Graham, Archie James Service Number 18443
Archie James Graham was born in 1894 at Newstead, Victoria. His parents were James Alexander and Elizabeth Ellen Graham (nee Dunne). He was the fourth of eight children: Arthur James (1885, died 1888), Myrtle Mary (1887), Leslie Edward (1892, died 1894), Archie James (1894), Raymond (1897, died 1900), John Allan (1900), Wilfred David (1903) and Ivy Linda (1905). Archie married Ruth Gordon Robertson in 1915 before he enlisted and she is named as his Next of Kin. HMAT A71 Nestor Enlistment 25 April 1917, aged 22 in Melbourne, with The Army Medical Corp
Embarked 21 November 1917 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A71 Nestor
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Anchises on the 22 August 1919, disembarked at Melbourne on the 10 October 1919 as a Corporal and was discharged on the 21 November 1919.
Occupation Cook
Religion Roman Catholic
Archie had enlisted in August 1916 but was only considered suitable for home service as his eyesight was deficient. However, he was granted the chance to re-enlist in AIF as above. He had spent 4½ years in the Senior Cadets and Citizen forces and was a resident of Brunswick at the time of both enlistments.
After his enlistment, Archie spent time in various hospitals in Melbourne, Bendigo and Seymour before he proceeded overseas to Egypt, disembarking at Suez on the 15 December 1917. After further training in Egypt, he embarked for England and on the 9 February 1918 and marched into the Army Medical Corps Training Depot at Parkhouse. It would appear that he stayed in England for the duration of his listing overseas, working at Parkhouse and Tidworth. On the journey back to Australia he was on the nursing staff on the Hospital Transport. Archie was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 8 January 1919.
Archie and Ruth lived in Melbourne where Archie worked as a Pastry Cook - most of that time in Moonee Ponds. He and Ruth had two sons, Arch and Allen, who started the Aygee Cordial Business in Traralgon in the early 1950s. Archie James and Ruth show up on the Electoral Rolls in Traralgon in 1963, until his passing in 1967.
Archie died on 7 September 1967 at Yallourn, Victoria and is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Ruth passed away on 11 February 1980 and is buried with Archie. He was awarded the British War Medal.
The British War Medal Archie Graham
L1-B020 Grant, Richard Herbert Service Number 298 Enlisted as Richard Harrowgate Raybould
Richard Herbert Grant was born about 1897 at Smethwick, Staffordshire, England (Smethwick is about 4 miles west of Birmingham City). His parents were William Grant and Emma Poole. He named his father, William “Raybould”, as his Next of Kin on enlistment. It would appear that he travelled from England as Richard Raybould, aged 16 on board “Norseman” in 1914.
Enlistment 30 April 1915 in Melbourne, aged 19 with Hospital Transport Corps HMAT A67 Orsova
Embarked on 17 July 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A67 Orsova
Returned Home He did not return home at end of the war. He was demobilized in London on the 16 February 1919 and was discharged in England with the rank of Private on the 24 October 1919 and resided with his father William Grant at 105 Marshall Rd, Smethwick, Birmingham, England.
Occupation Clerk
Religion Church of England
Richard was in the Training Depot in April/May 1915, and a Clearing Hospital from 13 May to 17 July 1915. He embarked from Melbourne as part of the Hospital Ship Details and proceeded to Egypt. and returned to Australia the 22 November 1915 as staff on No 2 Hospital Ship, Kanowna. He was then based at the Clearing Hospital at Broadmeadows until September 1916. He again left Melbourne on board HMAT A10 Karroo and disembarked in Plymouth, England on the 15 November 1916. Richard proceeded to France on the 30 November 1916 and was attached to the 7th Field Ambulance. He was Taken on Strength of the 5th Field Ambulance on the 20 December 1916 at Etaples, France. He moved around quite a bit between France and England in medical areas with a short stint with the 16th Field Company Engineers from the 23 May until the 18 September 1917. He then went to Australian Army Medical Corps Detail at Parkhouse, England to return to the 5th Field Ambulance in France on the 17 October 1917. On the 25 July 1918, Richard was Wounded in Action – gassed; admitted to the Line of Communication Hospital on the 30 July and then transferred to England on the 4 August and on the 5th was admitted to Connaught Hospital, Aldershot – severe gas poison. He was transferred to the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital on the 16 August and then discharged on the 22 October 1918 and granted furlough until the 5 November, when he was to report to No.4 Command Depot. On the 16 February 1919, the day he was demobilized, he assumed his true name of Grant, Richard Herbert, by sworn declaration. He returned to Australia sometime before 1925, as he was then on Electoral Rolls living in various places around Melbourne and having many careers: Spawler, Plumber, Clerk, Linesman, Storeman. He married Alma Julia Rae Varney in 1937 but was not always living with her. There did not seem to be any children. When he died in 1962, Alma was living in Traralgon. She died in Heidelberg and is not buried in Traralgon although Richard is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Richard was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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HMAT A10 Karroo
HMAT A61 Kanowna Hackett, William Edward Service Number 44729
William Edward Hackett was born in Frederick Street, Warrington England on the 17 September 1898. He was the son of Thomas and Gertrude Hackett (nee Wright). He originally attested on the 15 September 1916 at aged 18 and was mobilized in England on the 16 June 1917. He joined the Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment and was involved with both the 2/4th Battalion and the 1/5th Battalion
Register No 44729 L2-H030 Rank on enlistment Private
With his regiments he was serving and training in England from 15/9/1916 – 12/9/1918 in France from 13/9/1918 – 3/121/1919 in England from 14/11/1919 – 10/12/1919 L2-H030 when he demobilized from the 1/5th battalion at Shrewsbury, England.
While he was in the army he was hospitalised at the Military Hospital, Oswestry, for catarrh (11 days), influenza (12 days) and appendicitis (40 days). He does not appear to have been wounded, but complained of heart issues at the end of his soldiering. His English family believed he migrated to Australia as a result of being unsettled by what he experienced in France. Although he kept in constant touch with his family by letters until his death aged 72, he never saw them again. He married a Yorkshire girl, Alice Mary (nee Langstaff) whom he met when they were both patients in Sale Hospital. William and Alice were on the electoral rolls in Traralgon at various addresses - Bridge Street, Gordon Street and after Edward retired, in Foxlease Ave. William was listed as a labourer up until retirement.
He and Alice had 7 children - William (Bill), Frank, Barry, Don, Ian, Jan and Susan. He died on the 28 June 1971 and Alice died on the 28 October 2010. Both are buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. He was for some time Secretary of the Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. When the Second World War broke out he went to Melbourne to enlist but on hearing that he had already fought in one war and now had 4 sons, the recruitment panel advised him to go home and look after his family.
William is on the left in this photo
William is on the left hand end of the band group.
William is on the right front beside the Lewis guns. He was a Lewis gunner. Hadley, Amos Percy Service Number 6507
Amos Percy Hadley (Percy) was born in 1895 at Morwell, Victoria. His parents were William and Lucy Helena Hadley (nee Taylor). He was the second of four children: Frances William (1894), Amos Percy (1895), Bernard Leslie (1906) and Neta Jean (1908). Frances William died in 1913 in Traralgon, aged 19 years of age and Neta Jean died in 1909, aged 1. His family lived in Morwell at the time of his enlistment. His mother, Lucy, was named as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 3 August 1916, aged 21 in Broadmeadows, with 21st Reinforcements, 5th Battalion
Embarked 11 September 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A4 Euripides
Returned Home He did not return home. He died in Camp Hospital, Weymouth, was buried at Westham and memorialized on his brother, Frank’s HMAT A 4 Euripides grave in Traralgon.
Occupation Grocer
Religion Church of England
Percy served for 4 years with the Senior Cadets Citizen’s Forces and the AIF before enlisting for WW1. He first enlisted on the 20 July 1915 but was rejected after of an operation for appendicitis on the 22 February 1916. When he embarked from Melbourne in 1916, he proceeded overseas to Folkestone, England and from there he proceeded to France on the 12 January 1916 with the battalion on the Princess Clementine. He was Taken on Strength to the 5th Battalion from 21st Reinforcements, 5th Battalion on the 16 January 1917. He was Wounded in Action on 10 February 1917. On 24 February 1917, he embarked on “H.S. Grantully Castle” at Havre, to return to England with a severe gunshot wound in his right thigh. He was admitted to the Reading War Hospital, before being transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital on 30 July 1917. On 22 August 1917 he was discharged to Weymouth. Percy died at the Camp Hospital in Weymouth, with syncope, a disease of the heart on the 13 September 1917. He was buried at the Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Westham, Grave No. 3146, Section C on the 17 September 1917. He was 22 years of age. He is memorialized on his brother’s headstone at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon From his records “Remarks of interest to the Next of Kin The deceased soldier was buried with Military Honours. In the absence of a Church of England chaplain he was buried by Rev. Skinner, Church of England Clergyman of Weymouth. Private Hadley was taken ill at his hut and died immediately, even before a Medical Officer or Chaplain could be summoned.” He received the 1914 -15 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. His family was also given a Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll, all of which were given to his father, William Hadley. Percy Hadley's name is located in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Inscription says The grave of— Father: William - 26/5/1924 aged 72 Brother: Francis - 17/6/1913 aged 19 Acknowledged: Percy - 13/9/1917
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Percy Hadley’s grave in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, England.
Hall, Stanley Dawson Service Number 110
Stanley Dawson Hall (Stan) was born on 15 September 1890 at Traralgon, Victoria. His parents were John and Catherine Hall (nee McTavish). He was the first of three children: Stanley Dawson, Ethel (1893) and John Alexander (1896). He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1902, and his name is on the Honour Board at Grey Street School. He gave his address as Morwell when enlisting. His father, John, also at that address, was his Next of Kin. HMAT A18 Wiltshire
Enlistment 23 August, 1914, aged 21, in Melbourne, with “A” squadron, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Embarked 18 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A18 Wiltshire
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Port Darwin on the 5 November 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on the 24 December 1918 as a Lance Corporal and was discharged on 22 February 1919.
Occupation Farmer
Religion Church of England
Stan was part of the 13th Light Horse Brigade prior to enlisting. He proceeded overseas to what they thought was going to be England but they were instead diverted to Egypt. On the 15 May 1915 he proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli. He was Wounded in Action on the 10 September 1915 and admitted to a hospital on the island of Malta on the 16 September 1915 and from there to England on the 26 September 1915 and admitted to the 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, Wales on the 4 October 1915. He returned to Egypt on the 30 June 1916 and on the 23 July 1916 was transferred and Taken on Strength of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, Machine Gun Section at Romani, Egypt. He was remustered as a Driver on the 26 August 1916. Stan was temporarily detached to the Divisional Ammunition Column on the 16 April 1917 and rejoined his unit on the 1 August 1917. He was then detached to the Australian Army Service Corps at Moascar, Egypt on the 2 August and rejoined his unit the 24 August 1917. On the 12 October 1917 he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He was admitted to hospital sick with malaria on the 30 October 1918 and rejoined his unit on the 8 November 1918. On the 15 November, Stan was preparing to return home.
