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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
RADCLIFFE, Harold Octavius 57th Battalion
Sylvia Black
RAMSDALE, Cecil Harry 23rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
RAWLINS, Alfred Leonard 3rd Pioneer Battalion
REDPATH, George Veitch
24th Battalion, B Company
1st Army Troop Company Engineers
Sylvia Black
REES, Rowland John Patton Australian Army Pay Corps
REES, Sydney Bagot 3rd Pioneer Battalion
REESE, John Howard 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
REEVE, Henry William
Jill Fenwick
REID, Cyril Lindsay 7th Battalion, A Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
REILLY, Harold 7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
REILLY, William Leslie 5th Motor Transport Company
REYNOLDS, Raymond Gifford
2nd Field Ambulance
1st Pioneer Battalion
9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
Sylvia Black
RICHMOND, Albert James Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 2
RILEY, Edwin
Jill Fenwick
RIORDAN, Keith Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2
RIPPINGALE, Jack Parker
8th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement
11th Field Artillery Brigade
Jill Fenwick
RIXON, George 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
ROBERTS, Annie Florence
Australian Amy Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(Sea Transport Service)
(Indian Nursing Service)
Janet Scarfe
ROBERTS, Harrie Army Medical Corps - Hospital Transports (Number 1 Hospital Ship A61, "Kanowna")
ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
WW1 Roll of Honour
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
ROBERTSON, Gertrude Muriel Norton
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Colabar War Hospital)
(Hospital Ships Devanha and Sicilia)
Janet Scarfe
ROBERTSON, William 60th Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
ROBINSON, Alexander Harold 24th Battalion, D Company
Bob Batrouney
ROBINSON, Lawrence John Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 11
ROBSON, George Cranstown 7th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
ROCHE, James 7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
WW1 Roll of Honour
ROCHE, Terence 45th Battalion
RODDY, Christmas 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
ROGERS, Anthony
23rd Field Artillery Brigade, 36th Battery
7th Field Artillery Brigade, 27th Battery
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
ROGERS, Horace 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
ROHEN, William 58th Battalion
ROHRS, John July 1917 Reinforcements Australian Flying Corps
Jill Fenwick
RONAN, James 37th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
ROPER, Frank 7th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
ROPER, Reginald Astley Divisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 8
ROSS, Alister Vernon 8th Battalion, H Company
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
ROWAN, Alexander Lee 2nd Battalion
Jill Fenwick
ROWAN, Andrew Percival 10th Light Horse Regiment
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
ROWAN, Clement 2nd Tunnelling Company
Jill Fenwick
ROWAN, Eliza
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Freeman Thomas Hospital, Bombay)
(44 British General Hospital, Deolali)
(34 Welsh General Hospital, Deolali)
Janet Scarfe
ROWE, Dexter Brigham Army Medical Corps
Sylvia Black
ROWE, Francis Henry Hospital Transport Corps
Sylvia Black
ROWLES, Ernest
29th Battalion
13th Field Artillery Brigade, 49th Battery
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
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
RUNDLE, Walter Henry
Howitzer Brigade 25, Reinforcement 6
14 Field Artillery Brigade, 5 Division
JillFenwick
RUSSELL, Allan 5th Battalion, E Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
SAKER, Richard 5th Battalion, G Company
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
SALIKIS, Emaniol 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Bob Batrouney
SALLOWS, Tasman Thomas 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
SALTER, Charles Joshua Special Services, 2nd Draft Italian Reservists
Sylvia Black
SAMSON, Eric James
24th Howitzer Brigade, 2nd Reinforcements
14th Field Artillery Brigade, 53rd Battery
Sylvia Black
SAMSON, John Vernon
Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements
3rd Division Signal Company
Sylvia Black
SANDERS, Algernon Benjamin
1 Australian General Hospital
6 Field Ambulance
Sylvia Black
SANDERS, Frederic Roy
1 Australian General Hospital, Reinforcements
6 Field Ambulance
Sylvia Black
SCHULER, Phillip Frederick Edward 3rd Division Train
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
SCHULTZ, Ernest Leslie Recruit Depot Battalion
Sylvia Black
SCHULTZ, Johann George
13th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
1st Australian Dermatological Hospital
Sylvia Black
SCOTLAND, James Alexander
2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16
14th Field Company Engineers
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
SCOTT, Ernest Humphrey Supply Column 3, Army Service Corps 26
Sylvia Black
SEARL, Alice
Australian Army Nursing Service
(8 [British] General Hospital)
