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.
KEMPSON, Albert Victor
Albert Victor Kempson was 21 and 4 months old when he enlisted on 19 July 1915. He was the son of George Kempson and his wife, Amelia, nee Knowles.
- 1536 reads
KEMPSON, Thomas Henry
Thomas Kempson was one of a family of seven children of whom three died at birth, William in 1891, Gerald in 1892, and Norman in 1894. There were four living children, Thomas b.
- 1553 reads
KENDALL, Eleanor Jane
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).
- 4307 reads
KENT, John Morris
John Morris Kent was born in Brighton, England in December, 1890.
- 1587 reads
KERR, Alic Oscar
Alic Oscar Kerr was the son of Thomas Kerr (1862-1895) and his wife Hannah Ethlean, nee Millard(1870-1898).
- 1595 reads
KERR, Donald Wallace
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
- 2674 reads
KERR, George Ernest
In late 1914, two brothers enlisted for the war. The elder, George Ernest Kerr signed up on 29 September, 1914, and his younger brother, Hedley Vernon George Kitchin, on 19 October, 1914.
- 1575 reads
KERR, George York
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
- 1996 reads
KERR, Malcolm Edgar
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.
- 2069 reads
KERRIGAN, Robert Augustus
Robert Augustus Kerrigan was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, in May, 1874.
- 1491 reads
KIBBLEWHITE, Gilbert Francis
When Gilbert Kibblewhite arrived in Australia, he was removing himself from a disgrace and a marriage failed through violence.
- 1655 reads
KIERNAN, James
Little is known about the personal life of James Kiernan, other than that he was born in Wollongong, NSW, to Mrs.
- 1433 reads
KIMBERLEY, Arthur Frederick
Arthur Frederick Kimberley was one of five children born to Frederick Theodore Kimberley and his wife Jessie, nee Bonney.
- 1544 reads
KING, Agnes Wotherspoon
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).
- 3850 reads
KING, Charles Trethowan
Killed in action 27 June 1915
- 1644 reads
KING, Gordon Alexander
Gordon Alexander King's story is a sad one. He was born in Warrnambool in 1896, the second son of Thomas King and his wife, Elizabeth Smith.
- 1463 reads
KING, Walter John Charles
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.
- 1759 reads
KNIGHT, John
John Knight was the son of Ernest Knight and his wife, Madge (Margaret), nee Hughes.
- 1591 reads
KNIGHT, Victor Ernest
Victor Ernest Knight was a printer by trade and was just under twenty years old when he enlisted.
- 1587 reads
KNOWLES, John Valentine
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.
- 2106 reads
LAMANDE, Henri Joseph
Henri Joseph Lamande was born in 1884 in Majorca, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington.
- 2583 reads
LAMANDE, Leopold George
Leopold George Lamande was born in 1883 in Maryborough, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington.
- 2437 reads
LANGFORD, Clarence Augustus
Clarence Langford was the son of James Langford and his wife Blanche, nee Pope. He was 23 when he signed up to join the Australian Imperial Force.
- 1404 reads
LANGLEY, James
James Langley was forty when he volunteered for army service. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, an accountant, married, living with his wife Evelyn Ellen at 18 Jolimont Rd., East Melbourne.
- 1527 reads
LAPPAN, Matthew
Matthew Lappin was born in Burnie Tasmania in May 1887. He enlisted on 20 July 1915, at the age of 28 years and 2 months.
- 1394 reads
LARKING, Rupert
Rupert Larking was a 29 year old Commercial Traveller from Albury when he enlisted on 27 November, 1915.
- 1774 reads
LARKINS, Brian Lockwood
Brian Lockwood Larkins was one of twins born on 27 March 1899 to Margaret and William Larkins.
- 1762 reads
LATTIMORE, Victory Reginald
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)
- 2149 reads
LAWRENCE, Percival Joseph
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.
- 2065 reads
LEAKE, Lancelot Luke
Lancelot Luke Leake was born in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1890. At 25 years old, he enlisted, giving as his next of kin his wife, Jean Winifred Leake.
- 1727 reads
LEARY, Joseph
Joseph Leary was aged 18 at enlistment, and working as a mechanic. His enlistment form is marked 'not to leave Australia until 19 years of age'.
- 1834 reads
LEE-ARCHER, Estelle Frances
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).
- 5646 reads
LEE, Harold
Harold Lee was twenty-one years and five months when he enlisted at Melbourne on 7 July, 1915.
- 1661 reads
LEIGH, Allen Frederick
Alan Frederick Leigh was the son of William James Thomas Leigh, a baker by trade, and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Mclean.
- 1783 reads
LEIHY, John Henry
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
- 2402 reads
LEIHY, William
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
- 2178 reads
LENNOX, Andrew
Andrew Lennox was 25 years and 11 months old when he enlisted in the AIF at East Melbourne.
- 2016 reads
LENZER, Simeon
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
- 2235 reads
LEWIS, Louis
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.
- 1700 reads
LEWIS, Raymond
Raymond Lewis was a waiter, living in Albert St. East Melbourne when he enlisted on 23 July, 1917.
- 1740 reads
LIDDY, Michael
Michael Liddy is somewhat of a man of mystery.
- 1783 reads
LINDSAY, Ina Isabel
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.
- 2042 reads
LINDSAY, Robert Henry
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.
- 2792 reads
LISSON, William Thomas
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.
- 2211 reads
LITTLEJOHN, Euan Ironside
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
- 2728 reads
LIVINGSTON, David Frederick
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
- 1767 reads
LLOYD, Franklin Samuel
Franklin Lloyd was 23 years old, 5 feet eleven inches and weighing twelve stone when he enlisted at Melbourne on 2 July, 1915.
- 1695 reads