Stan’s brother enlisted in the war; John Alexander Hall, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, Regiment Number 2653, Returned to Australia in 1919 with the rank of Gunner.
Stan married Jane Christensen of Tyers on the 14 June 1922 and they had three children: Richard John, Stanley McTavish and June Margaret, and continued to farm at Tyers as did their oldest son. By 1954 Stan and Jane were living in Howitt Street, Traralgon with their son, Stanley, a bus driver. Stan died on the 23 August 1955 at Sale and was cremated at the Springvale Crematorium. His ashes were collected. He is remembered on his son’s plaque at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Stan was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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Stanley Dawson Hall W7-001 Ham, Ernest Service Number 74
Ernest Ham was born 1887 at Tungamah, Victoria. His parents were Edward Ernest and Mary Jane Ham (nee Tilburn). He was the second of the five children: Hedley (1885), Ernest (1887), Albert (1889), Grace (1895) and John (1895,-1895). His father Edward had a daughter Julia (1883-1885) from his first marriage to Julia Ann Locker, who died in 1883. He married Mary Jane Tilburn in 1884. He named his father, Edward, of Traralgon as his Next of Kin. HMAT A38 Ulysses
Enlistment 15 September 1914 aged 27 in Traralgon, with 14th Battalion and allotted to “A” Company
Embarked 22 December 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A38 Ulysses
Returned Home He embarked on board the HMAT Kyarra from Suez on 10 June 1915, disembarked in Melbourne on the 17 July 1915 and was discharged on the 20 April 1916 as medically unfit.
Occupation Saddler
Religion Church of England
Ernest was a member of the 14th Battalion Band, and about a week before he was due to sail to the Dardanelles, he was waiting to play at a funeral when he experienced blood coming from his lungs. Ernest was admitted to hospital in Egypt in March 1915, with what was later diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. When he disembarked in Melbourne in July 1915 he was admitted to the Greenvale Sanatorium in Melbourne, for treatment for his tuberculosis. He was discharged from Greenvale in November 1915 to return to his home and continue treatment on sanatorium lines during the summer, under medical observation.
Ernest died on the 3 June 1916 at Traralgon, Victoria, 11 months after arriving back in Australia.
He is buried at the Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Because of his connection to the Traralgon Band, the band and fellow Infantry members marched at his service as well as to the grave site.
Ernest was posthumously awarded the 1914 – 15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. One of Ernest’s brothers enlisted in the war; Albert Edward Ham Regiment Number 7006 on 18 October 1916 but was discharged medically unfit on the 10 May 1917, never leaving Australia.
Inscription says:
Private ERNEST HAM 14th Batt. A.I.F. died June 3rd 1916 aged 28 years also HEDLEY beloved husband of MINNIE HAM died 8th June 1924 aged 38 years
Ernest Ham is in back row, far right. Traralgon Town Band, early 1900’s WB-A042 Hayes, John James Service Number 3110
John James Hayes was born 28 April 1897 at Bairnsdale, Victoria. His parents were John William and Catherine Mary Hayes (nee Tobin). He was the fifth of six children: William Edward (1889 or 1898), Mary (1890 -1891), Elizabeth May (1892), Kathleen Mary (1895), John James (1897) and Veronica (1905). His Next of Kin was his father, John, of Bairnsdale and was later changed to his mother, Catherine, who was living in Lucknow. HMAT A20 Hororata Enlistment 6 September 1916 aged 19 in Melbourne, with 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
Embarked 23 November 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A20 Hororata
Returned Home He embarked on board the HMAT Euripides on the 3 March 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 25 April 1919 and was discharged on the 20 September 1919 as a Private.
Occupation Engineer
Religion Roman Catholic
When he embarked, John proceeded overseas and disembarked at Plymouth on the 29 January 1917 where he marched into the Pioneer Training Battalion on the 30th. On the 17 February 1917 he was admitted to the Fargo Military Hospital suffering from bronchitis and discharged on the 17 March back to the training battalion. He proceeded to France on the 3 May 1917 and was Taken on Strength of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion on the 20th May. Once again he was admitted to the Richmond Military Hospital on 3 June 1917 suffering from trench fever and rejoined his unit some time later. On the 8 November 1917 he was accidently wounded – burns to left hand, face and neck, and was transferred to England on the 11 November 1918 and admitted to Bethnal Green Military Hospital. He was discharged on the 5 January 1918 and granted furlough until the19 January when he was to report to No1 Command Depot at Sutton Veny. John returned to France on the 21 February 1918 and rejoined his unit on the 28th. He was again admitted to hospital on 12 June 1918 suffering from Influenza and rejoined his unit on the 6 September 1918. On the 18 November 1918 he was admitted to the 3rd Australian General Hospital in France suffering from nephritis. On 6th December he transferred to England and was admitted to the Bath War Hospital, discharged later and granted furlough until the 16 January 1919 when he was to report to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth before returning home. According to the Electoral Rolls, John lived with his wife Elma Marie in Traralgon and was employed as a railway employee. They lived in Tennyson Street and from 1943 in Railway Street . They had two children, Kathleen and John ‘Ron” born in 1923. In 1943 Kathleen was listed on the electoral roll with them and was a clerk. John was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medals. He died on 10 April 1968 in Traralgon and is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon.
John James Hayes
L1- B005 Hayhoe, George James Service Number 418
George James Hayhoe was born 10 October 1892 at Garvoc, Victoria. His parents were James Lee and Ellen Hayhoe (nee Lambert). He was the second of eleven children: William Lee (1890), George James (1892), Robert John (1893), Agnes Susan (1895), Louisa Jane (1896), Emma Ellen (1899), Hilda May (1900), Elsie Beatrice (1901), Stanley Alfred (b/d 1903), Harold Albert (1905) and Ivy Sophia (1909). He named his father who lived at Dixie, via Terang, as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 17 September 1914 aged 21 in Melbourne, with the 9th Light Horse Regiment, “C” Co
Embarked 11 February 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A10 Karroo
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Oxfordshire on HMAT A10 Karroo the 10 July 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 13 August 1919 and was discharged on 12 October 1919 as a Trooper.
Occupation Dairyman
Religion Presbyterian
George left from Melbourne and headed overseas but there is no entry in his service record from the time he sailed from Australia until the 5 August 1915. The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre lists him as serving at Gallipoli. On the 15 August 1915 he was attached to Base Details at Alexandria, Egypt; admitted to hospital suffering from dysentery on the 19 September and dis- charged to duty on the 12 October 1915. He was Taken on Strength of the Light Horse Composite Regiment in Egypt. Along with 30 others from the 9th Light Horse, he took part in the Senussi Campaign. “The Composite Regiment was made up of men drawn from every training depot in Egypt. Added to them were men from the 9th LHR‘s reinforcements based at the Heliopolis Racecourse. For mobility, all horses to be supplied to this Regiment were to come from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. This meant that in addition to the fighting men, the farriers were to be drawn from the ranks of the 3rd LH Bde, who were left behind from Gal- lipoli to look after the horses.” George rejoined the 9th Light Horse Regiment on the 18 January 1916 and was transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron on the 25 August 1916 and back to the 9th Light Horse Regiment on the 27 September 1916. He was admitted to hospital suffering from bronchitis on 23 April 1917 and rejoined his unit on the 8 May. He attended a course of instruction in Permanent Way work at Rafa, Egypt from 16 June to 8 July 1917. On the 31 July he was detached to the 8th Mobile Veterinary Section and then to the Railway Construction Company on the 27 August 1917, rejoining the 9th Light Horse Regiment on the 10 October. He spent time in the Rest Camp at Port Said, Egypt from the 10 to 22 March 1918 before rejoining his unit. He had some few more spells in hospital before he returned home. One of George’s brothers enlisted during the war: Robert John Hayhoe, Regimental Number 1975, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, Returned to Australia in 1919 with the Rank of Private. George married Georgina Ellen McGrath at East Melbourne on the 2 January 1924. He had been working as a dairyman in Cobden. In 1928 he was a railway man working at Beech Forest and from 1931 at Loch until, in 1943, he was with the railways in Traralgon. After his death in 1944 in Sale, Georgina stayed on in Traralgon but then in 1954 she was working as a teacher and lived in Reservoir until 1977, when she moved to Ivanhoe and retired. She died in 1988 and is also buried with George at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon although not marked on the stone. George was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
OP-B014 Hoban, Thomas Henry Service Number 5371 Thomas Hoban was born in Rushworth, Victoria in 1895, the youngest son of James and Martha Margaret Denning Hoban (nee Fritzell). James had married twice and had 4 children with his first wife Mary (nee Butler) who migrated with him from Ireland around 1852. After Mary died he married James’s mother and had a further 13 children. When Thomas’s mother passed away in 1905, he and the next oldest child, James William came to Maryvale to live with the oldest sister, Mary Jane, who was their guardian. When she married Ralph Kerr in 1906 the children stayed with her and both named Mary as their Next of Kin when they enlisted. At that time she was living in Maryvale but moved to Tinamba soon after they enlisted. HMAT A28 Miltiades Enlistment 6 March 1916, aged 21, in Sale with the 23rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Embarked 1 August 1916 from Melbourne on board
the HMAT A28 Miltiades
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Ceramic on the 25 January 1919, disembarked at Port Said with influenza , embarked HT Lancashire on the 19 February 1919 disembarking in Melbourne on 31 March 1919 and was discharged on the 8 May1919
Occupation Farm Hand
Religion Catholic
When Thomas arrived in England he disembarked at Plymouth on the 25 September 1916 and joined the 6th Training Brigade. On the 19 November he went to France and joined the 23rd Battalion on the 9 December 1916. On the 12 May 1917 he was Wounded in Action with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder. He was invalided to England aboard the HS Warilda and was discharged from hospital there on the 14 July. Once again he returned to France on the 2 September and rejoined the 23rd Battalion in the field on the15 September. On the 27 July 1918 he was again wounded by gunshot to the left thigh. He was transferred to England to the Weymouth Central Military Hospital. On the 25 January 1919, he started his journey home and spent some days in the ship’s hospital suffering from influenza. He was off-loaded in Port Said on the 7 February and taken to hospital there. His journey home continued on the HT Lancaster on 19 February, finally arriving in Melbourne on 31 March 1919. Thomas’s brother, James William had enlisted on 17 July 1915 in Melbourne and served in the Middle East before embarking and arriving in France on 27 March 1916. He also gave his Next of Kin as Mary Kerr. He was Killed in Action on 4 May 1917 at Bullecourt, a gunner with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade. His sister received his medals. After Thomas arrived home he was farming in Glengarry and then lived in Tyers, working as a labourer. He married Mary Ann May in 1936 when he was 41 years old and they had six children – Faye, Ann, Gwen, Elaine, Jim and Margaret. Thomas is buried in Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon in an unknown grave but is mentioned on Mary Ann’s grave. Thomas Hoban
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HT Lancashire Mary Jane Kerr James William Tobin Johnson, Albert Arthur Service Number 6282
Albert Johnson was born on 13 June 1898 (POW entry in service record). According to his death record his father’s name was John Johnson and his mother Alice. According to his Enlistment records he was 18 years old, but there is no record of permission being given by his parents, although under age. He also had no Next of Kin recorded although he gave the name of a friend, Mrs Louisa Alice Johnson of 85 Morehead Street, Redfern, Sydney NSW. There is no reference to anyone else in his notes on enlistment. He also gave the Redfern address as his address at time of enlistment and to where he would return.
