February 2012
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Error in Name
His correct name was Charles Arnold Fifield.
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Alfred Marcus Elliot Smith
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Charles Stanley Vandenbergh
Charles Stanley Vandenbergh known all his life by his nickname “Ducky” was born in Mort Street, Balmain where his father had a butcher’s shop. The family and business moved to Alfred Street, North Sydney and Ducky worked in the family shop. Ducky had an adventurous spirit and signed up as a seaman serving on the ships that plied the Australian coast. He was in Melbourne when he...
Walter Henry Jacobs
My Grandfather, Walter Henry Jacobs was born on the 12th Nov 1884 in Angaston, South Australia. He was the youngest son of William George and Mary Ellen Jacobs nee Hutton.
He was 28 years and 6 months on his enlistment. At the medical examination, he measured 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighing 147 lbs and his complexion was described as Dark with his brown eyes and dark hair he looked quite...
David Edward Lewis
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Walter Cecil Vandenbergh
Tin Hat Day and Poppy Day were times of great activity in our household. For 32 years my father Walter Cecil Vandenbergh, was Honorary Secretary of the N.S.W. Returned Soldiers Fund, and organized the annual Anzac and Poppy Day appeals and the Anzac Concerts and Festivals of Remembrance held in the Sydney Town Hall. The Returned Soldiers Fund had been established to assist widows and children of...
Herbert Francis Byrne enlisted at Ballaratt
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Leslie Fenn Woods
Leslie Fenn Woods had 4 brothers who also served in WW1 all 5 brothers survived and returned home.
The spelling for their surname is listed as Woods or Wood. Father - Henry Watson Woods, Mother - Frances Chamberlain
Henry Walter Allen Woods born 1884 WA
Vernon Glynn Woods born 1888 WA
William Basil Woods born 1890 WA
Leslie Fenn Woods born 1898 WA
Noel Waroona Woods born 1899 WA
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William Hedley RUSSELL
William Hedley RUSSELL was born at Deloraine, Tasmania, on Christmas Day, 1896.
He was the son of William and Emily Rowena (nee BRADMORE) RUSSELL.
A labourer, single, he was living at Yambacoona, King Island, when he enlisted in August 1915.
He was nineteen years and five months old. He embarked with his unit (26th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements) on HMAT Ajana at Hobart on 13 December 1915....
Elina Milliston Allen
Did not serve overseas; did not embark due to illness then discharged. KJH View details for Allen, E M
