People of East Melbourne
This is a list of biographies of residents of East Melbourne.
This project started to commemorate the soldiers and nurses who went to Europe to serve in World War 1. But it has grown from there to cover biographies of any and all residents of note.
Along with many of their fellow Australians people from East Melbourne flocked to enlist. Many were heroes. Many lost their lives or suffered horrific physical or mental injuries. At home family and friends worked, endured and suffered consequences that were sometimes terrible and persisted long after the war.
Major-General Michael O'Brien gave us a starting point with a list of East Melbourne people who served in WW1. He spoke to the Society in April 2013 to give us some context to the period and to help the EMHS prepare for its own commemorations of this most devastating period in our history.
Everyone can participate by gathering or documenting information:
- Photos, memorabilia and family records
- Stories in books, newspapers and on-line
- Memorial plaques in churches and public places
- War memorial, church, national and state archives
You can refine the list by applying the various filter criteria and go to a particular detailed biography by click on the title.
BLACK, Herbert
Herbert Black was an architect and a widower when he enlisted on 19 February, 1917. He was not called up for duty until 2 July, 1917, and then began training, first at Royal Park, Melbourne, then at from 19 February to 29 March 1917 at Seymour and finally at Ascot Vale from 29 March until 12 May 1917.
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BLAIR, William Allison
William Allison Blair as a Stock and Station Agent, aged 27 when he enlisted on 27 July, 1916. He gave as his next of kin his father, Captain William Allison Blair, living at 'Mernda', 42 Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont, with his wife, Minnie Waters Blair (nee Peck).
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BLATCHFORD, Herbert Albert
Herbert Albert Blatchford had no real connection with East Melbourne, save that his sister, Clara Blatchford, lived at Clivedon Mansions, on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon St, East Melbourne, now the site of the Hilton Hotel. He was a skilled labourer, living in North Melbourne, who, in the post war period, identfied himself as a fitter. He was single and aged 31.
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BLUNDELL, Madeline Patricia Petrie
Patricia Blundell was one of five surviving children (four daughters, one son) born to Martin Petrie Blundell and his wife Emily (nee Lineker) between 1871 and 1890. Melbourne-born Martin was employed by the Bank of Australasia on leaving Melbourne Grammar School in 1861. From 1882 until ill-health forced his retirement in 1899 he was manager of the bank’s Melbourne branch.
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BODEN, Samuel
Samuel Boden was born in Birmingham, England, but had lived in both India and Ceylon before he came to Australia. While in Sri Lanka, he had served for eighteen months with the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps. It seems possible that these experiences shape the early part of his military career.
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BOLTON, Francis Basil
Francis Bolton was the younger brother of Reginald Bolton, and like him, lived with his mother and younger brother, Tom, at 'Verona', corner of Clarendon and Gipps Sts., East Melbourne.He was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury, Victoria and then took out Accountancy qualifications and was registered with the Insttute of Accountants, Victoria, before moving to Western Austra
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BOLTON, Reginald Henry
Reginald Henry Bolton was a Company Manager, aged 29 and had been married to Doris (nee Fairland) for just over a year , when he enlisted on 3 November, 1916. They lived at 'Verona', on the corner of Gipps and Clarendon Sts., where he had been living with his mother, Mrs. Fraces Edith Bolton and his siblings, Francis Basil and Tom Harold Bolton. HIs father, Mr. F.P.
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BONE, Kenric Clifton
Kenric and Ronald Bone were the twin sons of Ada and George Bone of 'Cotswold', 40 Berry St., East Melbourne. George Bone was an importer, who built 'Cotswold' in 1891 to house his growing family: Daisy, Iris, Chandos, Ronald and Kenric. Kenric and Ronald were just over 18 when they enlisted in Richmond,Victoria, having celebrated their joint birthday on 21st December, 1917.