Enlistment 11 March 1916, aged 18, in Sydney and was appointed to HMAT 14 Euripides
4th Battalion, 20th Reinforcements
Embarked 9 September 1916 from Sydney on board the HMAT A14 Euripides
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Derbyshire on the 7 March 1919, arriving in Melbourne on 27 April 1919 and continued onto Sydney to be discharged on the 2 June 1919
Occupation Bottle Worker (Glass Blower)
Religion Church of England
He proceeded overseas to England, disembarking at Plymouth on the 26 October 1916 and was admitted to Devonport Military hospital the same day, sick. Albert was discharged from hospital on the 13 November 1916 and marched into the Training Battalion. He proceed to France on 8 February 1917 and was Taken on Strength of the 4th Battalion on the 12 February 1916. The 4th Battalion was part of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division. Again he was admitted to hospital on the 5 April 1917 and rejoined his unit on the 15 April, but that night he was posted as Missing in Action believed Prisoner of War. In the Red Cross Wounded and Missing files the following information was found: “On April 15th 1917 at Demicourt, Pte Gane and the 6 accompanying cases were with a party holding a forward post near the German lines. Only one man returned and he was wounded. He stated positively that all these seven men were taken prisoner. The wounded man made this statement in the presence of the informant and several other men. They were attacked about 3 or 4am. It was dark. Names – Gane, Pte Norman Harold 56; Hogan, Thomas 6493; Hogan, William Joseph 6494; Hind, Jack 651; Jarrett, Theo George 6499; Kemp, J.H. 25; Johnson, Albert 6282, “D” Company, 9 Platoon.”
Albert was interred in the Friedrichsfeld POW camp, Germany. He was freed at the end of the war and arrived at Dover, England on the 15 December 1918 before returning to Australia. Albert was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. According to his NAA records, Albert was married and living in South Yarra when he was trying to get a copy of some papers from the War Department. No other information was found. Albert then married Myra Lewis on 1 April 1933 in South Australia. They appeared to live in Renmark for some time and showed up in Traralgon on the electoral rolls from 1954 when Albert was working as a Breakerman. They stayed in Traralgon living in McCallum Court and then Washington Street from 1963. Albert died on the 27 November 1973 and Myra passed away in 1983. They are both buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. The words “children and grandchildren” (no names) are mentioned on the grave plaque.
L2-K003 Johnson, David William Service Number 5362
David William Johnson was born in 1890 at Delegate, NSW. His parents were William George and Catherine Sophia Johnson (nee Cotterill). He was the first of seven children: Francis George (1892), Stephen James Albert (1894), Mary Catherine (1897), Sophia Pearl (1901), Allan Desmond (1906) and Hannah Victoria (1907). William married Teresa Ann Elizabeth Taylor on the 29 June 1910. He was living in Bairnsdale when he enlisted and named his wife, Teresa Ann as his Next of Kin. HMAT A28 Miltiades
Enlistment 10 July 1915, aged 25, in Melbourne with the 24th Battalion,14th Reinforcements
Embarked 9 September 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A28 Miltiades
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Swakopmund on the 15 July 1919, arriving in Melbourne on the 2 August 1919 and was discharged on 16 September 1919 as a Lance Corporal.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
David proceeded overseas to England, disembarking at Plymouth on the 25 September 1916 and from there to France on the 20 November, and on the 28th November was admitted to hos- pital suffering from mumps. He was discharged on the 13 December 1916 and Taken on Strength of the 24th Battalion on the 9 January 1917. David was Wounded in Action on the 13 March 1917 with a gunshot wound to right arm. He was transferred to England on the 23 March and admitted to the 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham. He rejoined his unit in France on the 31 July 1917 and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 4 October 1917. David was awarded the Military Medal on 15 January 1918 for the following action: “For conspicuous gallantry in advance on Broodseinde Ridge on 4/10/17. Under heavy enemy fire at the J.O.T. he at- tended a wounded comrade. When No. 1 of the Lewis Gun Section had been killed this man took command and during the advance showed an exceptionally fine spirit of valor and leadership. Whilst consolidating on the Blue Line he no- ticed a wounded comrade out in front. Under heavy M.G. and Sniper’s fire Johnson rushed and brought the wounded man back to a place of safety and attended to his wounds. His example and cheerfulness was a great asset to all mem- bers of the platoon” David was accidentally Injured in the knee on the 9 March 1918, rejoining his unit on the 15th April and was promoted to Corporal on the 30 June and on the 4 July 1918 was transferred to England and Taken On Strength of the Permanent Cadre of the 6th Overseas Training
Brigade. He was awarded the Bar to his Military Medal on 18 June 1918 for the following action: “In the first stages of the attack on Ville-Sur-Ancre near Albert on the 18th May, 1918, this N.C.O. was in charge of the flank of the advance. He saw an enemy gun crew rush into an emplacement with the evident intention of getting their gun into action. Without hesitation he rushed the post, shot one of the crew, forced two others to flee and captured the gun. His promptitude certainly saved his party from being held up and becoming casualties. He then advanced with great dash and reached the objective with his party.” David was awarded the Military Medal and Bar, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Two of David’s brothers served during the war: Francis George Johnson, Regimental Number 1559, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, RTA in 1919 with the rank of Lieutenant. Stephen James Albert Johnson, Regimental Number 931, 3rd Battalion, Discharged and Demobilized in London, England 1919 with the rank of Corporal. David enlisted for WW2 aged 54 (V367369) and acted as a Lieutenant with the Part-time Forces in Yarragon. After WW1 the family lived in Sale, Trafalgar and came to Traralgon before 1963 after retirement. He and Teresa have five children - Eileen, Frank, Reg, Wally and George recorded on the plaque at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon.
The Military Medal and Bar .
L4—D002D Jones, Albert Service Number 2411
Albert Jones was born in 1891 in Morwell, Victoria. His parents were George and Frances Plowman Jones (nee Geale). He was the fifth of eleven children: William George (1884), Florence Isobel (1886), John Ernest (1887, died 1903), Henry James (1889), Albert (1891), Mary Devine (1893), Frank (1895) Percy Harold (1897), Cecil Charles (1900), Frances (b/d 1902) and Mervyn Charles (1907). His Next of Kin was his father, George Jones of Morwell. Before enlistment he spent 12 months with the Light Horse. HMAT A9 Shropshire Enlistment 26 August 1914, aged 23, in Melbourne and was appointed to Divisional Ammunition Column, Headquarters
Embarked 9 September 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A9 Shropshire
Returned Home He embarked on board the A Suevic on the 21 April 1918, arriving in Melbourne on the 7 June 1918 and was discharged medically unfit on the 25 July 1918 as a Driver .
Occupation Farmer
Religion Church of England
When Albert left Melbourne he proceeded overseas to what all on board thought was going to be England but ended up being Egypt. Albert joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli on the 30 April 1915. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli and further training in Egypt, Albert embarked at Alexandria, Egypt on the 26 March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles, France on the 2 April. He was admitted to hospital from the 6 to12 April 1917 and again on the 29 July 1917 suffering from pleurisy and was invalided to England on the 12 August 1917. He was transferred to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield on the 23 February 1918 and discharged to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth on the 28 February. Because of this pleurisy and pneumonia he was then returned home.
Two of Albert’s brothers served during the war: Henry James Jones, Regimental Number 3241, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia in 1919 with the rank of Driver; Frank Jones, Regimental Number 1676, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia in 1919 with the rank of Corporal.
Albert was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He also served during World War 2; Army number V365380; Rank - Private After WW1 Albert married Jane Thomas White in 1920. They had three children. They were living in Hazelwood where Albert was farming until some time later they started farming in Traralgon South. By 1963 they were living at 86 Grey Street, Traralgon and Albert was still listed as being a farmer on the Electoral Rolls. Albert and Jane are buried together at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. L1-E021 Jones, Charles Horace Service Number 933
Charles Horace Jones was born on the 13 November 1895 at Donald, Victoria. His parents were David Davies and Jane Jones (nee Cross). His father, David Davies Jones of Morwell, was listed as his Next of Kin. Both parents signed his consent form as he was under age.
Enlistment 14 June 1915 aged 19, in Melbourne and was HMAT A55 Kyarra appointed to 13th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcements
Embarked 20 August 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A55 Kyarra
Returned Home He embarked on Board the HT Nestor on the 20 May 1919 arriving in Melbourne on the 2 July 1919 and was discharged with the rank of Trooper on the 31 August 1919.
