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.

In 1914 the world will begin centenary commemorations of the First World War.

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 and 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.

KEMPSON, Albert Victor

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KEMPSON
Given names: 
Albert Victor
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1165 reads

KEMPSON, Thomas Henry

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KEMPSON
Given names: 
Thomas Henry
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1141 reads

KENDALL, Eleanor Jane

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KENDALL
Given names: 
Eleanor Jane
Gender: 
Female
Date of birth: 
1880
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Eleanor Jane Kendall (1880–1957) was the only daughter among the seven children born to William Tyson Kendall (1851–1936) and his first wife, Elizabeth (nee Park) (c1853–1904).

Eleanor Kendall, parents & siblings (Kendall Papers, Uni Melbourne Archives)
Kendall & brothers, Lt Cols Ernest, John & William, Egypt 1915 (AWM P04272.001)
Queen Mary visiting 1AGH, Rouen, 1917 (AWM K00019); Kendall on staff
  • 3095 reads

KENT, John Morris

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KENT
Given names: 
John Morris
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1192 reads

KERR, Alic Oscar

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KERR
Given names: 
Alic Oscar
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1186 reads

KERR, Donald Wallace

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KERR
Given names: 
Donald Wallace
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Son of John and Ada (Ratcliff) Kerr.  Born 1893 at Mornington.  He was the fifth son in a family of eight sons and three daughters.  The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbo

  • 1920 reads

KERR, George Ernest

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KERR
Given names: 
George Ernest
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1178 reads

KERR, George York

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KERR
Given names: 
George York
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1901
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Son of John and Ada (Ratcliff) Kerr.  He was the sixth son and ninth child in a family eight sons and three daughters.  The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbourne abo

  • 1419 reads

KERR, Malcolm Edgar

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:12pm
Family name: 
KERR
Given names: 
Malcolm Edgar
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Son of John and Ada (nee Ratcliff) Kerr.  Born c. 1891 at Mornington.  He was the fourth son in a family of eight sons and three daughters.

  • 1400 reads

KERRIGAN, Robert Augustus

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KERRIGAN
Given names: 
Robert Augustus

born East Melbourne

Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 
born East Melbourne

KIBBLEWHITE, Gilbert

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KIBBLEWHITE
Given names: 
Gilbert

MM

Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 
MM

KIERNAN, James

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KIERNAN
Given names: 
James
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1059 reads

KIMBERLEY, Arthur Frederick

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KIMBERLEY
Given names: 
Arthur Frederick
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1180 reads

KING, Agnes Wotherspoon

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KING
Given names: 
Agnes Wotherspoon
Gender: 
Female
Date of birth: 
1884
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Agnes Wotherspoon King (1884-1942) was the second daughter and fourth child of Robert King (1843–1919) and his wife Frances (or ‘Fanny’, nee Craig) (1854–1926).

Mansfield Hospital c1908 (SLV)
Agnes King with her brother Nathaniel, 2AGH, Egypt Dec 1915 (private collection)
King (front,3rd from left) 1AAH Harefield 1918 (AWM D00037)
Matron King with dignitaries, Keswick Hospital (Advertiser, 19.12.1935 p22)
Agnes King and her car (private collection)
  • 3013 reads

KING, Charles Trethowan

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
KING
Given names: 
Charles Trethowan
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Killed in action 27 June 1915

  • 1250 reads

KING, Gordon Alexander

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KING
Given names: 
Gordon Alexander
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1085 reads

KING, Walter John Charles

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
KING
Given names: 
Walter John Charles
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1895
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Walter King spent only a small time before he enlisted at East Melbourne. He was born at Rushworth, Victoria, in 1895 and was the youngest of four children, the other three being girls.

  • 1375 reads

KNIGHT, John

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KNIGHT
Given names: 
John
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1199 reads

KNIGHT, Victor Ernest

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
KNIGHT
Given names: 
Victor Ernest
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1895
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1195 reads

KNOWLES, John Valentine

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
KNOWLES
Given names: 
John Valentine
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1893
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Born in East Melbourne, John Valentine Knowles died of wounds 27 March 18, aged 25. He was buried at Outtersteine Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord pas de Calais, France.

