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.
NICHAMIN, Leo
Maurice Leo Nichamin was eighteen years old when he enlisted on 12/2/1917. He gave his occupation as Engineer, having done a four year apprenticeship with Kelly and Lewis in Bourke Street. He also had military experience, having been in the Cadets for four years, and with eighteen months in the CMF, ni which he was still serving.
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NICHOLSON, George Leslie
born in East Melbourne, deserted
born in East Melbourne, deserted
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- 2530 reads
O'BRIEN, Michael Ignatius
Michael was born on 2 June 1886 to Francis O'Brien and Mary Gertrude O'Brien (nee McSweeney) in Albury, NSW. He was one of 7 children, 4 brothers and 2 sisters. By 1904 the family was living in Geelong, where his mother remained until her death in 1941.
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O'DEE, Claude Benedict
Claude Benedict O’Dee was the son of Frederick O’Dee and his wife, Katherine, and was born in East Melbourne on 8 February 1897. At the time of Claude’s birth Fred, as he was known, was assistant inspector of fisheries. In 1901 he became the founding president of the Victorian Piscatorial Council.
- 3306 reads
O'KEEFE, Patrick Augustine
Patrick O'Keefe had no real connection to East Melbourne. His brother, whom he named at next of kin, worked at the Jolimont Railway Workshops, but he was born in Bendigo, worked as a carpenter and embarked to the war from Sydney.
- 2895 reads
O'KEEFE, Thos David
Killed in action 17 July 1918
Killed in action 17 July 1918
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- 2701 reads
O'LOGHLEN, Frank Anthony
Frank Anthony O'Loghlen was the son of Patrick Joseph and Mary Josephine, nee Blake-Forster, O'Loghlen. He was born in August, 1895, the second of three youngest of three children. He enlisted on 29 April, 1915, aged nineteen years.
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