Occupation Farmer
Religion Church of England
When Charles left Melbourne, he headed overseas to Egypt where he joined the 13th Light Horse Regiment and posted to “A” squadron on the 15 March 1916. He embarked at Alexandria, Egypt on the 17 March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles, France on the 23 March. He spent several periods in hospital: tonsillitis over three time slots from the 18 July 1916 to the 1 March 1918; gastroenteritis from the 18 to 23 July 1917; influenza from the 24 October to 22 November 1917; and again from the 7 February to 6 March 1919. He was transferred to hospital in England on the 1 November 1917 and discharged on the 22nd, granted furlough until the 6 December 1917 when he reported to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott. On the 29th December he was marched into the Overseas Training Battalion and returned to France on the 8 April 1918 rejoining his unit on the 14 April. He was granted leave to Paris from the 27 January to 17 March 1919 but fell sick towards the end of his leave and was transferred to England on the 4 April 1919 ready to leave for Australia. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Charles married Ivy Henrietta Holly Dunbar at Traralgon in May 1924,and had 2 children, Gwen and Alex. Ivy was the sister of WW1 soldier, Peter Allan Hugh Dunbar. Charles served during World War 2; Army number V365382; Rank: Corporal; Next Of Kin - Ivy. Charles first appeared on the Electoral Rolls as a farmer at “Minniedale” Traralgon along with his father and mother. After he married he continued to farm there until he moved into 74 Grey Street, Traralgon with Ivy, but still listed farming as his occupation. While at Minniedale, in 1935 he purchased the adjacent property, Misery Farm. He spent nearly 30 years on Council and served on many committees including Traralgon Cemetery Trust. Charles died on the 9 June 1987 in Traralgon. Ivy had died in 1970 and they are both buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Horrie Jones attending the Premiere of Peter Weir's movie “Gallipoli” at Morwell Cinema
L1L1--F005 Charles Horace Jones Jonston, Harry Hamilton Service Number 4448
Harry Hamilton Jonston was born in Walhalla, Victoria in 1897, the oldest child of Harry Hamilton and Caroline Jonston (nee Hodgson). He was the oldest of their 8 children: Robert (1899), Tossie Carol (1901), Edward Samuel (1904), Blanch (1906), James Richmond (1910), Norma Hamilton (1914) and George Kitchener (1916) - all the other children were born in Traralgon). Caroline passed away on 28 May 1919 (aged 41) leaving those 8 children. Harry Hamilton Snr was a labourer and continued to live in Traralgon until the 1930s when he moved to Brown Coal Mine, Yallourn. Harry Jnr served 3 years in the Cadets and 6 months in the Citizen Forces. He named his father, Harry of Kay Street, Traralgon, as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 16 October 1915 in Melbourne as a Private RMS Malwa and joined the 24th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Embarked 21 March 1916 from Melbourne on board the RMS Malwa
Returned Home He did not return home but was Missing in Action at Bullecourt, France and declared Killed in Action on the 3 May 1917
Occupation Labourer
Religion Baptist
Harry Hamilton Jonston was admitted to hospital in Egypt on the 14 May 1916 with measles. He wrote home (GFJ 29 Aug 1916) about his explorations around Egypt and expressed that he was pleased that he had been moved onto Training Camp at Rollestone in England. He was then transported to France on the 10 September 1916 with the 6th Training Battalion and went on to Belgium with the 24th Battalion on the 23 September 1916. The next note about him shows he was back in France in 1917 and noted as Missing in Action at Bullecourt, France, sometime later. On 14 December 1917, he was declared Killed in Action on the 3 May 1917 and his name has been recorded on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, where there is no known grave. His mother received his British War Medal and Victory Medal and the Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll. His death has been recorded at Traralgon Cemetery where his mother is buried. They appear to be the only members of the family buried in Traralgon. His father died in 1942 at age of 94, at one of his daughter’s home in Brunswick and was buried or cremated at Faulkner Memorial Park on 7 February 1942. His mother was granted a pension of £1 p/f after his death.
NSB-A001 Australian National Memorial Viller-Bretonneux
Inscription says: In loving memory of Inscription says: CAROLINE JOHNS- In Loving memory of TONE Our son HARRY died 28.5.1919 Killed in France (in action) 3.5.1917 aged 20 years WW1 Memorial Scroll In 1922 a Memorial Scroll was presented to the next of kin of those soldiers, sailors, and nurses who died while serving in the Australian Imperial Force or Royal Australian WW1 Memorial Plaque Navy during the King, Herbert Ernest Service Number 3481
Herbert Ernest (Bert) King was born in Traralgon, Victoria in 1891, the second child of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane King (nee Myers), who lived at Tyers. Thomas King was a dairy farmer. Bert’s brother, Thomas Henry enlisted in Traralgon on 2 November 1916 but did not leave Australia as he was discharged medically unfit due to developing pneumonia while in camp and spent some time in hospital in Seymour. Herbert named his father, Thomas Henry as his Next of Kin. HMAT A71 Nestor Enlistment 15 July 1915 in Traralgon as a Private, aged 23 and joined the 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Embarked 11 October 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A71 Nestor
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Delta in London on the 24 January 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 10 March 1919 and was discharged on 2 May 1919.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Bert was farewelled from Tyers after a home visit, and his father went to Melbourne to see him off. He was in Egypt for about a month, then left Alexandria to Marseilles, landing there on the 30 March 1916, with the 5th Battalion. He then joined the Field Ambulance in France until he developed a disease, spending 30 days in hospital at Etaples, returning to his unit on the 11 May 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal in October 1917. The recommendation: 'Valuable services in carrying out rescue work and attending to wounded, showing great personal courage and devotion to duty. (East of Ypres 4 October 1917)' Recommendation date: 11 October 1917 Also gazetted: Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: 7 March 1918 'These men [KING and 3464 STC EZARD, 6th Bn], as Stretcher Bearers, showed great coolness and devotion to duty in the operations of the 4th October, 1917, in the vicinity of ZONNEBEKE east of YPRES. Casualties were extremely heavy through the enemy barrages of 4th, 5th and 6th and notwithstanding the shelling, fatigue and great danger, they moved about constantly dressing and attending wounded men. They set a fine example of devotion to duty.'
On the 25 August 1918, Bert was gassed while serving in France and was taken from Rouen to England, spending time in hospitals in Dartford and Cheltenham, finally being discharged on the 1 November 1918 before returning to Australia. He was welcomed home in Tyers along with Mat Nippe, Ted Taylor and Walter Christensen. James King, who also served in WW1, was the brother of Thomas Henry King Snr. Herbert Ernest King married Olive Myrtle (nee Williams) in 1920 and a son William Ernest was born that year. He eventually died as a result of the wartime gassing at his residence in Henry Street on The 12 November 23. William was aged 3 at that time. His wife and child then lived in Melbourne at South Yarra. His son, William, died after he was run over by a taxi in 1926, aged 6. Olive continued to live in inner Melbourne for some time. Bert was awarded the Military Medal, British War Medal, The 1914-15 Star and the Victory Medal. He is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon in a War Grave.
Inscription says: AIF Insignia 3481 Private H. H. KING, M. M. 5th Battalion 12th Nov 1923 His duty nobly done
MILITARY MEDAL
WB–C010 Herbert Ernest King King, Walter Benstead Service Number 4222
Walter Benstead King was born on the 7 September 1896 at Trafalgar, Victoria. His parents were Frederick Harris and Annie Marie King (nee Jones). He was the sixth of eight children: Frederick Joseph (1883), Percy Benjamin (1886), Albert Thomas (1888), Ernest (1890), Henry Harris (1892), Walter Benstead (1896), David Charles (1898) and a daughter, Uhlalla Annie Olive (1904). The family moved to Traralgon in 1914. Both parents signed the consent form. His father, Harry, was named as his Next Of Kin.
Enlistment 9 July 1915 in Melbourne as a Private, HMAT A64 Demosthenes aged 20 and appointed to 7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcements
Embarked 29 December 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A64 Demosthenes
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Suffolk in London on the 12 April 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 5 June 1919 and was discharged on the 28 July 1919 as a Gunner.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Walter embarked from Melbourne and travelled to Egypt. He was admitted to hospital on the 12 March 1916 suffering from mumps and discharged to duty on the 19 March. He was then Taken on Strength of the 4th Division Artillery, posted to the 12th Brigade Ammunition Column and remustered as Gunner on the 16 April 1916. He embarked at Alexandria, Egypt on the 7 March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles, France on the 15th March. Walter served with several different units in the 4th Division Artillery:16 April to 28 June 1916 with 12th Brigade Ammunition Column; 29 June 1916 to 7 May 1917 with 4th Divisional Ammunition Column: remustered as Driver; 8 May 17 to 2 March 18 with Trench Mortar Battery: remustered as Gunner and posted to No 4 Battery. He was Wounded in Action and admitted to hospital on the 2 June 1917 with a gunshot wound to the wrist. He rejoined his unit on the 4 June. He had two periods in hospital sick: the 9th to 14 July 17 suffering from asthenopia (eye strain) and the 28 December 1917 to 26 January 1918 suffering from laryngitis.
On the 3 March 1918, Walter was transferred to the Australian Corps Heavy Trench Mortar Brigade. He was admitted to hospital from the 18 to 27 June 1918, suffering from Defective Vision. He was transferred to the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column on the 20 November 1918 before returning to Australia. He was awarded the British War and Victory Medal.
He married Eunice Adelaide Jessie Cleaver on the 2 November 1921 at Traralgon, and they had three children. After marriage the family lived in “Gordonvale”, Traralgon until 1927 and Walter worked as a labourer. Later the family lived in Lakes Entrance where he worked as a grocer’s assistant. They then moved to Oakleigh and Camberwell and he worked as a carter and a confectioner. Walter served during World War 2; Army number V84337; Rank – Corporal. When he enlisted in WW2, Eunice came back to Traralgon to live and after WW2 they lived at 99 Argyle Street for the rest of their time and Walter was working as a clerk. Eunice died on 28 February 1970. Walter died on the 24 July 1975 and is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon with Eunice.
L1-B028 King, Walter Macintosh Service Number 1970
Walter Macintosh King was born in 1891 at Williamstown, Victoria. His parents were John Gardiner and Emily King (nee Grubb). He was the sixth of the ten children; John (1881), Frederick (1883), Emily (1885, died 1885), Richard (1887, died 1888), Arthur (1890, died 1890), Walter (1891), Jessie (1893), Sarah (1894), Elizabeth (1895, died 1895) and Edward (1897). He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street. He was also a member of the Order of Rechabites. His father, John, of Hotham Street, Traralgon, was named as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 19 January 1915 in Melbourne as a Private, aged 23 and appointed to 7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements HMAT A20 Hororata
Embarked 17 April 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A20 Hororata
Returned Home He did not return home as he was Killed in Action on 27 August 1915 at Lone Pine.