  • 1666 reads

LAMANDE, Henri Joseph

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LAMANDE
Given names: 
Henri Joseph
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1884
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Henri Joseph Lamande was born in 1884 in Majorca, Victoria.  He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. 

Henri Joseph Lamande
  • 1816 reads

LAMANDE, Leopold George

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LAMANDE
Given names: 
Leopold George
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1883
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Leopold George Lamande was born in 1883 in Maryborough, Victoria.  He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. 

  • 1737 reads

LANGFORD, Clarence Augustus

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LANGFORD
Given names: 
Clarence Augustus
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1026 reads

LANGLEY, James

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LANGLEY
Given names: 
James
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1148 reads

LAPPAN, Matthew

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LAPPAN
Given names: 
Matthew
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1033 reads

LARKING, Rupert

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LARKING
Given names: 
Rupert
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1886
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Rupert Larking was a 29 year old Commercial Traveller from Albury when he enlisted on 27 November, 1915.

  • 1363 reads

LARKINS, Brian Lockwood

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LARKINS
Given names: 
Brian Lockwood
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1337 reads

LARKINS, William James

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LARKINS
Given names: 
William James
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1103 reads

LATTIMORE, Victory Reginald

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LATTIMORE
Given names: 
Victory Reginald
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1897
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Victor Reginald Lattimore was born on 24 May 1897 in Jolimont, the exact address, however, is not known.  He was the son of Arthur Lattimore (1868-1915) and Louisa Augusta, nee Pay (1866-1948)

V R Lattimore and Patterson
  • 1503 reads

LAVELL, George Charles

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LAVELL
Given names: 
George Charles
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1175 reads

LAWRENCE, Percival Joseph

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LAWRENCE
Given names: 
Percival Joseph
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1892
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Percival Joseph Lawrence was born in Didmanton, Gloucester, England on 13 April 1892.  He was the son of Joseph Lawrence.  He arrived in Melbourne in November 1913 and settled in Bendigo.

  • 1460 reads

LEAKE, Lancelot Luke

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEAKE
Given names: 
Lancelot Luke
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1300 reads

LEARY, Joseph

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEARY
Given names: 
Joseph
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Aged 18 at enlistment, and working as a mechanic.  Papers marked 'not to leave Australia until 19 years of age'  Next of kin and adoptive father was Thomas Haig of 32 Jolimont Street.&nbs

  • 1288 reads

LEE-ARCHER, Estelle Frances

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEE-ARCHER
Given names: 
Estelle Frances
Gender: 
Female
Date of birth: 
1879
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Estelle Frances Lee-Archer (1879-1960) was born in Detention, Tasmania, the eleventh of fourteen children born to John Lee-Archer and his wife Mary Anne (nee Lyons).   

Estelle Lee-Archer
Estelle Lee-Archer with Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) decoration c1916
3AGH and 1SAGH, Abbeville, 1 July 1916. AWM PO3088.018
Extract from letter from Estelle Lee-Archer to Prime Minister Lyons, 9.11.1937
Estelle Lee-Archer's restored grave, Cheltenham Cemetery, Melbourne 2013
  • 4381 reads

LEE, Harold

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEE
Given names: 
Harold
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1894
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Harold Lee was twenty-one years and five months when he enlisted at Melbourne on 7 July, 1915.

  • 1222 reads

LEE, Roy Martin Corrington

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEE
Given names: 
Roy Martin Corrington
Gender: 
Male
Military service: 
WW1
  • 1290 reads

LEIGH, Allen Frederick

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEIGH
Given names: 
Allen Frederick
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1897
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Alan Frederick Leigh was the son of William James Thomas Leigh, a baker by trade, and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Mclean.

