WW1

AYERS, Edward Woodzell

Date of birth: 
1887
Biographical notes: 

Edward Ayers was one of the very early volunteers to fight in the Great War, enlisting on 20 August 1914. He was 26 years old, English by birth, with his next of kin, his mother, living in Balham, London. He had had previous military experience, serving four years with the 25th Company London Cyclists.

Lieutenant Edward Ayers
Lieutenant Edward Ayers
Third Division Supply Column Truck
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BAIGENT, Albert

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Albert Baigent was 27 years old, single and a bricklayer when he enlisted at Bendigo on 26 November 1916. He was attached to the 37th Battalion, 6 Reinforcements, who were despatched almost immediately to England on the 'Medic', leaving on 16 December. They disembarked at Plymouth on 18 February, 1917, and marched out to Sutton Mandeville and then to No. 12 Camp, Durrington.

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BAKER, Harold Arthur

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

Harold was born in 1897 in the small Victoria town of Kurting. His father was a school teacher.

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BALME, Gerald Archibald

Date of birth: 
1885
Biographical notes: 

Gerald Archibald Balme was born in St. Kilda, Victoria, and went to school at Brighton Grammar. He was recruited from school to the St Kilda Football Club, playing for St Kilda from 1902-06, before moving to Perth, Western Australia.

Gerald Balme, Row 2, first on left.
Gerald Archibald Balme
Polygon Wood Butter, captured by 5th Division AIF, 26 September, 1917
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BANBROOK, Albert Clifford

Date of birth: 
1890
Biographical notes: 

Albert Clifford Banbury was born in East Melbourne on 17 July, 1890, but enlisted at Portville, Tasmania, giving as his address the West Coast Hotel, Hobart. He gave his occupation as 'labourer'. He was attached to the Field Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 9. They embarked at Hobart on the transport ship A2 'Geelong'.

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BANBURY, Frederick

Date of birth: 
1886
Biographical notes: 

Frederick Banbury was 30 years and 8 months old when he enlisted on 30 September 1916. He was a salesman, English by birth, with his next of kin his mother, Mrs. Annie Boscastle, of 'Aden', Lymington Parade, Torquay, England. His permanent address was 90 Powlett St, East Melbourne. He embarked on the HMAT 'Medic' A7, on 16 December, 1916, disembarking at Plymouth on 18 February, 1917.

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BANKS, James Bruce

Date of birth: 
1892
Biographical notes: 

James Banks was 22 when he enlisted and gave his occupation as a motor body builder, having completed a four year apprenticeship with A.G. Hampstead of Elsternwick. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Mary Banks of 15 Albert St., East Melbourne, but he himself was living at 9 Dudley Parade, Canterbury.

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BANNAN, William

Date of birth: 
1887
Biographical notes: 

 

William BANNAN born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in August 1887.

William served in the 6th Scottish Regiment C Compay for four years before migrating to Australia.

William passed his medical to join the Australian Army at Wonthaggi on the 8th September 1915 and enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on the 17th September 1915 when William was 28 years and one month of age.

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BANNISTER, Alfred James

Date of birth: 
1892
Biographical notes: 

Alfred was born at Swan Hill on 15 June 1892. His father George fathered six sons and two daughters.

Little is know of his childhood but he was in Melbourne in 1913 when he was listed on the Electoral Roll living in South Melbourne.

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BANNISTER, John James

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

John James Bannister was born at Swan Hill in Victoria in May 1893. His father, George, fathered 8 children, six sons and two daughters. John was his second son and the brother of Alfred Bannister who is also listed in these profiles.

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