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BONE, Ronald Merton
Ronald Merton Bone was probably an identical twin to Kenric Bone: both 5' 2 1/2" in height, with fair complexions, grey eyes and blond hair. They were ths sons of George and Ada Bone, of 'Cotswold', 40 Berry St., East Melbourne, and brothers to Chandos,Daisy and Iris (deceased). Both registered their employment as "Student Surveyors".
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BONNICK, John William
John William Bonnick was born in East Melbourne in December, 1895, the son of James William Bonnick and his wife, Georgina Jane (Ross). With the permission of his parents, he enlisted on 16 July, 1915, aged nineteen. He had trained with the Senior Cadets and had two years experience with the 58th Infantry.
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BORWICK, Henry Barton
Henry Barton Borwick was the younger brother of Thomas Faulkner Borwick. Both were students at Melbourne University when they enlisted and both lived at home with their mother, Hannah Borwick, at 24 Lansdown (sic) St. East Melbourne. Thomas is recorded as having been educated at Sctoch College, East Melbourne; presumably Henry went to the same school.
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BORWICK, Thomas Faulkner
Thomas Faulkner Borwick was the elder brother of Henry Barton Borwick. Both were students studying at Melbourne University and living with their parents, Henry and Hannah Borwick, at 24 Lansdown (sic) St., East Melbourne.
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BOWEN, Idris
Idris Bowen, like his older brother, Enos, was a hairdresser, living in East Melbourne with his mother, Mary Elizabeth Bowen and his sister, Agnes. He enlisted at Broadmeadows on 26 February, 1916 and was assigned to the Fifth Battalion, 17 Reinforcements, with the rank of private. He was 5' 4", with brown eyes and hair already going grey.
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BOWEN, John James Enos
John James Enis Bowen was born at Eaglehawk, Victoria, but enlisted at Port Hedland, Western Australia, where he was working as a hairdresser. He was then 37 years old, 5' 4", with dark hair 'fading to white' and was an early volunteer, joining the AIF on 13 September, 1915.
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BRADLEY, Duncan
Duncan was born at Wangaratta on the 15 November 1888. His full name is Raphael Duncan Bradley.
When he enlisted on the 10 March 1915 he was 26 years old, single and worked as a labourer. He was listed from 5'8 tall to 6'0'' and weighted in at 12 stone 6 pounds.
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BRAGG, Arthur Robert
From Susan Lawrence:
Arthur Robert BRAGG was the publican of the Central Hotel, Beaconsfield,Victoria. He was married to my great-grandmother's sister, Emily (maiden name Culverwell).
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BRAIN, Thomas William
Thomas William Brain originally trained as a bootmaker, but in 1914, with his wife Effie and mother, Maria Constance Brain, nee Murnane, was working as a hotel keeper in the Western District. On his enlistment he gave his address as 95 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, btu he may well have just come down in order to enlist.
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BRAYSHAW, Albert
Albert enlisted in the AIF on the 17 June 1916. He was married to Ivy Violet. A small man 5'3'' tall and occupation listed as Plasterer.
He embarked on the 28 July 1916 ex Melbourne on A 32 HMT Themistocles arriving at Plymouth in October 1916.
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BRIDE, Benjamin William
In 1915, when he enlisted on 27 July, 1915, William Bride, as he signed himself, was forty years old, born in 1874. Both his parents appear to have been dead and he lived with his sisters, Edith, Frances, Eleanor and Mary at 175 George St., East melbourne.
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BRIESE, Arthur Oswald
Arthur Oswald Briese's story is an interesting one: he was the grandson of Johann Ludwig Briese, born in Posen, Prussia, who migrated to South Australia in 1855 as part of a group of German farmers funded by the South Australia Corporation. Johann, a blacksmith by trade, first worked in the Barossa Valley, before moving to take up land outside Albury, at Jindera, in 1866.
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BROBERG, Carl Albert
Carl Albert Broberg was born in Richmond, Victoria on 2nd November to Carl Niels Johann Broberg and Eda Margaret Broberg (nee Frees). Carl Senior was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, attending the Grammar School in Copenhagen before qualifying as a Manufacturing Chemist. He came to Melbourne in July 1890 to join Rocke, Tompsitt & Co, where he remained for 12 years.