Occupation Plumber
Religion Church of England
When Walter left Melbourne he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. He was Taken on Strength of the 7th Battalion at Gallipoli and allotted to “B” Company. The 7th Battalion was part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division. Three weeks after arriving at Gallipoli, Walter was Killed in Action on the 27 August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. He is buried in Grave 11.B.38 Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. His name is commemorated on Panel 50, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT; 1914 – 1919 Great War Roll of Honour at the Grey Street Primary School Traralgon; War Memorial, Kay Street Traralgon. His name is also inscribed on his grandparents’ grave at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon, (Elizabeth and Richard Grubb). Walter was posthumously awarded the 1914 – 15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal His parents were presented with the Memorial Scroll, Memorial Plaque and the brochure “Where the Australians Rest” in memory of their son. Two of Walters’s brothers enlisted in the army; Boer War – John Liddington King, 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Vic.), Regimental Number 2328. John stayed in South Africa at the end of the Boer War. WW1 - John Liddington King; Sergeant; 12th South African Regiment of the 3rd South African Brigade. Came to Australia in 1917 for a visit while recovering from illness contracted during his service in German East Africa. WW1 – Pte 847 Edward James King, 29th Battalion, Died Of Wounds in France 29 November 1916. Walter’s sister, Sarah Mary Lindsay nee - King applied for his Anzac Commemorative Medallion in 1969.
Shrapnel Gully Cemetery and grave marker for Walter King. WB –A032
The Anzac Commemorative Medallion and Badge Lambert, Bert Levy Service Number 1320
Bert Levy Lambert was born in 1893 in Carlton, Victoria while the family were living at Leongatha. His parents were Robert James and Esther Anne Lambert (nee Richards: widow of Edward Lowe). He was one of 3 to Robert and Esther and there were a further 11 children born to Robert James and Ruth Harvey Dare. The family moved around quite a bit as these children were born in Meeniyan, South Melbourne, Beaufort, Dartmoor, Cavendish and Hamilton. He named his father, Robert living at Dartmoor, as Next of Kin, but he passed away in 1920 and Ruth, his step-mother, then living at Cavendish, became his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 23 December 1914 in Avoca as a Private, HMAT A46 Clan McGillivray aged 21 and appointed to 5th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarked 2 February 1915 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A46 Clan McGillivray
Returned Home He embarked for Australia on board the HT Burmah on the 14 December 1918, disembarking in Melbourne on 29 January 1919 and was discharged on
30 March 1919 as a Private.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Roman Catholic
When Bert left Melbourne he disembarked in Egypt where he was admitted to hospital on the 8 April 1915 suffering from diarrhea and rejoined his unit on the 26 July on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He was Wounded in Action on the 1 August 1915 – gunshot wound to the scalp and was evacuated to Mudros Island. Bert rejoined his unit at Gallipoli on the 14th September. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, Bert disembarked in Alexandria, Egypt on the 7 January 1916 and left again on the 19 March 1916 heading for Marseilles, France arriving on the 25 March. He was attached to the Anzac Light Railways from the 27 December 1916 to 30 May 1917; in hospital sick from the 31 May to 24 June 1917 and then he rejoined the 5th Pioneers. He was taken to hospital suffering from appendicitis from the 7 October to 4 November 1917 and then he rejoined his unit. He had another period in hospital from the 14 May to 2 June 1918. Bert was awarded the Military Medal on 17 December 1918 for the following action: “Near Morlancourt, South West of Albert on the night of 28th/29th and 29th/30th July 1918, Private Lambert was engaged in digging a Communication trench to a captured position immediately following an at- tack. He worked throughout at an exposed end of the trench through very heavy shell and machine gun fire. He was conspicuous, not only by his courage and disregard of personal danger, but by the great amount of work he himself did, and in the assistance he rendered his comrades. He was a splendid example to the rest of the men and materially assisted in the completion of the tasks on both nights.”
He was awarded the Military Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. After the war, Bert joined his brother, William (a tailor) living in Mirboo North where he worked as a labourer. In 1926 he married Lillian Mary Wells and lived at Foster, Victoria with Lillian, working as a labourer until he was on the Electoral Roll in Traralgon in 1935, living in Peterkin Street. They remained at that address and had 3 children - Gertrude, Robert and Bruce, who all lived at home for some time. Bert died on 14 January 1967. He and Lillian are buried together at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. CE-F008 Military Medal
Lancaster, Alexander Henry Service Number 3168
Alexander Henry Lancaster was born on the 30 December 1892 at Williamstown, Victoria. His parents were Walter William and Anna Rosetta Lancaster (nee Delap). He was the first of eleven children: Walter William (1893), Leslie Lannigan (1894), William Delap (1897), Catherine Rosetta (b/d1899), Alfred Ernest (1901), Henry (1902 -1903), Clifford Eric (b/d 1904), Jean Darling (1906), Laurence Seaby (1908) and Rosetta Eileen (b/d 1913). He named his mother as his Next of Kin. By the time he enlisted the family were living in South West Victoria - his father was a railway man and so moved around. Alex remained in Traralgon. He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1903 when the family moved to Traralgon from Williamstown. HMAT A73 Commonwealth Enlistment 21 July 1915 in Melbourne as a Private, aged 23 and appointed to 24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
Embarked 26 November 1915 from Melbourne on
board the HMAT A73 Commonwealth Returned Home He embarked for Australia on board the HT Soudan on the 15 May 1919 disembarking in Melbourne on the 29 June 1919 and was discharged on
21 August 1919 as a Private. Occupation Butter Maker
Religion Methodist
Alexander proceeded overseas to Egypt and on the 24 February 1916 he was Taken on Strength of the 8th Battalion at Zeitoun, Egypt. On 26 March 1916 he left Alexandria and proceeded to France, disembarking at Marseilles on the 31 March. He was Wounded in Action on the 26 July 1916 with a severe gunshot wound to his back. He was transferred to England on the 30 July and admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester. He rejoined his unit on the 23 December 1916 and was granted leave from the 2 to 19 January 1918. On the 11 August 1918 Alexander was Wounded in Action again with a gunshot wound to his right arm and was admitted to hospital. He rejoined his unit on the 18 September 1918. He was granted leave to the UK from the 28 December 1918 to 19 January 1919. From England he returned home. Before he went overseas he was a member of the City Band and worked at the Traralgon Creamery and Butter Factory. During his time with the 8th Battalion, Alexander was a member of the Battalion Band as was his mate Les Davidson. They had been bandsmen together in Traralgon before enlisting. Alexander was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Two of Alexander’s brothers enlisted in the war; Walter William Lancaster, 8th Light horse Regiment, Regimental Number 1375 William Delap Lancaster, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Regimental Number 2657, They both Returned to Australia
Alexander married Lilly Ellen Linford on the 26 July 1919. In 1921 he was Manager of the Woorayl Butter factory and came back to the Traralgon Butter Factory in 1922 where he was the Manager and living in Grey Street. They had one child Reginald Walter Lancaster. Alexander passed away at Nurse Pentland’s Private Hospital, a loss to the town, on 8 November 1923, aged 32. He was buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon with a big funeral. He belonged to the Druids Argyle Lodge, the Football Club, the Town Band, The Fire Brigade and the RSL. Lillie remarried in 1925 (Arthur Maguire) and died in 1971 in Footscray, aged 80.
Alexander, seated 2nd from right
Plaque says: In loving memory of ALEXANDER HENRY LANCASTER beloved father of Reggie NSCE—C029 beloved husband of L E LANCASTER Alexander Lancaster died 8th November 1928 aged 32 years Lay, Stanley Service Number 3182
Stanley Lay was the third born of the four sons of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Lay (nee Field) who enlisted during WW1. There was an older brother Charles Henry Lay (1876-1919) but no record of service. Charles Henry Lay is buried in Traralgon. There were 13 children in the family born from 1876 until 1897. All the children were born in Ballan, Victoria, but the family moved to Carrajung to farm. Stanley had tried to enlist twice previously. The first time he was accepted but did not go through with it. Then on 16 August 1916 he was considered medically unfit due to ear problems, but was allowed to do Home Service. In 1916 he applied successfully. His father, Charles was named as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 27 October 1916 in Warragul as a Private, HMAT A7Medic aged 24 and appointed to 58th Battalion,
8th Reinforcement
Embarked 16 December 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A7 Medic
Returned Home He embarked on board the HT Gaika in June 1918, disembarking in Melbourne on the 5 July 1918 and was discharged on the 31 August 1918 medically unfit through disability and loss of weight.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Stan was farewelled by the people of Willung South on the 7 November 1916 and was presented with a pen and pencil by Mr Power. After he left Melbourne he disembarked in Plymouth on 18 February 1917. He proceeded to France to join the 58th Battalion, leaving Southampton on the 12 September 1917 and joined the 58th on the 2 October. He was wounded in action on the 12 October 1917 but was back in the field by the 18 November that year. He was taken to hospital on the 23 February 1918 and then to hospital in England aboard the HS Newhaven suffering from appendicitis, arriving on the 6 March 1918 at the 1st Birming- ham War Hospital. He was transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford on the 5 April to recover. He did not return to the field before returning home. He was welcomed back on the 20 September 1918 at Carrajung by Mr A Somers and the local community at a social gathering of both Carrajung and Gormandale reception committees, who presented him with the usual gold medal and certificate. Mr R A Graham and Mrs Morgan supplied the music for the evening. When he returned home he continued farming in various parts of Gippsland and married Marie Ellen Ivie (nee Brown) in 1920. They had 4 children - Stanley, June, David and John. After farming Stan moved into Traralgon from about 1954 and worked as a labourer. He died on the 17 December 1970 while living at “Hilltop”, Liddiard Road, Traralgon with his wife. She died on the 10 June 1983. Both are buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon, in separate graves. The other Lay sons were:- Frederick John: Regimental Number 234 (1877 – 1962) Buried at Yarram Ernest Ralph: Regimental Number 28 (1889 – 1958) Buried in Yarram Roy Jubilee: Regimental Number 61185 (1897 – 1980) Died while living in Frankston Fred, Roy and Stan are listed on the Traralgon RSL Honour Roll.
Stanley and Roy Lay B-B013 Stanley Lay Leviston, Henry William Service Number 6354
Henry William Leviston was born in 1897 in Leongatha, Victoria, to John and Jane Annie Leviston (nee Bowden). When they were married in 1895, his mother was listed as Annie Jane and signed as such when she signed the form giving Henry permission to enlist. He had one brother, John, born in 1898 also in Leongatha. HMAT A20 Hororata Enlistment 20 July 1916 in Melbourne as a Private, aged 19 and appointed to 23rd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
Embarked 23 November 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A20 Hororata
Returned Home He embarked on board the HMAT Ulysses on the 22 July 1919, disembarking in Melbourne on the 2 September 1919 and was discharged on the 10 January 1920.
