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.
MANSFIELD, William
William Mansfield enlisted at Melbourne Town Hall on 16 May 1916. He was a married man, living with his wife Adelaide at 535 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. They had married around the same time that he had enlisted. He was 47 years old at the time and described his occupation as labourer, and on a second form, cook. His was, by religion, Church of England.
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MARKS, Cecil Solomon
Cecil Solomon Marks was the son of Edward Marks and his wife, Fanny (nee Benjamin). He was born on 4 March 1876 at the family home, 2 Burlington Terrace, 398 Albert Street, East Melbourne where Edward and Fanny continued to live until their deaths in 1900 and 1909 respectively. At the time of his marriage in 1861 Edward was described as a merchant with premises at 13 Flinders Lane e
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MARSH, John Stanley
John Stanley Marsh was born at Castlemaine Victoria in November 1888. He was the son of Henry Marsh, then aged sixty, and his wife Margaret, nee Edwards, aged forty. He enlisted at Melbourne on 18 April, 1918 at the age of 30 and 6 months. He was single, a manager by occupation, but no other information was provided about the area he worked in.
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MARTIN, Albert Edward
Albert Edward Martin was the youngest son of Thomas Martin and his wife Margaret, nee Kain. He was forty years old when he joined the A.I.F. on 4 July, 1917 and a married man:
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MARTIN, Alexander Colin
Alexander Colin or Collin Martin was 33 and 11 months when he enlisted on 19 February, 1916. Both his parents were dead and he gave as his next of kin his aunt, Helena Coleman. According to the Electoral Rolls, he had been living with her for nearly two years. He was 5'5" tall, single, and working as a cook. By faith, he was Church of England.
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MARTIN, Edward Percy
Edward Percy Martin was a clerk living at 330 Ferrars street, Albert park. He enlisted into the army on the 20th of April, 1915. At the time of enlistment he was 5 feet and 4 and a quarter inches tall, weighed 10 stones and 31 pounds, had blue eyes and brown hair.
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MARTIN, Edwin John
Edwin John Martin was unusual, in that he enlisted in the A.I.F. twice and twice was found to be 'unfit for General Service'. In June 1915, Edwin John Martin enlisted in the army at Liverpool, N.S.W. He had been born in Kyneton, Victoria, and described himself as British born, aged 39 and nine months, single, and a journalist by trade.
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MASSINA, Carroll James
Carroll James Messina, known as Jim, was born in Slaty Creek, near St.Arnaud , Victoria in July, 1890, the son of William and Agnes Massina. By the age of 25, he was living at 162 Powlett St., East Melbourne, with Delia and Louis Massina, probably an uncle.
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MATOOREKOS, Panaye
The son of Gregory and Matilda (nee Lyons) Matoorekos, Panaye was born in 1898 in Albert Park.
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MATSON, Henry John
Henry John Matson was just a boy when he enlisted on 3 July, 1917. He was only eighteen years and two months old, and had to get a document of consent from his mother. His father, also Henry Matson, was already at the war as part of the 21st Battalion of the A.I.F., although he was not an Australian citizen, having been born in Finland and declaring himself a Russian citizen.
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MATHEWS, Roland Clyne
Roland Clyne Mathews was born in East Melbourne on 26 January, 1893 to Francis Herbert Seymour Mathews and Margaret Mathews (nee Hudson). He grew up in Brighton Beach and was living there when he enlisted on 2 February, 1915, aged almost 22 years, occupation as a purser.
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MAY, Arthur Edward
Arthur Edward May was nineteen and six months old when he enlisted for the Australian Imperial Force at Korumburra. Victoria. he was the son of Thomas Edward May and his wife Matilda, nee Henson. He was a slight man, 5' 5" in height, with blue eyes and light brown hair. and a labourer by trade.
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MAYNARD, Edmund William Arthur
Edmund Maynard was the son of George and Catherine Maynard and was born in Bendigo in 1880. George was Clerk of Courts in Bendigo until his death in 1884. Edmund enlisted at Coonamble, N.S.W. on 1 July 1917 and gave his next of kin as his sister Miss Mary Maynard of 76 Vale Street East Melbourne. The house at this address had been completed about 1886 for Mrs.
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McALISTER, John Baird
Information from Paul Burke, 19 June 2013:-
-John Baird McAlister was born in Tapanui, Otago, NZ, in 1885. His parents were Scottishh immigrants to NZ from Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was also John Baird McAlister and his mother Mary McAlister, nee Turnbull.
-at some point he immigrated to Melbourne
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McCOLL, John Archibald
Strangely enough, there were two John Archibald McColls, who both enlisted in 1915. Both were under twenty at the time. The first John Archibald McColl, 4260, was born in Kyneton and at the time of enlistment, was still living there, and working with his father as a butcher.
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McCORMACK, Garnet Frederick Binge
Garnet Frederick Binge was born on 24 November, 1896, the son of Henry Morris McCormack (d. 1927) and Caroline Katie, nee Binge (d. 1945). He was nineteen years and 11 months old when he enlisted on 25 October, 1916, and identified his job as motor driver.
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McCURE, Ernest Alfred
Ernest Alfred McCure was born in Colac on 12 October 1893. He was the son of Alfred Ernest McCure and his wife, Clara Eve, nee Coney. In 1914 the family moved to Ararat where his father was a veterinary surgeon, and was the first to discover an outbreak of anthrax in Australia. He was member of the local borough council for seven years.
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McDONALD, Alexander
Alexander McDonaldwas a 21 year old orphan and he enlisted on October 9, 1917. His address was Gembrook - C/o Mr Pitt, Farmer, Gembrook. He had no next of kin on enlistment but that was later changed to Charlotte Buchanan of Gembrook, whom he listed as his aunt.
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McDONALD, Alexander Michael
Alexander Michael McDonald was born on 27 November. 1896, to Michael Alexander McDonald and his Belgian wife, Elise Flora Marie Hartrive. He had one sister, Gladys Flora, born in 1898. His father died in 1908. amd at the time he enlisted, on 23 January, 1917, he was living with his widowed mother at 46 Simpson St., East Melbourne.
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McDonald, Benjamin James
Benjamin James McDonald was 18 years and 9 months old when he enlisted to serve in the Great War. He was under age, but the authoritites accepted his application without dispute.
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