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BROOKS, Chassie Winton
Chassie Winton Brooks was born in 1884 at Williamstown, Victoria. He was the brother of Constance Jessie Brooks. (see separate biography on Master List) His father was Yates Brooks and his mother was Emma Brooks, nee Mullen. He was living with his mother at 144 Clarendon Street East Melbourne in 1909.
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BROOKS, Constance Jessie
Constance Jessie Brooks (1888–1966), who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in India from 1917 to 1919, was the daughter of Yates and Emma Brooks (nee Mullen).
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BROWNLEE, Robert
Robert Brownlee was born in Glasgow in 1886. He was an apprentice at Harvey Engineering in Glasgow for five years, listed as an Engineer. He left the UK on SS Dorset from Liverpool on 3 August 1912 and arrived in Melbourne on the 21 September 1912, where he is listed as living at 90 Powlett Street East Melbourne
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BRUNT, Archibald Andrew
Archie was born Parhran in 1894, son of William Brunt and Sarah Buckland nee Brunt
Enlisted on the 11 Jan 1915 in Melbourne, aged 21 and listed as a farmer
Spent several month 11 Jan 1915 to29 March 1915 at the 13th Light Horse Training depot at Broadmedows
Embarked on A34 ss Persic ex Melbourne on the 28 May 1915 for Eygpt
Transferred to Gallipoli 4 September 1915
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BRUNTON, Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander Brunton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in December 1878. He was from a family of 5 brothers and 5 sisters. His father, Thomas Brunton, was in the British Army and possibly fought at the relief of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny in 1858. He is listed as a private in the 78th Foot Regiment in 1861.
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BUDDON, Frederick Phillip
Frederick Buddon was 36 years old, 5' 9", 11 stone, 8 lbs., with fair hair and blue eyes when he enlisted on 27/1/1915. He listed his occupation as Commercial Traveller and gave his next of kin as his sister, Sister Laura Buddon, 150 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. He had had extensive military experience, having served ninetten years in the Citizens' Military Force, Y Company Rangers.
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BURFORD, Lionel
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BURKE, Patrick Thomas
Patrick Thomas Burke was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of Patrick Burke and his wife Ellen, nee Vaughan. At the time he enlisted he was working as a salesman at Dimmeys Model Stores, 150-162 Swan St., Richmond. he must have been well-liked, because, hearing that he had been wounded, the store manager wrote to the authorities asking for news of him.
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BURLEY, Rexford
Rexford Burley or Burleigh was born in Stanley, Tasmania. He was the son of Louisa Agnes Burley. b.1881,but no father is listed on the certificate of birth. On his death certificate, his grandparents are listed as his parents, William Matthew Burley, while the mother was recorded as Harriet Blizzard.
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BURLEY, Thomas Mathew
William Thomas Burley was born in Tasmania, but by 1914, his father had retired from farming and both parents were living in Warnambool, Victoria. William was nearby, working as a rabbiter in Dunkeld at the foot of the Grampians.
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BURN, Cecil George
The son of Richard George Burn and Eliza Jane Atkins, Cecil Burns was a 21 year old mechanic at the time he enlisted on 21 January, 1916.
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BURNELL, Frederick Joseph
Frederick Burnell was a clerk, living in East Melbourne. He was 36 years old, widowed, with two sons, Francis Joseph and Frederick Thomas Burnell, whom he left in the care of their maternal grandmother, Mrs. E. Hall. He enlisted on 17 August, 1914, and after training at Broadmeadows, was attached to G company, 6th Battalion, one of the first battalions raised in Victoria.
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BURNS, Stanley Henry
1697 Henry Malache (Denny) Carroll
2031A Stanley Henry Burns alias Henry Malache Carroll alias Dennis Martin Carroll
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BUSH, Hubert Sheppard
Hubert was born in Sandhurst, Bendigo on 6 July 1876 to Albert Bush and Jane Dalton. He was the second youngest of 11 children. His early life was spent in Sandhurst where he attended St. Andrew's College, Bendigo before entering Trinity College, University of Melbourne in 1898 to study Medicine. At Trinity College he was a member of both the boat and football teams.