(1 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
SEDMAN, George Edwin 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
SELLAR, Jack Marchant 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
Sylvia Black
SERLE, Walter Henry 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
SHARPE, Walter 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
SHAW, Charles Gordon 2nd Field Ambulance
Sylvia Black
SHAW, Patrick R.A.A.M.C., 29th batallion
Sylvia Black
SHEPHERD, Victor Joseph 48th Battalion
Jill Fenwick
SHERLOCK, Harold Oscar 9/1st Pioneer Battalion
Jill Fenwick
SHORTIS, James
5th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
59th Battalion
Sylvia Black
SIEVERS, Charles George 29th Battalion, B Company
SIMPSON, Arthur Tunnelling Companies (September 1916-February 1918): June 1917 Reinforcements
SINGLETON, Herbert Elliot 12th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion
Sylvia Black
SINGLETON, Percy William
9th Reinforcements, Australian Flying Corps
2nd Division Artillery
Jill Fenwick
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
SMITH, Albert Edward 2nd Field Ambulance, Section C
SMITH, Archibald Charles 8th Field Artillery Brigade
SMITH, Harry Patterson 6th Battalion, C Company
Jill Fenwick
SMITH, Philip Daniel May 1916 Reinforcements
SMITH, William James 23rd Battalion
SMITH, Winifred Jane
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
SNELLING, William Francis 23rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
SOLOMON, Hubert Philip
Royal Flying Corps
12th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
New Zealand Cyclist Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
Mike O'Brien
Sue Larkin
SOMMERS, John Archibald Douglas Ist Divisional Train
Bob Batrouney
SOUNDY, Douglas William 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
SPOWERS, Edward Augustus Medical Officers
Sylvia Black
ST CLAIR, Ernest 6th Battalion, E Company
Sylvia Black
STAINES, Albert Edward
STANTKE, Gustave John Australian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, Reinforcement 2
STANTON, John Joseph 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, 13th Reinforcement
Sue Larkin
STARR, James Edward 3rd Pioneer Battalion
STENT, John Goulburn 4th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
STEPHENSON, Niels Grontyad 7th Battalion, A Company
STEWART, Lyla Ferguson
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(British General Hospitals in Egypt and France)
Janet Scarfe
STIRLING, George Francis 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Jill Fenwick
Stone , John Edward 21st Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
STONE, Arthur 25th Battalion
STONE, James 15th Battalion
STONE, Victor Harold 4th Field Artillery Brigade
STRATTON, Frederick John
21st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
22nd Battalion
Jill Fenwick
STROM, Harold Greve 10th Field Company Engineers
STRUTT, Charles Nettleton Unit B 6th battalion AIF
WW1 Roll of Honour
Jill Fenwick
SULLIVAN, James Henry 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6
SUTTIE, Thomas No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916)
SWAN, Albert William 46th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
SWIFTE, Frank Roydon 3rd Pioneer Battalion
SYME, Joseph Edward
5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
60th Battalion
Sylvia Black
SYMONDS, Llewellyn Claude 7th Battalion, A Company
TABULO, James
7th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
5th Pioneer Battalion
Sylvia Black
TALBOT, Clive Richard Alton 38th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
TAYLOR, Robert Ralston Light Horse Brigade Train 3
TAYLOR, Walter James 14th Battalion
TEER-HAGEN, Cyril Thomas Divisional Signal Company 2, Reinforcement 19
Sylvia Black
TELFER, Percy James 38th Battalion, Headquarters
TELFORD, William MacArthur Tunnelling Companies, December 1916 Reinforcements
Bob Batrouney
THOMAS, Wilfred Speechely
119th Howitzer Battery
3rd Division Signal Company Engineers
Sylvia Black
THOMPSON, Florance William 1st Division Train
THOMPSON, Joseph Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4
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, Wilfred Edgar 6th Battalion
THOMSON, Walter Arnold 29th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
THORP, William Gladstone 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
THWAITES, Thomas Joseph 23rd Howitzer Brigade
TOMSETT, Francis Henry 11th Field Artillery Brigade
TOPE, William
12th Battalion, B Company
52nd Battalion
Sylvia Black
TORPEY, Henry Alphonsus
8th Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd Battery
8th Field Artillery Brigade,108th Howitzer Battery,
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
TRACEY, Edward Albert Small Arms Ammunition Section 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Sylvia Black
TRACEY, George 7th Battalion
Sylvia Black
TRACEY, John Henry Machine Gun Section, 9th Battalion
Sylvia Black
TRACEY, Murray
24th Battalion, D Company
59th Battalion
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sue Larkin
TREWHITT, George Alfred 14th Battalion
TRICKETT, Arthur Thomas Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 7
Sylvia Black
