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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.

Namesort icon Military units Roll of Honour Author
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
PERKINS, Colin Ernest
7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements
59th Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
O'KEEFE, Thos David 25th Battalion, D Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
O'KEEFE, Thomas David 9th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
O'KEEFE, Patrick Augustine 17th Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
NELSON, Cornelius 1st Machine Gun Battalion
NATHAN, Edley William 38th Battalion, D Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
MORRIS, Arthur Langley 2nd Light Horse Brigade
Sue Larkin
MORRIS, Arthur Edward Australian Army Medical Corps
Sue Larkin
Sylvia Black
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
Diane Clifford
MOAR, James H 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
McNIVEN, Andrew
29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
39th Battalion
Jill Fenwick
McMILLAN, Ronald Malcolm 6th Battalion, G Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
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.
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
LOAS, John
39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
Jill Fenwick
LLOYD, Franklin Samuel 12th Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
LIVINGSTON, David Frederick 29th Battalion, D Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
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