rd Australian General Hospital |
Jill Fenwick | |
| MACKAY, Jack | 5th Pioneer Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| MACKAY, Harold George | 5th Battalion, 2nd Brigade | Jill Fenwick | |
| MACCALLUM, Reginald William | 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron | Sylvia Black | |
| MACARTNEY, Dora Lynette |
Australian Army Nursing Service (2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital) |
Janet Scarfe | |
| LYONS, Stanley | 7th Battalion, B Company |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LYONS, Martin | 5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement | Sylvia Black | |
| LUNNEY, Norman Ernest | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 28 | Sylvia Black | |
| LUDBROOK, John Reginald | 10/14 Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| LUCAS, Norman Carey | 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles | Jill Fenwick | |
| LOWRY, Leonard Ernest |
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 104th Battery, 2nd Division AIF Headquarters London |
Sue Larkin | |
| LOWELL, Rupert Leslie |
Infantry Brigade Train 8, 18 A.S.A. 28th Army Service Corps, 5th Divisional Train |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LOWE, Robert |
9th ASC, Divisional Supply, Mechanical Transport 1st Australian Field Ambulance 1st Motor Transport Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LOUGHNAN, John |
6th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement 58th Battalion |
Sue Larkin | |
| LONG, Cuthbert Jones | 7th Battalion, 2nd Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LOAS, John |
39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LLOYD, Franklin Samuel | 12th Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
|
Jill Fenwick |
| LIVINGSTON, David Frederick | 29th Battalion, D Company |
|
Michael O'Brien |
| 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 | |
| LISSON, William Thomas | 59th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LINDSAY, Robert Henry | 45th Battalion | Jill Fenwick | |
| LINDSAY, Ina Isabel |
Australian Army Nursing Service 4th General Hospital |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LIDDY, Michael |
5th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement 57th Battalion, later renamed 17th Light Railway Company 59th Battalion, B Company |
Jill Fenwick | |
| LEWIS, Raymond | 8th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEWIS, Louis | AMC Sea Transport Staff, Section 4 | Jill Fenwick | |
| LENZER, Simeon | 17th General (Victorian) Reinforcements | Sylvia Black | |
| LENNOX, Andrew | Jill Fenwick | ||
| LEIHY, William |
8th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement 2nd Machine Gun Company 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Sylvia Black | |
| LEIHY, John Henry | Divisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 10 | Sylvia Black | |
| LEIGH, Allen Frederick | 38th Battalion, B Company | Jill Fenwick | |
| 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, Roy Martin Corrington | 5th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement | Jill Fenwick | |
| LEE, Harold |
6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement 8th Battalion 65th Battalion |
Jill Fenwick |