TRICKETT, David Edward 11th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
Sylvia Black
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
TURNBULL, Harry Henry 6th Battalion, D Company
TYMMS, Edward Frederick Victor 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
UNVERHAU, Hugo James Australian Reserve Park 1, Reinforcement 9
Sue Larkin
VANDERZEE, Alexander Robert 2nd Vet Sect
Sylvia Black
VAWDON, Harold Frederick 22nd Battalion
Jill Fenwick
VINCENT, Robert Collier AIF Headquarters
Bob Batrouney
VINEN, Peter Henry 3rd Division Ammunition Column
VINES, Thomas
Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 2
2nd Australian Divisional Train
Sylvia Black
VINES, Thomas 5th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
VIRGOE, Percy Ernest
4th Light Horse Regiment
A.A. Pay Corps
Sylvia Black
VOCE, Alfred
1st Australian General Hospital, Reinforcements
51st Field Artillery Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Sylvia Black
VOCE, Edward Stanley 9th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
Sylvia Black
WADE, Edmund Thomas 14th Light Horse Regiment
WAIGHT, George William 8th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
WALLACE, Wm Henry 24th Battalion, B Company
WALLER, Louisa
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India)
Janet Scarfe
WALLER, Walter Rupert 22nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
WALLER, William James 2nd Battalion
WALTERS, Alfred Tasman Supply Column 3, Army Service Corps 26
WALTERS, Leonard Thomas Willis
6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
AIF Headquarters
Sylvia Black
WARD, Sidney Eric Richard 3rd Pioneer Battalion
WARDEN, Reginald George Australian Ordnance Corps (Inspector Ordnance Machinery Section)
WARNOCK, Frederick Charles
9th Aust Army Supply Column - 8th Reinforcements
1st Anzac Transport Supply Col
Sue Larkin
WATSON, Eileen Marriott
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos)
(18 Stationary Hospital, Bombay)
(Colaba War Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
WATSON, John Edwin 8th Field Artillery Brigade
WATSON, Leslie Gottreux 58th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
Sylvia Black
WATT, James Erskine 12th Field Artillery Brigade
WATTS, John David Herbert
WATTS, Stanley Keevil Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2
Sylvia Black
WEBSTER, John Laing 22nd Battalion
WELDON, Frederick James Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27
WELLER, Frank Arthur 24th Battalion
WHAMOND, Frederick Charles
2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Australian Army Medical Corps
Sylvia Black
WHARTON, John Lynne 23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
WHELAN, Martin Thomas 22nd Battalion
WHINFIELD, Myles William Australian Veterinary Hospital
Sylvia Black
WHITE, Jessie McHardie Australian Army Nursing Service
Janet Scarfe (additional notes only)
WHITE, Newport Benjamin 57th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
WHITE, Rupert William
23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
57th Battalion
Sylvia Black
WHITE, Thomas Wilson 5th Machine Gun Battalion
WHITE, Thomas Wilson
15 Machine Gun Company, 3 Reinforcement
5 Machine Gun Battalion
Sylvia Black
WHITEFORD, Robert Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London
Sue Larkin
WHITEHEAD, Herbert 59th Battalion
WILKINSON, Archer Stalham
14th Australian General Hospital
Australian Flying Corps
Sue Larkin
WILKINSON, Robert Neil 22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
WILLIAMS, Arthur James
Divisional Signal Company 3, Engineer Reinforcements 13
Graves Registration Services
Sylvia Black
WILLIAMS, John Walter 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred 6th Battalion, F Company
Sylvia Black
WILLIAMS, Reginald George Hurlburt July 1917 Reinforcements
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
WILLMOTT, Maxwell Thomas Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27
WILLOUGHBY, Arthur Howard Wilton 1st Field Ambulance
Sylvia Black
WILMS, Leopold Henry 23rd Howitzer Brigade
Sue Larkin
WILSON, David Guthrie 22nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sylvia Black
WILSON, Frank Costella
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12
No. 1 Section, 3rd Divisional Amunition Column
Sylvia Black
WILSON, George Thomas 6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
WILSON, Grace Margaret Australian Army Nursing Service
Mike O'Brien
WILSON, John David 46th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
WW1 Roll of Honour
Sue Larkin
WILSON, Robert Australian Army Pay Corps, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Sue Larkin
WILTON, Gerald Langford D'Auverne 38th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
WILTSHIRE, Herbert Brigade 2 Headquarters
Sylvia Black
WINDSOR, Michael George
6th Battalion, C Company
2nd Machine Gun Company
Sylvia Black
WINTERBOTTOM, Bertie Dallas 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
Sylvia Black
WITHALL, Latham 4th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
Sylvia Black
WOOD, Clifton Loris
3rd Division Artillery
23rd Howitzer Brigade 108th Battery
8th Field Artillery Brigade
Sylvia Black
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