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.
LOAS, John
John Loas was a Police Constable, living in East Melbourne with his parents, Joseph and Delia Loas, at 52 Albert St. He was one of eleven children, three of whom were named Joseph after their father and two, John. Delia Waldron and Joseph Loas or De Loas had been married in 1880.
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LONG, Cuthbert Jones
Cuthbert Jones-Long was 44 years old, a Ticket Writer by trade, when he joined up. The son of Henry James Long, a pharmacist, he ahd been educated at Scothch College, East Melbourne. He had a conviction for using obscene language, was nearly six feet tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. He gave his widowed mother as his next of kin: Mrs.
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LOUGHNAN, John
removed by Ambulance train to Hosiptal in John Loughnan was born in rural Victoria at Charlton on 4 August, 1889 to his father John and mother Margaret Loughnan (nee Curran). He attended Xavier College from 1901-1902, where he developed his passion and skills for football. He spent school holidays at the family property in the Riverina, playing football for the Hay Football Club.
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LOWE, Robert
Roberet Lowe was born on 31 December, 1893, to Robert Walter Lowe, a burcher, and his wife, Annie, nee White, of Waratah, Tasmania. He was a motor mechanic by trade, single and living in Melbourne, near to his mother, now widowed, and his sister. Annie Lowe lived at 58 Albert St., East Melbourne, while Robert was nearby at 131 Victoria Parade.
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LOWELL, Rupert Leslie
Rupert Lowell was a 21 year old clerk when he enlisted at Broadmeadows, Melbourne, on 8 July, 1915. He had been living with his mother and sister, Violet, at 25 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Kathleen Lowell was a widow and in the 1909 Electoral Roll, decribed herself as a milliner.
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LOWRY, Leonard Ernest
Leonard Ernest Lowry was born in Hackney, London in March 1890 to William Henry and Caroline Lowry (nee Cahill). He was the youngest of 6 children, his father a cigar merchant. 1911 UK census records have Leonard living with his parents in Hackney. Shipping records note he left London for Australia in November 1911, aged 21 years.
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LUDBROOK, John Reginald
John Reginald Ludbrook was 18 years and three months old when he enlisted at the Melbourne Town Hall on 9 July, 1915. He was a clerk by profession, the son of John and Louisa Ludbrooke, of Green St., Ivanhoe, Victoria. His father was a Surgical Instrument Maker and optician, with premises at 197 Lonsdale St. Melbourne.
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LUNNEY, Norman Ernest
Norman Ernest Lunney was born in Footscray in 1899. He enlisted on 2 March 1917 at the age of 18. His mother, Isabella Lunney, of 49 East Melbourne, gave her permission for his enlistment underage, his father being deceased. Norman was living with his mother. He gave his occupation as clerk; he was single and had had 3 years in the senior cadets and was still serving.&nb
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LYONS, Martin
Martin Lyons was born in Richmond on 30 January 1897. He was the son of Michael Edward Lyons, musician and musical instrument importer, and Bertha Scutt. His obituary in The Australasian reads:
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LYONS, Stanley
Stanley Lyons was a fine young man, described as 'a brave, bright, honourable boy and one of the first to answer his country's call' by his foster mother, Frances Sheppard, and as 'a bright, manly and truthful boy' by his 'Auntie', Susannah Taylor. In truth, he had no relations, but he was also loved by a third woman, his landlady in East Melbourne, Mrs.
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MACKAY, Harold George
Group portrait of patients and staff at the Military Families Hospital at Valetta, Malta.
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MACKAY, Jack
John Michael Mackay was the son of Joseph Mackay and his wife Charlotte, nee Piper. The couple married in 1890 and had nine children: Joseph (1890); Theresa (1892); William (1894); Ada (1897); Winifred (1900); Thomas (1904); Anthony (1908); Mary (1909). John. known as Jack, was born on 28 December, 1895, making him the fourth in his family.
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MACKAY, John Shaw
John Shaw Mackay was in the fifth year of his medical degree at Melbourne University when he enlisted on 18 August 1914. Born in 1890, he was then 24 years old and gave as his next of kin his mother, then living at 4 Fawkner St., South Yarra. He was tall for the time, 5' 10", with dak brown hair and eyes, and by religion, Church of England.
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MACKEY, Michael
Michael Mackey was Irish by birth, the son of Wilma and Peter Mackey, a policeman, from Lavan, County Wicklow, Ireland. At the date of his enlistment in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 10 September 1914 he was living in Perth, Western Australia.Two of his siblings were also in Australia, his brother, Denis, also in Western Australia, and his sister Ellen, his only
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MAGILL, Arthur
Arthur Magill was a 21 year old Bank Clerk, probably living in Ballarat, Victoria, when he enlisted for the First World War on 26 July, 1915. His next of kin was given as his father, Alexander Magill of Wendouree Parade, Ballarat. He may have enlisted in at the Drill Hall in East Melbourne or at the Melbourne Town Hall.
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MAHER, James Frederick
Maher enlisted on 4 November 1914. He was 5' 5" tall, weighing 136 lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was 22 years and 8 months of age. His occupation was described as "tinsmith", and he is probably the Frederick James Maher, galvaniser, on the electoral roll at 55 Murphy St, Richmond in 1914.
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MAHONEY, Martin
Martin Mahoney was born in 1893 in Mount Gambier, South Australia, and enlisted for the war on 14 August, 1914. He had already had some military training, having been one year with the Broken Hill Rifle Club and six months with the 82nd Regiment. His mother, Annie Mahoney, lived at 3 Wolfram St., Broken Hill and was his next of kin.
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MAIDMENT, Sidney Albert
Whether Sidney Albert Maidment had any connection to East Melbourne is dubious. He enlisted under a false name, gave a false place of birth and, it may be assumed, a false place of residence. Certainly he does not appear on the electoral records under either of his names.
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MANSELL, Leslie William
Leslie William Mansell was the son of Reuben Mansell and Louisa Gowan. Born in Ballarat East in 1894, he enlisted for World War 1 on 2o August, 1914 at the age of 20 years and eight months. He was at the time a fruit grower in Mildura, something he would return to after the war. He was 5' 1/2 " tall, with fair hair and complexion and grey eyes.
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