Occupation Farmer
Religion Methodist
Henry spent the beginning of his Army life in Ballarat and Royal Park before embarking for England, arriving there on the 23 November 1916 and there he joined the 6th Training Battalion at Larkhill, England. On the 3 May 1917 he went to France and marched out to join the 23rd Battalion. He was for a time on several occasions promoted to Temporary Corporal. In October 1917, Henry was awarded the Military Medal (MM) in Belguim. Military Medal “Most common award. Instituted March 1916 and awarded retrospectively for gallantry and devotion to duty performed by non-commissioned officers and other ranks of the Army. In June 1916 it was extended to women of all nationalities for "bravery and devotion under fire". “He received it for actions at Broodseinde Ridge on 9 October 1917” AIF data
In March 1918 he spent some leave in England and then returned to France in June, where he was wounded on the 4 July 1918. He was taken to hospital and treated for a gunshot wound to the chin. A week later he returned to his unit, only to go back to the hospital with boils on his neck on the 13 August. Once again he returned to his unit on the 26 August 1918. At the end of 1918 he went back to England and returned back to France once more in early 1919, prior to returning to Australia. During his time serving he was promoted to Temporary Corporal at times and finished as Lance Corporal. After he returned home he continued farming in Yarragon and in 1924 he was living as a farmer in Glengarry until 1954. Sometime after Henry’s death, his wife Olive moved into Kay Street, Traralgon. Henry passed away on the 14 January 1959, aged 61 and was buried at Traralgon on the 16 January 1959. Buried with him at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon is his wife, Olive May, who passed away on 29 July 1986 aged 87. Henry’s brother, John, also enlisted Regimental Number 3378 in WW1 and returned home on 8 August 1919.
Henry William Leviston The Military Medal
WM-A005 Lindsay, John Percy Service Number 547
John Percy and Joseph Herbert were the sons of John of John and Harriet Hilda Lindsay (nee Morris) of Traralgon West. He was born in 1884 in Traralgon, Victoria. They both left Australia at the same time and were both in the 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron. He was the second son of the six children. The others were Joseph Herbert (1883-1915), George Aldred (1885-1969), Hilda Marion (1886-1978), Alice Edith(1887), Victor Gordon (1900-1964). He named his father, John, as Next of Kin. Percy had 2 years in Citizen Forces prior to WW1.
Enlistment 2 September 1914 in Melbourne as a Private, aged 30 and appointed to
4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Embarked 19 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A18 Wiltshire HMAT A18 Wiltshire
Returned Home He embarked from Kantara on board the HT Essex on the 15 June 1919, disembarking in Melbourne on the 25 July 1919 and was discharged on
23 September 1919.
Occupation Horsebreaker
Religion Presbyterian Percy, as he was known, arrived at Alexandria and joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli on 20 May 1915 and on the 9 August that year was Wounded in Action with a gunshot wound to the left forearm. He went on HS Itonus to Malta and from there to the General Hospital at Gibraltar on the 22 August 1915. He then proceeded to the 3rd London General Hospital at Wandsworth on board HS Asturias, and was admitted on the 9 September 1915. In January 1916 he went back to Alexandria from England and spent five days in hospital there before he rejoined his regiment on 14 February 1916. In September 1917, he was attached to the 11th Light Horse for training as a forward scout. After this he Marched Out to the 4th Light Horse on the 20 October 1917, where he worked as a forward scout. He was promoted to Lance Corporal and finally to Corporal by the 11 November 1918. After his discharge in 1919, he continued to reside in Morwell, farming. He married Sarah Mary Liddington King in 1920. They continued to live near Morwell but when he enlisted for WW2 he was living in 52 Gordon Street, Traralgon and his occupation was as a farmer. They seem to have had one daughter, Patricia Leonie (1925 – 2007) and maybe had sons too, as when Sarah applied for his WW1 medals she said it was for their sons.
John enlisted again in WW2 (V91699) and was with the 9th Garrison Battalion at Portsea in January 1941. However he was discharge on the 13 January as it was noted he had a reserved occupation. Sarah was named as his Next of Kin at that time. When she applied for his WW1 medals she was living at 11 Wilma Cres, Dandenong. This was after he died. He died on 31 December 1960 aged 76 and is acknowledged on the family monolith at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Sarah passed away on 20 October 1987 and is on the Gippsland Memorial Park listing but without a marked grave.
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“Percy” in Egypt January 1917 John “Percy” Lindsay Lindsay, Joseph Herbert Service Number 131
Joseph Herbert and his brother John Percy Lindsay were the sons of John and Harriet Hilda Lindsay (nee Morris), of Traralgon West. Joseph was the oldest child. He was born in 1883. The others were John Percy (1884), George Alfred (1885-1969), Hilda Marion (1886-1978), Alice Edith(1887), Victor Gordon (1900-1964). Joseph named his father, John, as his Next of Kin. He had previously gone to the Boer War, enlisting on 11 February 1902 in Melbourne as a Sergeant. (Service Number 2330). At that time he gave his occupation as a farmer. He had pre WW1 experience with the 10th Light Horse also. HMAT A18 Wiltshire Enlistment 18 August 1914 at Broadmeadows as a Private, aged 32 and appointed to
4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Embarked 19 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A18 Wiltshire
Returned Home He did not return home - Wounded at Gallipoli and passed away in Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.
Occupation Carpenter
Religion Presbyterian
Both sons left Australia together and travelled to the Middle East arriving at Alexandria and from there went to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli on the 20 May 1915. Herb was wounded at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli on the 30 May 1915 with a Gunshot Wound to the right side of his head. He was taken to the No 17 General Hospital at Alexandria and died from those wounds on the 30 June 1915. He was buried by Rev D Mackie at Chatby, Alexandria,
Egypt that day, in Grave M30.
Joseph Herbert was memorialized on his parents’ grave at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. His parents received his belongings in a paper parcel which contained his disc, gold ring, two tobacco pouches, diary, razor, letters, belt and handkerchief. Joseph Herbert’s family received, on his behalf, the 1914 – 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Plaque, Memorial Scroll and the pamphlet -”Where the Australians Rest”
Joseph Herbert (Bert) Lindsay (TDHS)
The Chatby Cemetery Memorial Scroll
The Memorial Plaque I-D055 MacCubbin, David Grant Service Number 7035 David Grant MacCubbin was born on the 8 June 1893 at Rosedale, Victoria. His parents were James Wilson and Ruth MacCubbin (nee Grant). He was the fifth of six children; Margaret Isabel (1887), Ellen Neilson (1888), Janet Colina (1890), Walter (1891), David Grant (1893) and Kitty Stuart (1898). His father, James, died 5 May 1907 at Traralgon, Victoria. David was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1900. His name is commemorated on the 1914–1919 Great War Roll of Honour at Grey Street Primary School Traralgon, Victoria. He named his mother, Ruth as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 18 October 1916 at Warragul as a Private, aged 23 and appointed to
7th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcements
Embarked 19 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A20 Hororata
Returned Home He came back to Australia in 1919 HMAT A20 Hororata from England. He had been discharged in England on the 11 December 1917 as medically unfit.
Occupation Carpenter
Religion Presbyterian
David had previously tried to enlist but was rejected due to eyesight, but was later accepted. When he left Melbourne, he headed to Plymouth and arrived on the 29 January 1917. He was transferred to the Australian Army Medical Corps Details and attached to the 2nd Training Battalion on the 27 July 1917. On the 22 October he was transferred to hospital. On the 11 December 1917 he was discharged from the Army with the rank of Private. He was classed Medically Unfit. His discharge papers have the following statements: “Discharged from A.I.F. in U.K. taking up employment as an Australian Munitions Worker being permanently unfit for General Service. Suffering from loss of sight of the Right Eye. Injury by a blow on the eye by a nail. Not affected by service though vision is worse now than on enlistment.” He had been injured in Traralgon in 1913.
The address he gave on his discharge papers was 28 Jutland Road, Catford, London SE6. He reported to Australia House in London and was enrolled as an Australian Munitions Worker on the 12 December 1917. In March 1918 he was living at 59 Montague Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex. David’s brother enlisted in the war; Walter MacCubbin, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Regimental Number 23, Returned to Australia in 1918 with the rank of Sergeant. David married Jessie Barbara King on the 14 July 1921 at Aberfeldie Methodist Church. They had three children and David continued to work as a carpenter until in 1924, he and his brother, Walter purchased a timber mill. They achieved a lot in this business, including building the 2nd Church of England, and running a Funeral Parlour. He was very active in community groups including the RSL as early as 1919. They lived at 93 Church St and after Jessie died, David lived in 15 Finlayson Crescent, Traralgon. He died on 27 November 1968 at Bairnsdale, Victoria. He is buried with his wife Jessie at the Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. He was awarded the British War Medal. British War Medal
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David Grant MacCubbin Photo from TDHS MacCubbin, Walter Service Number 23
Walter MacCubbin was born on the 22 September 1891 at Sale, Victoria. His parents were James Wilson and Ruth MacCubbin (nee Grant). He was the fourth of six children; Margaret Isabel (1887), Ellen Neilson (1888), Janet Colina (1890), Walter, David Grant (1893) and Kitty Stuart (1898). His father James died 5 May 1907 at Traralgon, Victoria. His mother, Ruth, was named as his Next of Kin. He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1900 and is on the Grey St School Honour Roll. He had 6 years in the rifle club.
Enlistment 31 August 1914 at Melbourne as a HMAT A3 Orvieto Sapper, aged 22 and appointed to
2nd Field Company Engineers
Embarked 21 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A3 Orvieto
Returned Home He embarked on board the Port Hacking on the 3 December 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on the 27 January 1919 and was discharged on 28 March as a Sergeant.