  • 1368 reads

LEIHY, John Henry

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEIHY
Given names: 
John Henry
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1896
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

John Henry Leihy was born in 1896 in East Melbourne, but the exact address in not known.  He was the third son of Andrew Richard Leihy and Marion, née Eivers.  Andrew was a French polishe

  • 1692 reads

LEIHY, William

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEIHY
Given names: 
William
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1888
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

William Leihy was born in Fitzroy in 1888.  He was the eldest of the five sons of Andrew Richard Leihy and his wife Marion, née Eivers.  Andrew was a French polisher and in 1916 was presi

  • 1466 reads

LENNOX, Andrew

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LENNOX
Given names: 
Andrew
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1890
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Andrew Lennox was 25 years and 11 months old when he enlisted in the AIF at East Melbourne.

  • 1572 reads

LENZER, Simeon

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LENZER
Given names: 
Simeon
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1893
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Simeon Lenzer was born in Fitzroy on 4 May 1893.  He was the son of Jacob Lenzer and his wife Bertha, formerly Zipporah Brocho Lescht.  Jacob was minister of the East Melbourne Hebrew Con

  • 1617 reads

LEWIS, Louis

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEWIS
Given names: 
Louis
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1891
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Louis Lewis's only connection to East Melbourne is his mother, cited as next-of-kin on his enlistment form and living at Canally, on the corner of Powlett and George Streets, East Melbourne.

  • 1317 reads

LEWIS, Raymond

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LEWIS
Given names: 
Raymond
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1896
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Raymond Lewis was a waiter, living in Albert St. East Melbourne when he enlisted on 23 July, 1917.

  • 1349 reads

LIDDY, Michael

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LIDDY
Given names: 
Michael
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1885
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Michael Liddy is somewhat of a man of mystery.

  • 1403 reads

LINDSAY, Ina Isabel

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LINDSAY
Given names: 
Ina Isabel
Gender: 
Female
Date of birth: 
1887
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Ina Isabel Lindsay was born in East Melbourne in 1887, but at the time she enlisted in 1916 she was lving with her mother at 'The Hutte' , Irving Avenue, Armadale, Victoria.

  • 1467 reads

LINDSAY, Robert Henry

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LINDSAY
Given names: 
Robert Henry
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1882
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Robert Lindsay enlisted for war service on 18 May, 1916. He was 34 years old when he joined the AIF, single and a miner at Cootamundra, NSW.

45th Battalion Band, Belgium, January 1917, with Robert Lindsay
  • 2167 reads

LISSON, William Thomas

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LISSON
Given names: 
William Thomas
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1899
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

William Thomas Lisson first tried to enlist on 8 March, 1915. He would have been just over sixteen at the time, but claimed to be eighteen and to be working as a jeweller in Hobart, Tasmania.

  • 1750 reads

LITTLEJOHN, Euan Ironside

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
Family name: 
LITTLEJOHN
Given names: 
Euan Ironside
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1892
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Euan Ironside Littlejohn was born on 26 October 1892 in Nelson, New Zealand where his father William Still Littlejohn had been assistant master at Nelson College since his arrival fr

  • 2108 reads

LIVINGSTON, David Frederick

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
LIVINGSTON
Given names: 
David Frederick
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1876
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

1168 Corporal (Cpl) David Frederick (Fred) Livingston, 29th Battalion was from Larraville, NSW, but gave as his own abdress that of his wife's address, 144 Simpson St., East Melbourne, Vi

1168 Corporal David Frederick (Fred) Livingston
Livingston's German Casualty Card
Livingston - notifying his wife of his death
  • 1371 reads

LLOYD, Franklin Samuel

Submitted by Administrator on 11 January 2013 - 3:13pm
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
LLOYD
Given names: 
Franklin Samuel
Gender: 
Male
Date of birth: 
1891
Military service: 
WW1
Biographical notes: 

Franklin Lloyd was 23 years old, 5 feet eleven inches and weighing twelve stone when he enlisted at Melbourne on 2 July, 1915.

  • 1293 reads