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.
BLOOMFIELD, Bertram Benjamin
Bertram Bloomfield was 38 when he enlisted on 7 July, 1915. He was a married man, with a wife, Victoria May, and son, Eric. He gave his occupation at 'Typist', but in the previous years' Electoral Rolls, he had had other jobs, as a hotelkeeper at 243 Williams St., Melbourne in 1909 and as a brewer's assistant in 1914, while he was livng at 101 Powlett St., Melbourne.
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GAYNOR, Edward John
Edward John Gaynor was the son of Police Constable Edward James Gaynor and his wife Margaret Anne, nee Edwards, known as Annie. The family lived at 'Wendouree', 56 Albert St., East Melbourne. There were two girls in addition to Edward, Eileen and Marie.
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WILSON, A.D.
Killed in action 1917, son of Mrs K. Wilson, formerly of High-street, Bendigo, now of East Melbourne . Not yet identified in Australian Archives or at the Australian War Memorial
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SOLOMON, Hubert Philip
Hubert Solomon described himself as an 'Agent' on the Embarkation Roll. He had enlisted with the 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry, from Wellington, New Zealand and left for Suez, on 1 May, 1916.
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CLARKE, Cyril Lowther
Son of Archbishop Henry Lowther Clarke of Bishopscourt, Melbourne. At the outbreak of the war he had a medical practice in Peterborough, SA and was married to Constance Anderson, daughter of Bishop and Mrs.
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HONYBUN, Anthony Garvis
Anthony Honybun was the fourth child of the twelve children of William and Kate Honybun, and was their third son. He was born in Shepherd's Bush, London on 4 March 1894. The family emigrated to Melbourne in 1910, settling in Balwyn.
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STRUTT, Charles Nettleton
Lance Corporal Charles Nettleton Strutt was born in Seotember, 1884. His father, Samuel Shippam Strutt, was a pharmacist, who lived and worked in Powlett St. East Melbourne for 35 years, then retired to St. Kilda. He married Mary Nettleton on 25/7/1883.
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GILMOUR, Stanley Gladstone
Stanley Gardner Gilmour was twenty-six and a half when he enlisted on 5 August, 1914. He already had considerable military service, having been in the Victorian Scottish Regiment, which he had joined in 1906 at the age of eighteen.
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KENNEDY, Malcolm Stuart
KENNEDY - Captain Malcolm Stuart, 1st Division Staff, son of Mr and Mrs R Kenndy, Eastern House, George Street, East Melbourne, died of wounds on January 2. Was wounded at Lone Pine. Assisted to train the first tank crews that left England. Was Duntroon Cadet, and in his fourth year of active service.
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DYETT, Terence Egan
Terence Dyett enlisted at Melbourne. He was aged 24 years 7 months on 13 July 1915, and worked as a factory hand. he gave as his next of kin, his wife, Mrs. Rosalie Dyett of 1151 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne. He was 5ft. 4 ins. with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
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CAMERON, Edith Clare
For many of the Great War nurses linked with East Melbourne, the connection was primarily a professional one, that is they trained or nursed in one of the suburb's hospitals. Some, however, were brought up and/or lived in East Melbourne for a number of years.
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SHAW, Patrick
Son of George and Eliza (nee McKay) Shaw. Born in South Melbourne on 1 January 1874. Moved with family to Tullyvallin, 108 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne in 1882. Educated at Scotch College, East Melbourne. Studied medicine at Edinburgh University, gaining L.R.C.P et S. following which he trained in obstetrics at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.
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GODFREY, Thomas Charles Edward
Born on 25 April 1891 in Richmond, Victoria. He was the only child of Charles Chillingworth De Britton Godfrey (d.1902) and his wife Elizabeth Amelia (nee Gaynor). Educated at Xavier College, Kew. At the time of enlistment, 28 April 1915, he gave his occupation as accountant. He had served previously as 2nd Lieutenant with the 63rd Regiment, East Melbourne.
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Bascombe, Frederick John
Frederick John Bascombe was English by birth, but living in Australia and working as a salesman. He was 21 years old, 5' 6" tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. His father, Frederick William Bascombe was his next of kin, living at Osborne House, Bathwick Hall, Bath, England. He trained at Broadmeadows, and was sent to join the newly formed 42nd Battalion at Tel el Kebir, Egypt.
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TRACEY, Edward Albert
Edward Albert Tracey ws the fifth son of the eleven children of Patrick Edward and Charlotte Tracey. He was born in 1894 in East Melbourne.
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TRACEY, John Henry
John Henry (Jack) Tracey was the third son of the eleven children of Patrick Edward and Charlotte Tracey. Sergeant-Major Patrick Tracey was a member of the permanent staff of the Victorian Rifle Association. In his early days he had been a keep participant in the various shooting competitons held by the Association, but later he becae an instructor assisting in the training of cadets.
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SCHULTZ, Ernest Leslie
Ernest Leslie Schultz was born in Geelong on 9 March 1896. He was the eldest son of Ernest Schultz and his wife, Pauline (nee Hartwich). Ernest snr was an engineer with a special interest in developing a process of producing a cheap, fine grade motor oil from crude oil extracted from shale. He took out a patent in 1927 but a series of companies with which he was associated failed.
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