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.
QUARTERMAN, Rosa Elizabeth Kate
Rosa Elizabeth Kate Quarterman (1872–1940) served in the Australian Army Nursing Service from 1914 to 1920. She worked initially in hospitals in Egypt until early 1916 when she returned to Australia with invalided and repatriated troops.
- 5482 reads
LAWRENCE, Helen Ruth
Helen Ruth Lawrence
(1883–1964)
Helen Ruth Lawrence is one of the nurses from St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill, East Melbourne named on the honour boards commemorating parishioners who served in the Great War of 1914–18.
- 3772 reads
MILLER, Edith Caroline Munckton
Edith Miller's connection with East Melbourne was as a parishioner of St Peter's Church, Eastern hill, East Melbourne. Her name appears on an Honour Board there commemorating parishioners who served overseas in the Great War.
Before the war
- 4850 reads
RUNDELL, Ada Sophia
Ada Sophia Rundell was in the first contingent of masseuses (physiotherapists) sent overseas with the AIF. From 1915–1918, she worked in hospitals in England, France and England. Ada returned to Australia in 1919, working in Queensland where she married a terminally ill ex soldier in 1921. She ran her own masseur establishment in Ipswich and later in northern NSW.
- 4662 reads
EDGCUMBE, Erica Valletort
- 4249 reads
DILNOT, Emily
Emily Dilnot (1887–1984) worked at Mena House Hospital, Simpson St, East Melbourne from 1912 until 1916 when she travelled to England and enlisted in the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. She attended nearby St Peter’s Eastern Hill Church of England, where she is commemorated on an honour board as a parishioner on active service during the 1914–18 war.
- 3478 reads
NEWTON, Eileen Catherine Kearney
Eileen Catherine Kearney Newton (1889-1937)
Eileen Newton was associated with East Melbourne as a parishioner of St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill on Gisborne St. Born in 1889, she was brought up in Numurkah, before leaving the town and training as a nurse in Melbourne.
- 3935 reads
ROBERTS, Annie Florence
- 4522 reads
CRAMER, Winifred Mary
Winifred Mary Cramer (1877–1965)
Winifred Mary Cramer is commemorated on the Honour Board at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, with other nurses from the parish who served in the Great War of 1914–18.
- 3515 reads
BONNIN, Irene Gertrude Hiller
Irene Gertrude Hiller Bonnin (1874–1971)
Irene Bonnin is commemorated on an honour board at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, East Melbourne commemorating parishioners who served overseas in the Great War.
- 3926 reads
MACARTNEY, Dora Lynette
Dora Lynette Macartney
Dora Lynette Macartney (c1881–1934) is one of twenty five nurses commemorated on honour boards at St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, for their service in the Great War of 1914. Her family had a long connection with the parish.
- 713868 reads
DICKINSON, Ruby Droma
Ruby Droma Dickinson
Ruby Droma Dickinson (1885–1945) served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Egypt and later in Greece at Salonika. (She is not to be confused with Ruby Dickinson, AANS, from NSW, who died of pneumonia in hospital in Southwell Gardens, London in June 1918.)
- 4384 reads
KEPPEL, Beatrice Emma
Beatrice Emma Keppel (1890–1932)
Beatrice Emma Keppel is named on the honour board at St Peter’s Church, Eastern Hill, East Melbourne commemorating parishioners who served as nurses in the Great War of 1914–1918.
- 3399 reads
HORNSEY, Ruby Millie
Ruby Millie Hornsey
Ruby Millie Hornsey (1885–1969) is commemorated on the honour board of Great War nurses who were parishioners at St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill East Melbourne.
- 3536 reads
AINSLIE, Margaret
The Ainslie family were natives of Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland.
- 2193 reads
BROCKELBANK, Lilla
Lilla Brockebank, cricketer and architect, was the fifth of the six daughters of Duncan Brockelbank, actuary and accountant, and his wife Bessy Jemima, née Westmore .[1] Lilla was born in Hackney, London in 1883.[2] The family left London for Australia in August 1885 aboard the Melbourne. A month into the journey Duncan died of consumption.[3]
- 2230 reads