Occupation Carpenter
Religion Presbyterian
Walter and three of his mates enlisted at the same time and were given consecutive regimental numbers and all embarked at the same time with the 2nd Field Company Engineers; George Ewings Pentland (Reg No 22); Walter MacCubbin (23); Walter Stewart Milligan (24) all from Traralgon and Charles Gordon Cone (25) from Glengarry. Walter thought he was going to England but ended in Egypt where, on the 5 April 1915, he proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and landed at Gallipoli with it. He was admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance at Gallipoli on the 26 June suffering from dysentery and was transferred to a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt on the 3 July 1915. He rejoined his unit on the 20 September and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 7 December 1915. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli he embarked at Alexandria on the 27 December 1915 and proceeded to France landing at Marseilles on the 23 March 1916. He was promoted to Corporal on the 25 November 1916. He was granted furlough to Paris from the 17 to 23 June 1917. He was detached for duty with the Heavy Bridging School on the 3 September 1917 and rejoined his unit on the 17 September 1917. He was promoted to Sergeant on the 28 September 1917. Walter was transferred to the Engineers Training Depot in England on the same day. In England he was promoted to Temporary Company Quartermaster Sergeant at Tidworth, on the 28 May 1918. He reverted back to his rank of Sergeant on the 4 October 1918 when he went back to France to rejoin the 2nd Field Company Engineers on the 10 October. He returned to England on the 8 November 1918 to return to Australia Walter’s brother enlisted in the war; David Grant MacCubbin, Australian Army Medical Corps, Regimental Number 7035, discharged Medically Unfit and worked as a Munitions Worker in England returning to Australia in 1919. Walter married Edith Clare Ginter on the 29 September 1920 and had three sons– Donald, James and William. He and Edith lived in Bridges Avenue, Traralgon. He was very involved with community groups as was David – Athletics Club, Gun Club, RSL, Fire Brigade. He died on the 14 September 1939 in Traralgon, and is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Walter’s son William, applied for his Anzac Commemorative Medallion when they were issued in 1967. Walter was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
These people are listed on the memorial: - Father, James (5/5/1907) Mother, Ruth(25/12/1919) Grandson, Donald W Mac- Cubbin (27/9/1922) Anzac and Walter (14/9/1939) OP-C020 Medallion Macfarlane, Marshall Robert Service Number 243/ 375 Marshall (Marsh) Robert Macfarlane was born the 4 May 1890 at Traralgon, Victoria. His parents were Marshall Robert and Elizabeth Macfarlane (nee Banks). He was the youngest of three children- Hilda de Mindon (1887), Marie Helena (1888) and Marshall Robert (1890). He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1895. He also stated that he had served 2½ years with the RAGA (Royal Australian Garrison Artillery). He named his mother, Elizabeth, as his Next of Kin. His name is on the Grey Street School Honour Roll.
Enlistment 11 August 1914 at Sydney, NSW, aged 24, and appointed to Australian
Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit), B Company.
Embarked 19 August 1914 from Sydney on board the HMAT A35 Berrima Returned Home He was discharged in Sydney on the 4 March 1915
Occupation Hairdresser
Religion Church of England The Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force was formed to destroy the German radio installations in German New Guinea and the surrounding islands so that when he embarked for Rabaul from the 11 August to 4 March 1915, he served a total of 206 days before discharge. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2nd Enlistment 9 April 1915 at Liverpool, NSW appointed to 17th Battalion, “A” Company
Embarked 12 May 1915 from Sydney on board HMAT A 32 Themistocles
Returned Home He embarked on board the Leicestershire on the 9 December 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on the 22 January 1919 and was discharged
medically unfit on the 13 June 1919.
The second time Marsh left Australia, he thought he was going to England but ended up in Egypt. He served at Gallipoli, Turkey with the battalion and was transferred to “B” Company on the 16 October 1915. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli he disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on the 9 January 1916. On the 8 March 1916 he was transferred to the 5th Brigade Machine Gun Company and embarked for France from Alexandria on the 17 March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles on the 23 March. He became a Driver on the 15 September 1916. He was admitted to hospital sick many times in late 1916, and early 1917 and was granted leave to the UK from the 26 September to 20 October 1917. It was during this leave that he married Dorothy Anne Cookman on the 1 October 1917 at Ickleford, Hertfordshire. He changed his Next of Kin to his wife, Dorothy, on the 1 November 1917. Marsh was admitted to hospital on the 14 March 1918 suffering from bronchitis and rejoined his unit on the 20 March. On the 18 April 1918 he was again admitted to hospital and was transferred to England on the 24 April suffering from trench fever prior to returning to Australia. Marsh spent time in hospitals in Melbourne and on his medical report in his file there is a statement that reads: “Gassed November 19, 1917; in C.C.S. for two weeks, then to D.R.S. and thence to line. Alright until Trench Fever 18/4/18 and was invalided to England on account of Anemic and Trench Fever. Laryngitis came on when in English Hos- pital, has been in hospital ever since.” There is also mention of a Gunshot wound to the Right Leg in 1916. Marsh was discharged from the Army with the rank of Driver 13 June 1919 – medically unfit. Died 12 March 1922; Cause – T.B. caused through Gas Poisoning.” Marsh was buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon -a military ceremony with the Band and 75 soldiers in uniform. His wife Dorothy was presented with the Memorial Plaque and Scroll in 1923. She died in 1980 and is buried with Marsh. His daughter Norma applied for his ANZAC Medal in 1967. Inscription says: Memorial Plaque AIF Insignia and Scroll Marshall Macfarlane 375 Driver MARSHALL R McFARLANE 5th Machine Gun Company 12th March 1922 loving husband of DOROTHY Dear daddy of NORMA and . JEAN
NCSE-B034 Anzac Medallion Mapleson, Frederick Ralph Service Number 16
Frederick Ralph Mapleson was born 18 May 1880 at Upper Maffra, Victoria. His parents were Henry John and Patience Ann Mapleson (nee Liddiard). He was the second of three children:
Susannah Leah (1878), Frederick Ralph and Jessie Louisa (1885). Frederick married Frances Caroline Pearce on the 18 May 1904 and they had one daughter born in 1905. He had served for 15 years with the Volunteers and Militia with the Victorian Rangers, 10th Light Horse and in 1916 was serving as a Lieutenant with the 13th Light Horse Regiment. Frederick closed his Carriage Building business when he enlisted. He learnt his craft over 5 years as apprentice to Walter West. His Next of Kin was his wife, Frances of Traralgon. HMAT A34 Persic Enlistment 19 April 1916 at Seymour, aged 35, and appointed Transport Sergeant to the 37th Battalion
Embarked 3 June 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A34 Persic
Returned Home He embarked on board SS Dunluce Castle on the 24 January 1918, changed to HMAT A63 Karoola in South Africa on the 16 February 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on 12 March 1918 and was discharged on the
18 April 1918 as a Lieutenant.
Occupation Coach Builder, Wheelwright
Religion Methodist
When Frederick embarked from Melbourne he proceeded overseas to England, disembarking at Plymouth on the 25 July 1916. On the 22 November 1916, he proceeded to France with the battalion. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 17 May 1917. He was admitted to hospital on the 15 July 1917 suffering from gastroenteritis. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 23 August 1917 and rejoined his unit on 26 August. He was again admitted to hospital on the 23 September 1917 suffering from gastritis. It was decided to return him home for discharge due to anemia and gas poisoning. He travelled home via South Africa. His name is commemorated on the 1914 – 1919 Great War Roll of Honour at Grey Street
Primary School Traralgon, Victoria.
Frederick was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Frederick died on the 4 October 1964 at Armadale, Victoria and was cremated at the Springvale Crematorium; his ashes were collected. Frances had died in 1958 in Fitzroy. They had one daughter, Thelma Frances.
He is remembered on his parents’ grave at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon.
Frederick Mapleson
WB-A007 Mayze, Thomas Henry Service Number 1679
Thomas Henry Mayze was born on the 21 October 1887 at Traralgon, Victoria. His parents were James and Edith Mayze (nee Scales). He was the first of seven children. The others were Arthur John (1889), Edith Robena (1892), Ethel Maud (1894), Agnes Millicent (1895), Dorothy (1898) and James William (1899). His mother Edith died ion the 12 May 1900 at Traralgon. His father James remarried in 1905 possibly to Edith’s sister Ellen Scales and they had at least three more children: Viola Mary (1907), Allison (better known as Allan) (1908) Nellie Toogood
(b/d 1912), Irene Mabel (1913), and Ernest Murray (1914). He was a pupil at Traralgon State School 1328, Campbell Street starting in 1891, and his name is on the Grey Street School Honour Roll. He named his father James as his Next of Kin. He had been apprenticed to his father for 5 years. He was living in Carlton at time of enlistment.
Enlistment 8 January 1915 at Melbourne, aged 27 and appointed to 8th Battalion,
3rd Reinforcements
Embarked 19 February 1915 from Melbourne on HMAT A54 Runic board the HMAT A54 Runic
Returned Home He embarked on the Burmah on the 14 December 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on the 29 January 1919 and was discharged on the 30 March 1919 with the rank of Farrier.
Occupation Farrier
Religion Presbyterian
When Thomas left Melbourne he proceeded to the Middle East and was admitted to hospital on the 23 August 1915 suffering from enteritis and rejoined his unit on the 15 September 1915. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli he disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on the 7 January 1916 and left Alexandria on the 23 June 1916 and proceeded to France, disembarking at Marseilles on the 31 March. On the 2 June 1916 Thomas was transferred to the 2nd Brigade Machine Gun Company and was a designated Driver on the 13 June 1916. He was admitted to hospital sick on the 27 August and rejoined his unit on the 3 September 1916. He was granted leave to England from the 9 to 26 January 1918. On the 1 April 1918 he reverted to Private at his own request. The 2 Machine Gun Company became part of the 1 Machine Gun Battalion in March 1918. Thomas was appointed Farrier on the 30 April 1918. On the 5 December 1918 he was marched in from the field, transferred to England for Return to Australia – special 1915 leave. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Thomas married Marion Agnes Collins after the war but before 1924 when they were living in Carlton - Thomas was still working as a blacksmith. They had one daughter, Marion. He died suddenly on the 23 February 1942 at Prahran, Victoria and is believed to be buried in the family grave at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon.
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Locre, Belgium. 20 February 1918.
2nd Australian Machine Gun Company.
Driver T Mayze is 13th from the left in the back row.
McCarthy, Ellen Mary Australian Army Nurses 219497
Ellen May McCarthy was born in 1883 at Albury, New South Wales. Her parents were Daniel Joseph and Nora McCarthy (nee Payne). She was the second of five children: Mary Elizabeth (1881), Ellen May (1883), Ann (1885), Daniel (1886) and John James(1887). At the time of her enlistment the family was living at “Danora” Loch Park, Traralgon (currently 135 Seymour Street, Traralgon). She qualified as a nurse at Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale, in 1912. She was then acting Matron at Wonthaggi Hospital, and then qualified in midwifery in Melbourne. Ellen, or Nellie as she was more commonly known, joined the Australian Army Nursing Service in October 1915. She served in the Australian General Hospital at Caulfield, Victoria prior to enlisting to go overseas. Ellen gave her mother, Nora as her Next of Kin.
