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The University of Western Australia and the Second World War Nominal Roll Project Remembering the service of staff, students and graduates of UWA UWA Historical Society With support from UWA Convocation Authors Dr Margaret Warburton Dr Joan Pope OAM Acknowledgements Elizabeth Borrello Wendy Birman Terry Larder Dr John Meyer Dr Fran Pesich Elizabeth Rowlands James Stevens Winthrop Professor Marc Tennant St George’s College UWA Convocation UWA Archives Further Information Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/ Australians at War Film Archive http://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/ Australian War Memorial (AWM) https://www.awm.gov.au/ Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://www.dva.gov.au/ Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum UWA https://www.earthmuseum.see.uwa.edu.au/ Highgate RSL Hall of Honour https://highgate-rsl.org.au/hall-of-honour/ National Archives of Australia https://www.naa.gov.au/ National Centre of Biography https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb Obituaries Australia http://oa.anu.edu.au/ Presbyterian Ladies College Archive https://www.plc.wa.edu.au/news-categories/resources/ Scotch College Archives https://archives.scotch.wa.edu.au/pages/home.php St George’s College Archives https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/archives/ Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/ UWA Archives https://www.uwa.edu.au/library/find-resources/records-and-archives UWA Historical Society https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/uwahs UWA Historical Society (UWAHS) The University of Western Australia Room 2.25 (2nd floor), Arts Building 106 M204 The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009 Email: [email protected] https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/uwahs Convocation of UWA Graduates The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Telephone: (+61 8) 6488 3006 Email: [email protected] https://www.convocation.uwa.edu.au/ Printed by UniPrint ISBN 978-1-74052-970-9 2020 Cover photographs: Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia NLA Record 1700502, Pic 6560; Parade on Riley Oval UWA Archives 5199P; Airman AWM MED 1726; AWAS Salute 1942 AWM 028769 ii The University of Western Australia and the Second World War Nominal Roll Project Contents Introduction .....................................................3 Stories Remembering UWA 1943 ............................. 5 St George’s College Roll of Honour ......................6 Alphabetical Listing George Munns ....................................................................................6 Aubyn Dimmitt ................................................................................8 A ............................................................. 7 B ............................................................. 7 Sheila McClemans ........................................................................9 C ......................................................... 11 Jean Kahan ........................................................................................ 10 ..........................................................13 D Kathleen (Kit) Gray ................................................................13 E ..........................................................16 Eric Silbert ...................................................................................14 F .......................................................... 17 Roma Craze .........................................................................................15 G ......................................................... 18 H ..........................................................20 Frederick Chaney .....................................................................17 I ......................................................... 23 Basil Balme ..................................................................................... 18 ......................................................... J 23 Noel Bayliss ...................................................................................21 K ..........................................................24 Ronald Wilson ..............................................................................22 L ..........................................................24 Alexander Kerr ............................................................................25 M .........................................................26 N ..........................................................30 William Cuthbertson .......................................................... 26 O ..........................................................31 Frank Sublet ..................................................................................29 P ......................................................... 32 Neville Teede ............................................................................... 30 Q .......................................................... 33 John Birman .....................................................................................31 R .......................................................... 33 Fred Alexander ...........................................................................33 S ......................................................... 35 T ..........................................................39 Hugh Fowler.................................................................................... 34 U ..........................................................41 Frank Callaway ...........................................................................36 V ..........................................................42 Arthur Williams ........................................................................37 W ......................................................... 42 Charles Learmonth ..................................................................38 Y ......................................................... 44 Stanley Prescott .......................................................................39 Z ......................................................... 44 John Glover .................................................................................... 40 Abbreviations ................................................44 Charles Riley ............................................................................... 41 References ........................................................... 45 Frank Beasley .............................................................................. 42 Only 300 of these Booklets have been printed. All were available at no cost to the recipient. To access the most up-to-date version, access the e-Book at: www.web.uwa.edu.au/uwahs. The University of Western Australia and the Second World War Nominal Roll Project 1 Winthrop Hall University of Western Australia NLA Record 1700502 Pic 6560 2 The University of Western Australia and the Second World War Nominal Roll Project Introduction The University of Western Australia Historical Society (UWAHS) has compiled this nominal roll of University men and women who served in the Second World War to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of that war. The names listed here are a ‘best guess’, based on lists of staff, students and graduates found in the University Archives and other sources. Where we have a full name and date of birth, we can be reasonably certain that names in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs nominal roll for World War Two are a match with the UWA individual. However, sometimes we have only a nickname, initials or one forename. In such cases, we cannot be sure that we have the correct individual. Here, place of enlistment has enabled us to narrow our search. However, there were individuals who had identical names but different birth dates and place of birth, making identification more difficult. Some men enlisted in overseas forces, and although some information is available to us, we have not yet had access to their service records. These, and other instances which are still under investigation, are indicated with an asterisk (*). The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) nominal rolls have been compiled from service records and other records held in the National Archives of Australia. We have found that there are some typographical errors in the DVA transcriptions, but they are generally reliable. The National Archives files can be searched, and some records have been digitized, allowing us to gain further information on an individual’s service. Many UWA students who served in the War never graduated. The Wolff Royal Commission into the administration of the University, which presented its report in 1942, found that around 50% of the students who enrolled in the years leading up to the War did not graduate within five years, and so called for more stringent admission requirements. Some individuals on this list later completed medical degrees at other universities because UWA did not open a Medical School until 1957. During these years, many Teachers’ College students enrolled in single university units before country postings made it difficult to complete a full course. On the basis of the present search, this figure did not change very much as a result of the war. Post-war assistance to servicemen and women to attend University made a significant contribution to rates of graduation. An estimated 53 UWA people died at war. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website has enabled us to identify the final resting place of those