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CAMBRIDGE, Ernest George Henry
Ernest Cambridge enlisted in June, 1914. He was then just over 18 and an assistant in the Mail Branch of the Melbourne GPO. He had some previous experience, having served with the Senior Cadets 51 Battalion at Albert Park for two years. Following initial training, he embarked on 1 April, 1916, on board HMAT Suffolk A23.
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CAMERON, Henry Gervais Lovett
Henry Gervais Cameron was the son of Verney Lovett Cameron, a solicitor practising at 30 Collins St.East, Melbourne, and his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, nee Fraser. He was born in Kew and educated at Melbourne Grammar School. In 1915, when he enlisted, Henry Lovett Cameron was 35 years old and appears to have been a businessman.
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CAMERON, John
John Cameron was one of a family of eight boys and one girl, of whom three brothers had died before John Cameron. He gave as his next of kin his sister, Violet May Cameron, living in Vale St. East Melbourne. He himself lived at 46 Hocking St. Footscray, while his elder brother, William, worked for the Footscray Boxing Company, at 360 Collins St., Melbourne.
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CAMERON, Robert Ewen
ROBERT EWEN CAMERON
Born 27 October 1890 at Portarlington Victoria, the son of a Presbyterian Minister
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CAMPBELL, John
John Campbell origins would have remained a mystery, were it not for his descendents. Although he claimed as his address C% James O'Grady at Grant St., East Melbourne, there is no Grant Street in East Melbourne.
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CAMPBELL, John McNeil
John Campbell was born in Melbourne in 1897. His father was the Victorian Manager of the London Bank, based at 90 Bourke Street, Melbourne, and John lived at this address.
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CANTWELL, Philip Sylvester
Philip Sylvester Cantwell was born at Ballan in country Victoria on the 15th January 1882. His father was Philip Cantwell and his mother was Alice Leahey. Phillip Snr and Alice were married in 1880 and Phillip Jnr was the first child. HIs brother, John Patrick Cantwell was born in 1883.
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CARDWELL, James Pearson
James Cardwell was born at Blackpool on the 1st March 1877. He was living with his parents in Blackpool in 1891 according to the 1891 census.
He marries Elizabeth Hannah Duxbury at the Holy Trinity Church south Shore Blackpool in 1897
His first child Margaret Ellen Knoles Cardwell is born in 1898.
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CARINE, John William
John William Carnie embarked from Melbourne in October 1917, however there is no service record available.
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CARMODY, John Patrick
John Patrick Carmody was born on 19 January, 1890 in Carlton to John Joseph Carmody and Elizabeth Culhane who was born in Limerick Ireland. His sister Jane Marguerite was born in 1895 in Carlton.
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CARROLL, William Edward
Mr William Carroll, 139 Simpson Street, East Melbourne (late of the Customs Department), has been notified that his only son, Sergeant William E. Carroll, who enlisted in Febuary, 1915, and served in Gallipoli, and France has been wounded in France.
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CARSON, Henry
Henry Carson was a surgical bootmaker, aged 27 years old when he enlisted on 12 July, 1915. He was a married man and he and his wife, Susan, lived at 23 George Street, East Melbourne. He had some previous experience, having been in the Cadets at school. He was attached to the 6th Depot Battalion for training from 12 July to 16 Septemeber.
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CARTER, Eric Charles
Eric Carter was born in Spotswood Victoria on the 15 March 1893. His father was Herbert James Carter and his mother was Louise Carter.
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CARVER, Henry Norman
Henry Norman Carver was born in 1893 in Yea, Victoria to Henry Garret Carver, a grazier in Flowerdale, and Florence (nee Johnstone). His parents had moved to East Melbourne by 1902 where his father passed away at 79 Hotham Street. Little is known about Henry's early life apart form his involvement with Senior Cadets for 12 years.
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