Enlistment 11 December 1916 at Melbourne, aged SS Mooltan 29 yrs 6 months and appointed to Australian Army Nursing Service – British India Service
Embarked 26 December 1916 from Melbourne on board the SS Mooltan
Returned Home She embarked on the HT Dongala on the 23 March 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 16 May 1919 and was discharged on the 8 September 1919 with the rank of Sister
Occupation Nurse
Religion Roman Catholic
Nellie was one of 49 nurses (11 sisters, 38 staff nurses) who embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on the same day to proceed overseas to India. She served at a War Hospital in Bombay (now Mumbai) and the Rawalpindi War Hospital. Rawalpindi is situated some 1600 kms away on the North West Frontier bordering Afghanistan, on the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountains. Rawalpindi was the second largest military station in India. The station hospital had been opened early in 1917 to deal with casualties from border fighting as a result of German and Turkish intervention. Nellie embarked on board SS Empress of India in November 1918 and transited through Egypt and France before disembarking in Southampton, England on the 7 January 1919 and there she reported to the Australian Headquarters in London before leaving for home. Her name is commemorated on the 1914 – 1919 Great War Roll of Honour at Grey Street Primary School Traralgon, Victoria. Nellie was awarded the British War Medal and tried very hard to obtain the India General Service Medal she felt she was due, but she had left India too early. After she came home, Nellie held various positions, including spending two years in New Guinea. She then completed a Mothercraft Course, and in 1929, became the first nurse in charge of the joint Welfare Centres of Morwell and Traralgon. She left the area for Williamstown in 1934, but returned to Traralgon as the Infant Welfare Sister until her retirement in 1953. One of Ellen’s brothers enlisted in the war; Daniel McCarthy, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Company, Regimental Number 16051, Returned to Australia in 1919 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He is not buried in Traralgon. Nellie died on the 19 April 1968 and is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon, as are her parents.
RC-D001 McDonald, Arvon Griffiths Service Number 239
Arvon Griffiths Mc Donald was born in 1895 at Footscray, Victoria, the fifth child of Alexander (Alex) and Margaret (Maggie) McDonald (nee Griffiths). He was one of at least 11 children: John (1885), Robert (1886), Andrew (1891), William (1893), Arvon, Angus (1899), Maggie (1901), Myrtle Ellen (1903), Hector (1904), Arthur (1906), and Malcolm (1907). The family lived at Yarraville. Arvon enlisted for the AIF early, only nine days after war was declared in Australia. The paper work has his name as Arbon MacDonald although he had only signed them with the initial A. He named his father, Alexander, as his Next of Kin. His brother Angus also enlisted in 1915. His parents signed the forms, falsely claiming they were his aunt and uncle. Angus was only 16 although claiming to be 18. He also returned home.
Enlistment 17 August 1914 at Footscray as a 20 year old Private joining the 5th Battalion B Company
Embarked 21 October 1914 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A3 Orvieto
Returned Home He embarked on the HT Malta on the 21 August 1918, disembarked in Melbourne on the 29 September 1918 and was discharged on the 17 December 1918, medically unfit . HMAT A3 Orvieto
Occupation Driver
Religion Protestant
When Arvon left Australia he headed to the Dardenelles. He had a number of hospital admissions whilst overseas. The first of which was a wound inflicted at the Dardanelles on the 26 April 1915. The letter home to his father states it was not serious. In August 1915 a wire is received stating Arvon is on the Hospital ship Ascanius and on his way to England, from Malta. He had a gun shot wound to the right arm. By the 14 January 1916, his parents are advised that he has returned to duty in Egypt. On the 10 November 1917 another notification was sent to his father stating that Arvon had been wounded. On the 4 of April 1918 he had been admitted to Alexandra Military Hospital in Cosham suffering from severe fractured metatarsals. This seems to be the end of his military career and the records are not clear but indicate that he may have lost his right foot because of the injury.
Arvon appears on the 1925 Electoral Rolls as a labourer in Altona. He married Violet May Dennison (nee White) in 1930 and they lived in Yarraville until they were in Traralgon by 1943. They were living in Argyle Street. They also moved to many houses over the time - 19 Henry Street, 185 Grey Street and finally at 12 Peterkin Street. Violet had three sons from her first marriage. In 1943 Alexander Dennison, one of Violet’s children, was also living in Traralgon. His siblings Clifford and Cleasby Dennison (who both fought in WW2) are buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon also.
Alexandra Military Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth
L1-E003 McFarlane, George Silvester Service Number 99
George McFarlane was the second child of George and Mary Jane McFarlane (nee Hayhoe). He was born in Morwell, Victoria in 1892 and his siblings were Agnes (1891-1971), Doug (1894), William (1896-1978), Archibald (1897-1974), Ethel Sarah (1899-1968), Stewart (1907) and Allan (1902-1991). He named his mother, Mary, who lived in Morwell, as his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 17 August 1928 March 1916 in Warragul as a 23 year old Private joining the 10th Machine Gun Co.
Embarked 27 May 1916 from Melbourne on board the HMAT A11 Ascanius
Returned Home He embarked on the A Karagola on the 30 April 1919, disembarked in Melbourne on the 12 June 1919 HMAT A11 Ascanius and was discharged on the 27 July 1919.
Occupation Labourer
Religion Presbyterian
George disembarked at Southampton, England on the 18 July 1916 and then proceeded to France on the 22 November after training in England. He was admitted to hospital in Rouen, France, on the 26 December 1916 sick with mumps. He re-joined his unit on the 18 January 1917, but was back to hospital again in Rouen with influenza in May. On the 1 June 1917 he went back to his unit. He was Wounded in Action on the 9 June 1917 and after recovering once again, and after some leave time in England, he went out to the 10th Machine Gun Co. He was Wounded in Action for a second time on the 19 February 1918. After recovery he joined the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion on the 6 April 1918 and marched out to join them on the 15 April 1918 On the 1 June 1918 he went to England on leave until the 22 June when he went back to France. On the 22 February he was told to prepare for demobilization. He disembarked at Weymouth from France on the 1 March 1919 prior to boarding the HT Karagola leaving England on the 1 May 1919. Once again he spent 4 days in hospital on the ship with febucula. George worked as a farm labourer in Morwell and Yinnar after he returned from WW1. He married Catherine May Slack in October 1919 in Bacchus Marsh, and they had three children, although only two, Jessie and Margaret, are listed on the plaque. The other child was Alfred George who died in 1926, aged 2. Catherine died in 1950, aged 57. After she died George married Edith Zipporah Rodda, who came from Thorpdale. After George retired, he and Edith lived in Traralgon at 25 Fairview Street and then 36 Loch Park Road. He had no chil- dren with Edith. Edith died in1986 in Traralgon and is buried at Hazelwood. She had three children from a former marriage to Reginald John Trembath. George is buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon.
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The A Karagola McFarlane, Peter Bruce Service Number 64486
Peter McFarlane was listed with the middle name Bruce on his enlistment papers, but for some reason his CWGC plaque says Campbell. His parents even declared Bruce when they signed the permission slip, and his NAA papers say Bruce. He was the son of Malcolm and Margaret McFarlane (nee Bruce) of Buffalo, South Gippsland, Victoria. Peter was born on the 16 January 1899 in Inverkip, Refrewshire, Scotland. He was the third child in the family. The family migrated in 1912 aboard the SS Demosthenes. The oldest child, Walter had gone to Boston, America aged 18 on the 26 October 1911. At this time of migration, Malcolm was 52, Margaret 48, Malcolm Jnr 16, Peter 14, George 9, Elizabeth 5 and Arthur 3. His father, Malcolm, was his Next of Kin.
Enlistment 3 May 1918 in Leongatha as a 20 year old Private joining the 8th Light Horse Regiment
Embarked 14 September 1918 from Sydney on board the SS Port Darwin
Returned Home He embarked on the HT Malta on 8 July 1919 disembarking on the 7 August 1919 and was discharged on 22 August 1919. SS Port Darwin
Occupation Labourer
Religion Presbyterian
Peter disembarked at Suez on the 19 October 1918 and went to the Training Depot at Moascar with the 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment. He joined the 8th Light Horse Regiment on the 23 November 1918. He spent a week in hospital in April 1919 for an unknown reason, and after release rejoined the 8th Light Horse at Zagdzig on the 21 April 1919. He left Kantara in the Middle East to return to Australia as he did not go to Europe.
After he returned, he worked as a farm labourer at Buffalo. He married Elizabeth Ann (nee Leyshon). From 1931 he was living for some years in Castlemaine with Elizabeth Ann, where he worked as a labourer. By 1943 census, he and Elizabeth were living at The Pines, Meeniyan. and Peter was farming. He was there in 1963, but by 1968 they were living in 5 Fairview Street, Traralgon, retired. They were living in 129 Seymour Street, when Elizabeth died on 25 July 1972, aged 72. Peter was living at Coffs Harbour, NSW in 1977. He passed away on 22 April 1988. They have several children named on the plaques at the grave - Bruce, Malcolm, Jean, Peter, Heather, James and Walter. Peter and Elizabeth are both buried at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon and his grave is marked with the AIF insignia and acknowledges his 8th Light Horse connection. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
HMAT A64 Demosthenes on which the family migrated
SS Malta
L2-I 012 McKenney, Bertram Jacob Service Number 64865
Bertram Jacob McKenney was born on the 7 August 1897 at Coalville, Victoria, the oldest living child of Alfred Isaac and Eliza Horley McKenney (nee Horsnell). There were 11 children younger than him, most of whom were born in Coalville. Their father was listed as a miner, while, when Bertram enlisted, he was a Box Maker, as was Bertram. His father, Alfred, was named as his Next of Kin
Enlistment 5 November 1917 in Melbourne as SS Malta a 20 year old Private joining the 4th Light Horse Regiment
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Melbourne on board the SS Malta
Returned Home He embarked on board SS Essex from Kantara, Egypt on the 15 June 1919, disembarking in Melbourne on the 25 July 1919 and was discharged on 1 November 1919.
Occupation Box Maker
Religion Presbyterian
From the time of his enlistment in November 1917, Bertram spent time at Seymour, Broadmeadows, Maribyrnong and Langwarrin until he left Melbourne. From there he disembarked at Suez on the 22 November 1918 and stayed with the 4th Light Horse Regiment, until he returned home. During that time the 4th Light Horse were called back to operational duty to quell the Egyptian revolt that erupted in March 1919 and order was restored in little over a month. Bert then joined the unit for the journey home. When he returned, he took up farming and was listed on the Electoral Rolls at both Pakenham and Moe in 1919, living in Yallourn in 1936 and then 1943 and 1954 in Traralgon at 11 Anderson Street. When he moved to Traralgon he opened a Billiard Room in Franklin Street. He also worked at APM as a boilermaker. He married Amy (nee Mills) in 1925 in Melbourne and had four children – Roma, Don, Peter and Joan. In the early 1970s he spent time at the War Veteran’s Home in Frankston. Here he lost a leg and also his eyesight. He died in Morwell on the 19 October 1976 and was buried on the 21 October 1976. Amy had predeceased him on the 12 February 1969 and they are buried together at Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon. Bertram Jacob McKenney is listed on the RSL AIF - list of servicemen from Cockatoo, but the name is misspelt as McKenny, B. J.
SS Essex
The British War Medal
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